\p Numbers 0.0: \id NUM \p Numbers 1.1: \v 1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: \p Numbers 1.2: \v 2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
\p Numbers 1.3: \v 3 You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. \p Numbers 1.4: \v 4 And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
\p Numbers 1.5: \v 5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you:
From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; \p Numbers 1.6: \v 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; \p Numbers 1.7: \v 7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; \p Numbers 1.8: \v 8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; \p Numbers 1.9: \v 9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; \p Numbers 1.10: \v 10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; \p Numbers 1.11: \v 11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; \p Numbers 1.12: \v 12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; \p Numbers 1.13: \v 13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; \p Numbers 1.14: \v 14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; \p Numbers 1.15: \v 15 and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” \p Numbers 1.16: \v 16 These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
\p Numbers 1.17: \v 17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, \p Numbers 1.18: \v 18 and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older, \p Numbers 1.19: \v 19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
\p Numbers 1.20: \v 20 From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.21: \v 21 those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered ٤٦,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 1.22: \v 22 From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.23: \v 23 those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered ٥٩,٣٠٠. \p Numbers 1.24: \v 24 From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.25: \v 25 those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered ٤٥,٦٥٠. \p Numbers 1.26: \v 26 From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.27: \v 27 those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered ٧٤,٦٠٠. \p Numbers 1.28: \v 28 From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.29: \v 29 those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered ٥٤,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 1.30: \v 30 From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.31: \v 31 those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered ٥٧,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 1.32: \v 32 From the sons of Joseph: \p Numbers 1.33: \v 33 those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered ٤٠,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 1.34: \v 34 And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.35: \v 35 those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered ٣٢,٢٠٠. \p Numbers 1.36: \v 36 From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.37: \v 37 those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered ٣٥,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 1.38: \v 38 From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.39: \v 39 those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered ٦٢,٧٠٠. \p Numbers 1.40: \v 40 From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.41: \v 41 those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered ٤١,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 1.42: \v 42 From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, \p Numbers 1.43: \v 43 those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered ٥٣,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 1.44: \v 44 These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. \p Numbers 1.45: \v 45 So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. \p Numbers 1.46: \v 46 And all those counted totaled ٦٠٣,٥٥٠.
\p Numbers 1.47: \v 47 The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. \p Numbers 1.48: \v 48 For the LORD had said to Moses: \p Numbers 1.49: \v 49 “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. \p Numbers 1.50: \v 50 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
\p Numbers 1.51: \v 51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
\p Numbers 1.52: \v 52 The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. \p Numbers 1.53: \v 53 But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
\p Numbers 1.54: \v 54 Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. \p Numbers 2.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron: \p Numbers 2.2: \v 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
\p Numbers 2.3: \v 3 On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
\p Numbers 2.4: \v 4 and his division numbers ٧٤,٦٠٠. \p Numbers 2.5: \v 5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar, \p Numbers 2.6: \v 6 and his division numbers ٥٤,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 2.7: \v 7 Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon, \p Numbers 2.8: \v 8 and his division numbers ٥٧,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 2.9: \v 9 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is ١٨٦,٤٠٠; they shall set out first.
\p Numbers 2.10: \v 10 On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
\p Numbers 2.11: \v 11 and his division numbers ٤٦,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 2.12: \v 12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, \p Numbers 2.13: \v 13 and his division numbers ٥٩,٣٠٠. \p Numbers 2.14: \v 14 Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel, \p Numbers 2.15: \v 15 and his division numbers ٤٥,٦٥٠. \p Numbers 2.16: \v 16 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is ١٥١,٤٥٠; they shall set out second.
\p Numbers 2.17: \v 17 In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
\p Numbers 2.18: \v 18 On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
\p Numbers 2.19: \v 19 and his division numbers ٤٠,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 2.20: \v 20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, \p Numbers 2.21: \v 21 and his division numbers ٣٢,٢٠٠. \p Numbers 2.22: \v 22 Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni, \p Numbers 2.23: \v 23 and his division numbers ٣٥,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 2.24: \v 24 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is ١٠٨,١٠٠; they shall set out third.
\p Numbers 2.25: \v 25 On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
\p Numbers 2.26: \v 26 and his division numbers ٦٢,٧٠٠. \p Numbers 2.27: \v 27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran, \p Numbers 2.28: \v 28 and his division numbers ٤١,٥٠٠. \p Numbers 2.29: \v 29 Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan, \p Numbers 2.30: \v 30 and his division numbers ٥٣,٤٠٠. \p Numbers 2.31: \v 31 The total number of men in the camp of Dan is ١٥٧,٦٠٠; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
\p Numbers 2.32: \v 32 These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was ٦٠٣,٥٥٠. \p Numbers 2.33: \v 33 But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 2.34: \v 34 So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family. \p Numbers 3.1: \v 1 This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
\p Numbers 3.2: \v 2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. \p Numbers 3.3: \v 3 These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
\p Numbers 3.4: \v 4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
\p Numbers 3.5: \v 5 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 3.6: \v 6 “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. \p Numbers 3.7: \v 7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle. \p Numbers 3.8: \v 8 They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
\p Numbers 3.9: \v 9 Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites. \p Numbers 3.10: \v 10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
\p Numbers 3.11: \v 11 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, \p Numbers 3.12: \v 12 “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me, \p Numbers 3.13: \v 13 for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
\p Numbers 3.14: \v 14 Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying, \p Numbers 3.15: \v 15 “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
\p Numbers 3.16: \v 16 So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
\p Numbers 3.17: \v 17 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. \p Numbers 3.18: \v 18 These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei. \p Numbers 3.19: \v 19 The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. \p Numbers 3.20: \v 20 And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
\p Numbers 3.21: \v 21 From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans. \p Numbers 3.22: \v 22 The number of all the males a month old or more was ٧,٥٠٠.
\p Numbers 3.23: \v 23 The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle, \p Numbers 3.24: \v 24 and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
\p Numbers 3.25: \v 25 The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, \p Numbers 3.26: \v 26 the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.
\p Numbers 3.27: \v 27 From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites. \p Numbers 3.28: \v 28 The number of all the males a month old or more was ٨,٦٠٠. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
\p Numbers 3.29: \v 29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle, \p Numbers 3.30: \v 30 and the leader of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
\p Numbers 3.31: \v 31 Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
\p Numbers 3.32: \v 32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
\p Numbers 3.33: \v 33 From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans. \p Numbers 3.34: \v 34 The number of all the males a month old or more was ٦,٢٠٠.
\p Numbers 3.35: \v 35 The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
\p Numbers 3.36: \v 36 The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items, \p Numbers 3.37: \v 37 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
\p Numbers 3.38: \v 38 Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
\p Numbers 3.39: \v 39 The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was ٢٢,٠٠٠.
\p Numbers 3.40: \v 40 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names. \p Numbers 3.41: \v 41 You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
\p Numbers 3.42: \v 42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him. \p Numbers 3.43: \v 43 The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was ٢٢,٢٧٣.
\p Numbers 3.44: \v 44 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, \p Numbers 3.45: \v 45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD. \p Numbers 3.46: \v 46 To redeem the ٢٧٣ firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, \p Numbers 3.47: \v 47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. \p Numbers 3.48: \v 48 Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”
\p Numbers 3.49: \v 49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites. \p Numbers 3.50: \v 50 He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: ١,٣٦٥ shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. \p Numbers 3.51: \v 51 And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him. \p Numbers 4.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 4.2: \v 2 “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families, \p Numbers 4.3: \v 3 men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
\p Numbers 4.4: \v 4 This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things. \p Numbers 4.5: \v 5 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. \p Numbers 4.6: \v 6 They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
\p Numbers 4.7: \v 7 Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it. \p Numbers 4.8: \v 8 And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
\p Numbers 4.9: \v 9 They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it. \p Numbers 4.10: \v 10 Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.
\p Numbers 4.11: \v 11 Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles. \p Numbers 4.12: \v 12 They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.
\p Numbers 4.13: \v 13 Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it, \p Numbers 4.14: \v 14 and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.
\p Numbers 4.15: \v 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
\p Numbers 4.16: \v 16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy objects and their utensils.”
\p Numbers 4.17: \v 17 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 4.18: \v 18 “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites. \p Numbers 4.19: \v 19 In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry. \p Numbers 4.20: \v 20 But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
\p Numbers 4.21: \v 21 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 4.22: \v 22 “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans, \p Numbers 4.23: \v 23 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
\p Numbers 4.24: \v 24 This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport: \p Numbers 4.25: \v 25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, \p Numbers 4.26: \v 26 the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.
\p Numbers 4.27: \v 27 All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry. \p Numbers 4.28: \v 28 This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
\p Numbers 4.29: \v 29 As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families, \p Numbers 4.30: \v 30 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
\p Numbers 4.31: \v 31 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases, \p Numbers 4.32: \v 32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.
\p Numbers 4.33: \v 33 This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
\p Numbers 4.34: \v 34 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families, \p Numbers 4.35: \v 35 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 4.36: \v 36 And those numbered by their clans totaled ٢,٧٥٠. \p Numbers 4.37: \v 37 These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
\p Numbers 4.38: \v 38 Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families, \p Numbers 4.39: \v 39 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 4.40: \v 40 And those numbered by their clans and families totaled ٢,٦٣٠. \p Numbers 4.41: \v 41 These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
\p Numbers 4.42: \v 42 And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families, \p Numbers 4.43: \v 43 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 4.44: \v 44 The men registered by their clans numbered ٣,٢٠٠. \p Numbers 4.45: \v 45 These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
\p Numbers 4.46: \v 46 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites \p Numbers 4.47: \v 47 from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 4.48: \v 48 And the number of men was ٨,٥٨٠. \p Numbers 4.49: \v 49 At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses. \p Numbers 5.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 5.2: \v 2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. \p Numbers 5.3: \v 3 You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
\p Numbers 5.4: \v 4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
\p Numbers 5.5: \v 5 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 5.6: \v 6 “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty \p Numbers 5.7: \v 7 and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
\p Numbers 5.8: \v 8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
\p Numbers 5.9: \v 9 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him. \p Numbers 5.10: \v 10 Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”
\p Numbers 5.11: \v 11 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 5.12: \v 12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him \p Numbers 5.13: \v 13 by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act), \p Numbers 5.14: \v 14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself— \p Numbers 5.15: \v 15 then he is to bring his wife to the priest.
He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
\p Numbers 5.16: \v 16 The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD. \p Numbers 5.17: \v 17 Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
\p Numbers 5.18: \v 18 After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse. \p Numbers 5.19: \v 19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse. \p Numbers 5.20: \v 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’— \p Numbers 5.21: \v 21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell. \p Numbers 5.22: \v 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’
Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
\p Numbers 5.23: \v 23 And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water. \p Numbers 5.24: \v 24 He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering. \p Numbers 5.25: \v 25 The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar. \p Numbers 5.26: \v 26 Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.
\p Numbers 5.27: \v 27 When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people. \p Numbers 5.28: \v 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
\p Numbers 5.29: \v 29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority, \p Numbers 5.30: \v 30 or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law. \p Numbers 5.31: \v 31 The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.” \p Numbers 6.1: \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 6.2: \v 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, \v 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, \p Numbers 6.3: \v 3 he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. \v 3 he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. \p Numbers 6.4: \v 4 All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
\v 4 All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
\p Numbers 6.5: \v 5 For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
\v 5 For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
\p Numbers 6.6: \v 6 Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body. \v 6 Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body. \p Numbers 6.7: \v 7 Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head. \v 7 Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head. \p Numbers 6.8: \v 8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD.
\v 8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD.
\p Numbers 6.9: \v 9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day. \v 9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day. \p Numbers 6.10: \v 10 On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \v 10 On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 6.11: \v 11 And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again. \v 11 And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again. \p Numbers 6.12: \v 12 He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
\v 12 He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
\p Numbers 6.13: \v 13 Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, \v 13 Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, \p Numbers 6.14: \v 14 and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering— \v 14 and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering— \p Numbers 6.15: \v 15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.
\v 15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.
\p Numbers 6.16: \v 16 The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering. \v 16 The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering. \p Numbers 6.17: \v 17 He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
\v 17 He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 6.18: \v 18 Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering. \v 18 Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering. \p Numbers 6.19: \v 19 And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration. \v 19 And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration. \p Numbers 6.20: \v 20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
\v 20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
\p Numbers 6.21: \v 21 This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
\v 21 This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
\p Numbers 6.22: \v 22 Then the LORD said to Moses, \v 22 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 6.23: \v 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
\v 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
\p Numbers 6.24: \v 24 ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; \v 24 ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; \p Numbers 6.25: \v 25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; \v 25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; \p Numbers 6.26: \v 26 may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ \v 26 may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ \p Numbers 6.27: \v 27 So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.” \p Numbers 7.1: \v 1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. \p Numbers 7.2: \v 2 And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration. \p Numbers 7.3: \v 3 They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
\p Numbers 7.4: \v 4 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 7.5: \v 5 “Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
\p Numbers 7.6: \v 6 So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. \p Numbers 7.7: \v 7 He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required, \p Numbers 7.8: \v 8 and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. \p Numbers 7.9: \v 9 But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
\p Numbers 7.10: \v 10 When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. \p Numbers 7.11: \v 11 And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
\p Numbers 7.12: \v 12 On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering. \p Numbers 7.13: \v 13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.14: \v 14 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.15: \v 15 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.16: \v 16 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.17: \v 17 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
\p Numbers 7.18: \v 18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near. \p Numbers 7.19: \v 19 The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.20: \v 20 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.21: \v 21 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.22: \v 22 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.23: \v 23 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
\p Numbers 7.24: \v 24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.25: \v 25 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.26: \v 26 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.27: \v 27 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.28: \v 28 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.29: \v 29 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
\p Numbers 7.30: \v 30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.31: \v 31 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.32: \v 32 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.33: \v 33 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.34: \v 34 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.35: \v 35 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
\p Numbers 7.36: \v 36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the Simeonites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.37: \v 37 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.38: \v 38 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.39: \v 39 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.40: \v 40 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.41: \v 41 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
\p Numbers 7.42: \v 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.43: \v 43 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.44: \v 44 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.45: \v 45 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.46: \v 46 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.47: \v 47 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
\p Numbers 7.48: \v 48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.49: \v 49 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.50: \v 50 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.51: \v 51 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.52: \v 52 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.53: \v 53 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
\p Numbers 7.54: \v 54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.55: \v 55 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.56: \v 56 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.57: \v 57 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.58: \v 58 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.59: \v 59 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
\p Numbers 7.60: \v 60 On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.61: \v 61 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.62: \v 62 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.63: \v 63 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.64: \v 64 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.65: \v 65 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
\p Numbers 7.66: \v 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the Danites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.67: \v 67 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.68: \v 68 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.69: \v 69 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.70: \v 70 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.71: \v 71 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
\p Numbers 7.72: \v 72 On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.73: \v 73 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.74: \v 74 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.75: \v 75 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.76: \v 76 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.77: \v 77 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.
\p Numbers 7.78: \v 78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near. \p Numbers 7.79: \v 79 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; \p Numbers 7.80: \v 80 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; \p Numbers 7.81: \v 81 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; \p Numbers 7.82: \v 82 one male goat for a sin offering; \p Numbers 7.83: \v 83 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
\p Numbers 7.84: \v 84 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
\p Numbers 7.85: \v 85 Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
\p Numbers 7.86: \v 86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
\p Numbers 7.87: \v 87 All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old—together with their grain offerings—and twelve male goats for the sin offering.
\p Numbers 7.88: \v 88 All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
\p Numbers 7.89: \v 89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him. \p Numbers 8.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 8.2: \v 2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
\p Numbers 8.3: \v 3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 8.4: \v 4 This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
\p Numbers 8.5: \v 5 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, \p Numbers 8.6: \v 6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. \p Numbers 8.7: \v 7 This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
\p Numbers 8.8: \v 8 Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering. \p Numbers 8.9: \v 9 Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel. \p Numbers 8.10: \v 10 You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them. \p Numbers 8.11: \v 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD. \p Numbers 8.12: \v 12 And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
\p Numbers 8.13: \v 13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering. \p Numbers 8.14: \v 14 In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me. \p Numbers 8.15: \v 15 After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
\p Numbers 8.16: \v 16 For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. \p Numbers 8.17: \v 17 For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt. \p Numbers 8.18: \v 18 But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. \p Numbers 8.19: \v 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
\p Numbers 8.20: \v 20 So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do. \p Numbers 8.21: \v 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them. \p Numbers 8.22: \v 22 After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 8.23: \v 23 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 8.24: \v 24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 8.25: \v 25 But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
\p Numbers 8.26: \v 26 After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.” \p Numbers 9.1: \v 1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: \p Numbers 9.2: \v 2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. \p Numbers 9.3: \v 3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
\p Numbers 9.4: \v 4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, \p Numbers 9.5: \v 5 and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 9.6: \v 6 But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day \p Numbers 9.7: \v 7 and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
\p Numbers 9.8: \v 8 “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
\p Numbers 9.9: \v 9 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 9.10: \v 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. \p Numbers 9.11: \v 11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; \p Numbers 9.12: \v 12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
\p Numbers 9.13: \v 13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
\p Numbers 9.14: \v 14 If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
\p Numbers 9.15: \v 15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. \p Numbers 9.16: \v 16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire. \p Numbers 9.17: \v 17 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp. \p Numbers 9.18: \v 18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
\p Numbers 9.19: \v 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out. \p Numbers 9.20: \v 20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command. \p Numbers 9.21: \v 21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.
\p Numbers 9.22: \v 22 Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out. \p Numbers 9.23: \v 23 They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses. \p Numbers 10.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 10.2: \v 2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out. \p Numbers 10.3: \v 3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 10.4: \v 4 But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
\p Numbers 10.5: \v 5 When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out. \p Numbers 10.6: \v 6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out. \p Numbers 10.7: \v 7 To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones. \p Numbers 10.8: \v 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
\p Numbers 10.9: \v 9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies. \p Numbers 10.10: \v 10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
\p Numbers 10.11: \v 11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony, \p Numbers 10.12: \v 12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran. \p Numbers 10.13: \v 13 They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
\p Numbers 10.14: \v 14 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. \p Numbers 10.15: \v 15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar, \p Numbers 10.16: \v 16 and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun. \p Numbers 10.17: \v 17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
\p Numbers 10.18: \v 18 Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command. \p Numbers 10.19: \v 19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon, \p Numbers 10.20: \v 20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. \p Numbers 10.21: \v 21 Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
\p Numbers 10.22: \v 22 Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command. \p Numbers 10.23: \v 23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh, \p Numbers 10.24: \v 24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
\p Numbers 10.25: \v 25 Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command. \p Numbers 10.26: \v 26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, \p Numbers 10.27: \v 27 and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
\p Numbers 10.28: \v 28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
\p Numbers 10.29: \v 29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
\p Numbers 10.30: \v 30 “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
\p Numbers 10.31: \v 31 “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. \p Numbers 10.32: \v 32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
\p Numbers 10.33: \v 33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. \p Numbers 10.34: \v 34 And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
\p Numbers 10.35: \v 35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say,
“Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.” \p Numbers 10.36: \v 36 And when it came to rest, he would say:
“Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.” \p Numbers 11.1: \v 1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. \v 1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. \p Numbers 11.2: \v 2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. \v 2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. \p Numbers 11.3: \v 3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
\v 3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
\p Numbers 11.4: \v 4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? \v 4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? \p Numbers 11.5: \v 5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. \v 5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. \p Numbers 11.6: \v 6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
\v 6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
\p Numbers 11.7: \v 7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. \v 7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. \p Numbers 11.8: \v 8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. \v 8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. \p Numbers 11.9: \v 9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
\v 9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
\p Numbers 11.10: \v 10 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
\v 10 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
\p Numbers 11.11: \v 11 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? \v 11 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? \p Numbers 11.12: \v 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
\v 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
\p Numbers 11.13: \v 13 Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
\v 13 Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
\p Numbers 11.14: \v 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me. \v 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me. \p Numbers 11.15: \v 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
\v 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
\p Numbers 11.16: \v 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
\v 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
\p Numbers 11.17: \v 17 And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
\v 17 And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
\p Numbers 11.18: \v 18 And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. \v 18 And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. \p Numbers 11.19: \v 19 You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, \v 19 You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, \p Numbers 11.20: \v 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
\v 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
\p Numbers 11.21: \v 21 But Moses replied, “Here I am among ٦٠٠,٠٠٠ men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ \v 21 But Moses replied, “Here I am among ٦٠٠,٠٠٠ men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ \p Numbers 11.22: \v 22 If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
\v 22 If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
\p Numbers 11.23: \v 23 The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
\v 23 The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
\p Numbers 11.24: \v 24 So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. \v 24 So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. \p Numbers 11.25: \v 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
\v 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
\p Numbers 11.26: \v 26 Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp. \v 26 Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp. \p Numbers 11.27: \v 27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
\v 27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
\p Numbers 11.28: \v 28 Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
\v 28 Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
\p Numbers 11.29: \v 29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
\v 29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
\p Numbers 11.30: \v 30 Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
\v 30 Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
\p Numbers 11.31: \v 31 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp. \v 31 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp. \p Numbers 11.32: \v 32 All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
\v 32 All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
\p Numbers 11.33: \v 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague. \v 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague. \p Numbers 11.34: \v 34 So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
\v 34 So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
\p Numbers 11.35: \v 35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time. \p Numbers 12.1: \v 1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. \v 1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. \p Numbers 12.2: \v 2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
\v 2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
\p Numbers 12.3: \v 3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
\v 3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
\p Numbers 12.4: \v 4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out, \v 4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out, \p Numbers 12.5: \v 5 and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward, \v 5 and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward, \p Numbers 12.6: \v 6 He said, “Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. \v 6 He said, “Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. \p Numbers 12.7: \v 7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. \v 7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. \p Numbers 12.8: \v 8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD.
Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” \v 8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD.
Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” \p Numbers 12.9: \v 9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
\v 9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
\p Numbers 12.10: \v 10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, \v 10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, \p Numbers 12.11: \v 11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. \v 11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. \p Numbers 12.12: \v 12 Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
\v 12 Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
\p Numbers 12.13: \v 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
\v 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
\p Numbers 12.14: \v 14 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
\v 14 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
\p Numbers 12.15: \v 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again. \v 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again. \p Numbers 12.16: \v 16 After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. \p Numbers 13.1: \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 13.2: \v 2 “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
\v 2 “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
\p Numbers 13.3: \v 3 So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites, \v 3 So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites, \p Numbers 13.4: \v 4 and these were their names:
From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; \v 4 and these were their names:
From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; \p Numbers 13.5: \v 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; \v 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; \p Numbers 13.6: \v 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; \v 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; \p Numbers 13.7: \v 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; \v 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; \p Numbers 13.8: \v 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; \v 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; \p Numbers 13.9: \v 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; \v 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; \p Numbers 13.10: \v 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; \v 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; \p Numbers 13.11: \v 11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi; \v 11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi; \p Numbers 13.12: \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; \p Numbers 13.13: \v 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; \v 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; \p Numbers 13.14: \v 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; \v 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; \p Numbers 13.15: \v 15 and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. \v 15 and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. \p Numbers 13.16: \v 16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
\v 16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
\p Numbers 13.17: \v 17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country. \v 17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country. \p Numbers 13.18: \v 18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many. \v 18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many. \p Numbers 13.19: \v 19 Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications? \v 19 Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications? \p Numbers 13.20: \v 20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
\v 20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
\p Numbers 13.21: \v 21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath. \v 21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath. \p Numbers 13.22: \v 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
\v 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
\p Numbers 13.23: \v 23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. \v 23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. \p Numbers 13.24: \v 24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
\v 24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
\p Numbers 13.25: \v 25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land, \v 25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land, \p Numbers 13.26: \v 26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
\v 26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
\p Numbers 13.27: \v 27 And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit! \v 27 And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit! \p Numbers 13.28: \v 28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. \v 28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. \p Numbers 13.29: \v 29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
\v 29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
\p Numbers 13.30: \v 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
\v 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
\p Numbers 13.31: \v 31 But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
\v 31 But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
\p Numbers 13.32: \v 32 So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. \v 32 So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. \p Numbers 13.33: \v 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!” \v 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!” \p Numbers 13.34: \v 34 Numbers 14:1: Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. \p Numbers 14.1: \v 1 Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. \p Numbers 14.2: \v 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! \p Numbers 14.3: \v 3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
\p Numbers 14.4: \v 4 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
\p Numbers 14.5: \v 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
\p Numbers 14.6: \v 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes \p Numbers 14.7: \v 7 and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land. \p Numbers 14.8: \v 8 If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. \p Numbers 14.9: \v 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
\p Numbers 14.10: \v 10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb.
Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 14.11: \v 11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? \p Numbers 14.12: \v 12 I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
\p Numbers 14.13: \v 13 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. \p Numbers 14.14: \v 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
\p Numbers 14.15: \v 15 If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, \p Numbers 14.16: \v 16 ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
\p Numbers 14.17: \v 17 So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared: \p Numbers 14.18: \v 18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
\p Numbers 14.19: \v 19 Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
\p Numbers 14.20: \v 20 “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied. \p Numbers 14.21: \v 21 “Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD, \p Numbers 14.22: \v 22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— \p Numbers 14.23: \v 23 not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
\p Numbers 14.24: \v 24 But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
\p Numbers 14.25: \v 25 Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
\p Numbers 14.26: \v 26 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 14.27: \v 27 “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me. \p Numbers 14.28: \v 28 So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. \p Numbers 14.29: \v 29 Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
\p Numbers 14.30: \v 30 Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. \p Numbers 14.31: \v 31 But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it. \p Numbers 14.32: \v 32 As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
\p Numbers 14.33: \v 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. \p Numbers 14.34: \v 34 In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
\p Numbers 14.35: \v 35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
\p Numbers 14.36: \v 36 So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— \p Numbers 14.37: \v 37 those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD. \p Numbers 14.38: \v 38 Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
\p Numbers 14.39: \v 39 And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
\p Numbers 14.40: \v 40 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
\p Numbers 14.41: \v 41 But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! \p Numbers 14.42: \v 42 Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you. \p Numbers 14.43: \v 43 For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
\p Numbers 14.44: \v 44 But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp. \p Numbers 14.45: \v 45 Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah. \p Numbers 15.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 15.2: \v 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home \p Numbers 15.3: \v 3 and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast— \p Numbers 15.4: \v 4 then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil. \p Numbers 15.5: \v 5 With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
\p Numbers 15.6: \v 6 With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, \p Numbers 15.7: \v 7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
\p Numbers 15.8: \v 8 When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD, \p Numbers 15.9: \v 9 present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil. \p Numbers 15.10: \v 10 Also present half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. \p Numbers 15.11: \v 11 This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat. \p Numbers 15.12: \v 12 This is how you must prepare each one, no matter how many.
\p Numbers 15.13: \v 13 Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. \p Numbers 15.14: \v 14 And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do. \p Numbers 15.15: \v 15 The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD. \p Numbers 15.16: \v 16 The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
\p Numbers 15.17: \v 17 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 15.18: \v 18 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you \p Numbers 15.19: \v 19 and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. \p Numbers 15.20: \v 20 From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor. \p Numbers 15.21: \v 21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
\p Numbers 15.22: \v 22 Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses— \p Numbers 15.23: \v 23 all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come— \p Numbers 15.24: \v 24 and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.
\p Numbers 15.25: \v 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by fire and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin. \p Numbers 15.26: \v 26 Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.
\p Numbers 15.27: \v 27 Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering. \p Numbers 15.28: \v 28 And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven. \p Numbers 15.29: \v 29 You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.
\p Numbers 15.30: \v 30 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. \p Numbers 15.31: \v 31 He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
\p Numbers 15.32: \v 32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. \p Numbers 15.33: \v 33 Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation, \p Numbers 15.34: \v 34 and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
\p Numbers 15.35: \v 35 And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
\p Numbers 15.36: \v 36 So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 15.37: \v 37 Later, the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 15.38: \v 38 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. \p Numbers 15.39: \v 39 These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
\p Numbers 15.40: \v 40 Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God. \p Numbers 15.41: \v 41 I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.” \p Numbers 16.1: \v 1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted \v 1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted \p Numbers 16.2: \v 2 a rebellion against Moses, along with ٢٥٠ men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly. \v 2 a rebellion against Moses, along with ٢٥٠ men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly. \p Numbers 16.3: \v 3 They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
\v 3 They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
\p Numbers 16.4: \v 4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. \v 4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. \p Numbers 16.5: \v 5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself. \v 5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself. \p Numbers 16.6: \v 6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers, \v 6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers, \p Numbers 16.7: \v 7 and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
\v 7 and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
\p Numbers 16.8: \v 8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi! \v 8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi! \p Numbers 16.9: \v 9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? \v 9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? \p Numbers 16.10: \v 10 He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well. \v 10 He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well. \p Numbers 16.11: \v 11 Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
\v 11 Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
\p Numbers 16.12: \v 12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come! \v 12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come! \p Numbers 16.13: \v 13 Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us? \v 13 Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us? \p Numbers 16.14: \v 14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
\v 14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
\p Numbers 16.15: \v 15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
\v 15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
\p Numbers 16.16: \v 16 And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron. \v 16 And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron. \p Numbers 16.17: \v 17 Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—٢٥٠ censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
\v 17 Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—٢٥٠ censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
\p Numbers 16.18: \v 18 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \v 18 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 16.19: \v 19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
\v 19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
\p Numbers 16.20: \v 20 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \v 20 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 16.21: \v 21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
\v 21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
\p Numbers 16.22: \v 22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
\v 22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
\p Numbers 16.23: \v 23 Then the LORD said to Moses, \v 23 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 16.24: \v 24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
\v 24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
\p Numbers 16.25: \v 25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. \v 25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. \p Numbers 16.26: \v 26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
\v 26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
\p Numbers 16.27: \v 27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
\v 27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
\p Numbers 16.28: \v 28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing: \v 28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing: \p Numbers 16.29: \v 29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. \v 29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. \p Numbers 16.30: \v 30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
\v 30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
\p Numbers 16.31: \v 31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open, \v 31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open, \p Numbers 16.32: \v 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions. \v 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions. \p Numbers 16.33: \v 33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
\v 33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
\p Numbers 16.34: \v 34 At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!” \v 34 At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!” \p Numbers 16.35: \v 35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the ٢٥٠ men who were offering the incense.
\v 35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the ٢٥٠ men who were offering the incense.
\p Numbers 16.36: \v 36 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 16.37: \v 37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy. \p Numbers 16.38: \v 38 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
\p Numbers 16.39: \v 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, \p Numbers 16.40: \v 40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
\p Numbers 16.41: \v 41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!” \p Numbers 16.42: \v 42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
\p Numbers 16.43: \v 43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the Tent of Meeting, \p Numbers 16.44: \v 44 and the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 16.45: \v 45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
\p Numbers 16.46: \v 46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
\p Numbers 16.47: \v 47 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. \p Numbers 16.48: \v 48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. \p Numbers 16.49: \v 49 But those who died from the plague numbered ١٤,٧٠٠, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
\p Numbers 16.50: \v 50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted. \p Numbers 17.1: \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 17.2: \v 2 “Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff, \v 2 “Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff, \p Numbers 17.3: \v 3 and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe. \v 3 and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe. \p Numbers 17.4: \v 4 Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you. \v 4 Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you. \p Numbers 17.5: \v 5 The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
\v 5 The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
\p Numbers 17.6: \v 6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them. \v 6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them. \p Numbers 17.7: \v 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
\v 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
\p Numbers 17.8: \v 8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds. \v 8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds. \p Numbers 17.9: \v 9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
\v 9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
\p Numbers 17.10: \v 10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” \v 10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” \p Numbers 17.11: \v 11 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
\v 11 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
\p Numbers 17.12: \v 12 Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! \v 12 Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! \p Numbers 17.13: \v 13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?” \v 13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?” \p Numbers 17.14: \v 14 Numbers 18:1: So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. \p Numbers 17.15: \v 15 Numbers 18:2: But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. \p Numbers 17.16: \v 16 Numbers 18:3: And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. \p Numbers 17.17: \v 17 Numbers 18:4: They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
\p Numbers 17.18: \v 18 Numbers 18:5: And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again. \p Numbers 17.19: \v 19 Numbers 18:6: Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 17.20: \v 20 Numbers 18:7: But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
\p Numbers 17.21: \v 21 Numbers 18:8: Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. \p Numbers 17.22: \v 22 Numbers 18:9: A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. \p Numbers 17.23: \v 23 Numbers 18:10: You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
\p Numbers 17.24: \v 24 Numbers 18:11: And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. \p Numbers 17.25: \v 25 Numbers 18:12: I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. \p Numbers 17.26: \v 26 Numbers 18:13: The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
\p Numbers 17.27: \v 27 Numbers 18:14: Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you. \p Numbers 17.28: \v 28 Numbers 18:15: The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. \p Numbers 18.1: \v 1 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. \p Numbers 18.2: \v 2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. \p Numbers 18.3: \v 3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. \p Numbers 18.4: \v 4 They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
\p Numbers 18.5: \v 5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again. \p Numbers 18.6: \v 6 Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 18.7: \v 7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
\p Numbers 18.8: \v 8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. \p Numbers 18.9: \v 9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. \p Numbers 18.10: \v 10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
\p Numbers 18.11: \v 11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. \p Numbers 18.12: \v 12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. \p Numbers 18.13: \v 13 The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
\p Numbers 18.14: \v 14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you. \p Numbers 18.15: \v 15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. \p Numbers 18.16: \v 16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
\p Numbers 18.17: \v 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. \p Numbers 18.18: \v 18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
\p Numbers 18.19: \v 19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
\p Numbers 18.20: \v 20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
\p Numbers 18.21: \v 21 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 18.22: \v 22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
\p Numbers 18.23: \v 23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. \p Numbers 18.24: \v 24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
\p Numbers 18.25: \v 25 And the LORD instructed Moses, \p Numbers 18.26: \v 26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe. \p Numbers 18.27: \v 27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. \p Numbers 18.28: \v 28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest. \p Numbers 18.29: \v 29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
\p Numbers 18.30: \v 30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress. \p Numbers 18.31: \v 31 And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 18.32: \v 32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’” \p Numbers 19.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 19.2: \v 2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke. \p Numbers 19.3: \v 3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
\p Numbers 19.4: \v 4 Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 19.5: \v 5 Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung. \p Numbers 19.6: \v 6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
\p Numbers 19.7: \v 7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. \p Numbers 19.8: \v 8 The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
\p Numbers 19.9: \v 9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin. \p Numbers 19.10: \v 10 The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
\p Numbers 19.11: \v 11 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. \p Numbers 19.12: \v 12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. \p Numbers 19.13: \v 13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
\p Numbers 19.14: \v 14 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days, \p Numbers 19.15: \v 15 and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
\p Numbers 19.16: \v 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
\p Numbers 19.17: \v 17 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. \p Numbers 19.18: \v 18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
\p Numbers 19.19: \v 19 The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean. \p Numbers 19.20: \v 20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
\p Numbers 19.21: \v 21 This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. \p Numbers 19.22: \v 22 Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.” \p Numbers 20.1: \v 1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
\v 1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
\p Numbers 20.2: \v 2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. \v 2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. \p Numbers 20.3: \v 3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! \v 3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! \p Numbers 20.4: \v 4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? \v 4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? \p Numbers 20.5: \v 5 Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
\v 5 Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
\p Numbers 20.6: \v 6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. \v 6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. \p Numbers 20.7: \v 7 And the LORD said to Moses, \v 7 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 20.8: \v 8 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
\v 8 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
\p Numbers 20.9: \v 9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. \v 9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. \p Numbers 20.10: \v 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” \v 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” \p Numbers 20.11: \v 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
\v 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
\p Numbers 20.12: \v 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
\v 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
\p Numbers 20.13: \v 13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
\v 13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
\p Numbers 20.14: \v 14 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, \v 14 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, \p Numbers 20.15: \v 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, \v 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, \p Numbers 20.16: \v 16 and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt.
Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. \v 16 and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt.
Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. \p Numbers 20.17: \v 17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
\v 17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
\p Numbers 20.18: \v 18 But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
\v 18 But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
\p Numbers 20.19: \v 19 “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
\v 19 “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
\p Numbers 20.20: \v 20 But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand. \v 20 But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand. \p Numbers 20.21: \v 21 So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
\v 21 So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
\p Numbers 20.22: \v 22 After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor. \v 22 After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor. \p Numbers 20.23: \v 23 And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \v 23 And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \p Numbers 20.24: \v 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. \v 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. \p Numbers 20.25: \v 25 Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor. \v 25 Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor. \p Numbers 20.26: \v 26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
\v 26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
\p Numbers 20.27: \v 27 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation. \v 27 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation. \p Numbers 20.28: \v 28 After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. \v 28 After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. \p Numbers 20.29: \v 29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days. \v 29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days. \p Numbers 20.30: \v 30 Numbers 21:1: When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. \p Numbers 21.1: \v 1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. \p Numbers 21.2: \v 2 So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
\p Numbers 21.3: \v 3 And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
\p Numbers 21.4: \v 4 Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey \p Numbers 21.5: \v 5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
\p Numbers 21.6: \v 6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
\p Numbers 21.7: \v 7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
\p Numbers 21.8: \v 8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” \p Numbers 21.9: \v 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
\p Numbers 21.10: \v 10 Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth. \p Numbers 21.11: \v 11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east. \p Numbers 21.12: \v 12 From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. \p Numbers 21.13: \v 13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory.
Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. \p Numbers 21.14: \v 14 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD:
“Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon, \p Numbers 21.15: \v 15 even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.” \p Numbers 21.16: \v 16 From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.” \p Numbers 21.17: \v 17 Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it! \p Numbers 21.18: \v 18 The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.”
From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah, \p Numbers 21.19: \v 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, \p Numbers 21.20: \v 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
\p Numbers 21.21: \v 21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, \p Numbers 21.22: \v 22 “Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
\p Numbers 21.23: \v 23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. \p Numbers 21.24: \v 24 And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
\p Numbers 21.25: \v 25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages. \p Numbers 21.26: \v 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. \p Numbers 21.27: \v 27 That is why the poets say:
“Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. \p Numbers 21.28: \v 28 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. \p Numbers 21.29: \v 29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. \p Numbers 21.30: \v 30 But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.” \p Numbers 21.31: \v 31 So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. \p Numbers 21.32: \v 32 After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
\p Numbers 21.33: \v 33 Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
\p Numbers 21.34: \v 34 But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
\p Numbers 21.35: \v 35 So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land. \p Numbers 22.1: \v 1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
\p Numbers 22.2: \v 2 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, \p Numbers 22.3: \v 3 and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. \p Numbers 22.4: \v 4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.”
Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time, \p Numbers 22.5: \v 5 he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people.
“Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. \p Numbers 22.6: \v 6 So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
\p Numbers 22.7: \v 7 The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
\p Numbers 22.8: \v 8 “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
\p Numbers 22.9: \v 9 Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
\p Numbers 22.10: \v 10 And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: \p Numbers 22.11: \v 11 ‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”
\p Numbers 22.12: \v 12 But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
\p Numbers 22.13: \v 13 So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
\p Numbers 22.14: \v 14 And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
\p Numbers 22.15: \v 15 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers. \p Numbers 22.16: \v 16 They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me, \p Numbers 22.17: \v 17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
\p Numbers 22.18: \v 18 But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God. \p Numbers 22.19: \v 19 So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
\p Numbers 22.20: \v 20 That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.” \p Numbers 22.21: \v 21 So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
\p Numbers 22.22: \v 22 Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
\p Numbers 22.23: \v 23 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
\p Numbers 22.24: \v 24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side. \p Numbers 22.25: \v 25 And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
\p Numbers 22.26: \v 26 And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left. \p Numbers 22.27: \v 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
\p Numbers 22.28: \v 28 Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
\p Numbers 22.29: \v 29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
\p Numbers 22.30: \v 30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?”
“No,” he replied.
\p Numbers 22.31: \v 31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
\p Numbers 22.32: \v 32 The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me. \p Numbers 22.33: \v 33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
\p Numbers 22.34: \v 34 “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
\p Numbers 22.35: \v 35 But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
\p Numbers 22.36: \v 36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. \p Numbers 22.37: \v 37 And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”
\p Numbers 22.38: \v 38 “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
\p Numbers 22.39: \v 39 So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. \p Numbers 22.40: \v 40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
\p Numbers 22.41: \v 41 The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people. \p Numbers 23.1: \v 1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
\p Numbers 23.2: \v 2 So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
\p Numbers 23.3: \v 3 “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.”
So Balaam went off to a barren height, \p Numbers 23.4: \v 4 and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
\p Numbers 23.5: \v 5 Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
\p Numbers 23.6: \v 6 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
\p Numbers 23.7: \v 7 And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:
“Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ \p Numbers 23.8: \v 8 How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? \p Numbers 23.9: \v 9 For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations. \p Numbers 23.10: \v 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!” \p Numbers 23.11: \v 11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
\p Numbers 23.12: \v 12 But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
\p Numbers 23.13: \v 13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
\p Numbers 23.14: \v 14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
\p Numbers 23.15: \v 15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
\p Numbers 23.16: \v 16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
\p Numbers 23.17: \v 17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab.
“What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
\p Numbers 23.18: \v 18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:
“Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor. \p Numbers 23.19: \v 19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? \p Numbers 23.20: \v 20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it. \p Numbers 23.21: \v 21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. \p Numbers 23.22: \v 22 God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox. \p Numbers 23.23: \v 23 For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’ \p Numbers 23.24: \v 24 Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.” \p Numbers 23.25: \v 25 Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
\p Numbers 23.26: \v 26 But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
\p Numbers 23.27: \v 27 “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
\p Numbers 23.28: \v 28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
\p Numbers 23.29: \v 29 Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
\p Numbers 23.30: \v 30 So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar. \p Numbers 24.1: \v 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness. \p Numbers 24.2: \v 2 When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him, \p Numbers 24.3: \v 3 and he lifted up an oracle, saying:
“This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open, \p Numbers 24.4: \v 4 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open: \p Numbers 24.5: \v 5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! \p Numbers 24.6: \v 6 They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters. \p Numbers 24.7: \v 7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted. \p Numbers 24.8: \v 8 God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows. \p Numbers 24.9: \v 9 He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.” \p Numbers 24.10: \v 10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times. \p Numbers 24.11: \v 11 Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
\p Numbers 24.12: \v 12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me \p Numbers 24.13: \v 13 that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says. \p Numbers 24.14: \v 14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
\p Numbers 24.15: \v 15 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying,
“This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open, \p Numbers 24.16: \v 16 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open: \p Numbers 24.17: \v 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth. \p Numbers 24.18: \v 18 Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor. \p Numbers 24.19: \v 19 A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.” \p Numbers 24.20: \v 20 Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying:
“Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.” \p Numbers 24.21: \v 21 Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying:
“Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff. \p Numbers 24.22: \v 22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.” \p Numbers 24.23: \v 23 Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:
“Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it? \p Numbers 24.24: \v 24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.” \p Numbers 24.25: \v 25 Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way. \p Numbers 25.1: \v 1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, \v 1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, \p Numbers 25.2: \v 2 who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. \v 2 who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. \p Numbers 25.3: \v 3 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
\v 3 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
\p Numbers 25.4: \v 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
\v 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
\p Numbers 25.5: \v 5 So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
\v 5 So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
\p Numbers 25.6: \v 6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \v 6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. \p Numbers 25.7: \v 7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, \v 7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, \p Numbers 25.8: \v 8 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman.
So the plague against the Israelites was halted, \v 8 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman.
So the plague against the Israelites was halted, \p Numbers 25.9: \v 9 but those who died in the plague numbered ٢٤,٠٠٠.
\v 9 but those who died in the plague numbered ٢٤,٠٠٠.
\p Numbers 25.10: \v 10 Then the LORD said to Moses, \v 10 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 25.11: \v 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal. \v 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal. \p Numbers 25.12: \v 12 Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace. \v 12 Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace. \p Numbers 25.13: \v 13 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
\v 13 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
\p Numbers 25.14: \v 14 The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. \v 14 The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. \p Numbers 25.15: \v 15 And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
\v 15 And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
\p Numbers 25.16: \v 16 And the LORD said to Moses, \v 16 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 25.17: \v 17 “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. \v 17 “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. \p Numbers 25.18: \v 18 For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.” \v 18 For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.” \p Numbers 25.19: \v 19 Numbers 26:1: After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, \p Numbers 26.1: \v 1 After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, \p Numbers 26.2: \v 2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
\p Numbers 26.3: \v 3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction, \p Numbers 26.4: \v 4 “Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.”
And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
\p Numbers 26.5: \v 5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben:
The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu, \p Numbers 26.6: \v 6 the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi. \p Numbers 26.7: \v 7 These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered ٤٣,٧٣٠.
\p Numbers 26.8: \v 8 Now the son of Pallu was Eliab, \p Numbers 26.9: \v 9 and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.
It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD. \p Numbers 26.10: \v 10 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed ٢٥٠ men. They serve as a warning sign. \p Numbers 26.11: \v 11 However, the line of Korah did not die out.
\p Numbers 26.12: \v 12 These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans:
The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin, \p Numbers 26.13: \v 13 the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul. \p Numbers 26.14: \v 14 These were the clans of Simeon, and there were ٢٢,٢٠٠ men.
\p Numbers 26.15: \v 15 These were the descendants of Gad by their clans:
The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni, \p Numbers 26.16: \v 16 the Oznite clan from Ozni, the Erite clan from Eri, \p Numbers 26.17: \v 17 the Arodite clan from Arod, and the Arelite clan from Areli. \p Numbers 26.18: \v 18 These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered ٤٠,٥٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.19: \v 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan. \p Numbers 26.20: \v 20 These were the descendants of Judah by their clans:
The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah. \p Numbers 26.21: \v 21 And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul. \p Numbers 26.22: \v 22 These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered ٧٦,٥٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.23: \v 23 These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans:
The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah, \p Numbers 26.24: \v 24 the Jashubite clan from Jashub, and the Shimronite clan from Shimron. \p Numbers 26.25: \v 25 These were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered ٦٤,٣٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.26: \v 26 These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans:
The Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel. \p Numbers 26.27: \v 27 These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered ٦٠,٥٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.28: \v 28 The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
\p Numbers 26.29: \v 29 These were the descendants of Manasseh:
The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead. \p Numbers 26.30: \v 30 These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek, \p Numbers 26.31: \v 31 the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem, \p Numbers 26.32: \v 32 the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher. \p Numbers 26.33: \v 33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. \p Numbers 26.34: \v 34 These were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered ٥٢,٧٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.35: \v 35 These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:
The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan. \p Numbers 26.36: \v 36 And the descendants of Shuthelah were the Eranite clan from Eran. \p Numbers 26.37: \v 37 These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered ٣٢,٥٠٠.
These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
\p Numbers 26.38: \v 38 These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans:
The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram, \p Numbers 26.39: \v 39 the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham. \p Numbers 26.40: \v 40 And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman. \p Numbers 26.41: \v 41 These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered ٤٥,٦٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.42: \v 42 These were the descendants of Dan by their clans:
The Shuhamite clan from Shuham.
These were the clans of Dan. \p Numbers 26.43: \v 43 All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered ٦٤,٤٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.44: \v 44 These were the descendants of Asher by their clans:
The Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, and the Beriite clan from Beriah. \p Numbers 26.45: \v 45 And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel. \p Numbers 26.46: \v 46 And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah. \p Numbers 26.47: \v 47 These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered ٥٣,٤٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.48: \v 48 These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans:
The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni, \p Numbers 26.49: \v 49 the Jezerite clan from Jezer, and the Shillemite clan from Shillem. \p Numbers 26.50: \v 50 These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered ٤٥,٤٠٠.
\p Numbers 26.51: \v 51 These men of Israel numbered ٦٠١,٧٣٠ in all.
\p Numbers 26.52: \v 52 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 26.53: \v 53 “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. \p Numbers 26.54: \v 54 Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.
\p Numbers 26.55: \v 55 Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. \p Numbers 26.56: \v 56 Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
\p Numbers 26.57: \v 57 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans:
The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. \p Numbers 26.58: \v 58 These were the families of the Levites:
The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan.
Now Kohath was the father of Amram, \p Numbers 26.59: \v 59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. \p Numbers 26.60: \v 60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron, \p Numbers 26.61: \v 61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
\p Numbers 26.62: \v 62 The registration of the Levites totaled ٢٣,٠٠٠, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
\p Numbers 26.63: \v 63 These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
\p Numbers 26.64: \v 64 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. \p Numbers 26.65: \v 65 For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. \p Numbers 27.1: \v 1 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached \p Numbers 27.2: \v 2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said, \p Numbers 27.3: \v 3 “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons. \p Numbers 27.4: \v 4 Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
\p Numbers 27.5: \v 5 So Moses brought their case before the LORD, \p Numbers 27.6: \v 6 and the LORD answered him, \p Numbers 27.7: \v 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
\p Numbers 27.8: \v 8 Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter. \p Numbers 27.9: \v 9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. \p Numbers 27.10: \v 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. \p Numbers 27.11: \v 11 And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
\p Numbers 27.12: \v 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites. \p Numbers 27.13: \v 13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was; \p Numbers 27.14: \v 14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
\p Numbers 27.15: \v 15 So Moses appealed to the LORD, \p Numbers 27.16: \v 16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation \p Numbers 27.17: \v 17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
\p Numbers 27.18: \v 18 And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. \p Numbers 27.19: \v 19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight. \p Numbers 27.20: \v 20 Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him. \p Numbers 27.21: \v 21 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
\p Numbers 27.22: \v 22 Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, \p Numbers 27.23: \v 23 and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses. \p Numbers 28.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 28.2: \v 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
\p Numbers 28.3: \v 3 And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs. \p Numbers 28.4: \v 4 Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, \p Numbers 28.5: \v 5 along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
\p Numbers 28.6: \v 6 This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. \p Numbers 28.7: \v 7 The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area. \p Numbers 28.8: \v 8 And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
\p Numbers 28.9: \v 9 On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
\p Numbers 28.10: \v 10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
\p Numbers 28.11: \v 11 At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 28.12: \v 12 along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram, \p Numbers 28.13: \v 13 and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
\p Numbers 28.14: \v 14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.
\p Numbers 28.15: \v 15 In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
\p Numbers 28.16: \v 16 The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. \p Numbers 28.17: \v 17 On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.
\p Numbers 28.18: \v 18 On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. \p Numbers 28.19: \v 19 Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. \p Numbers 28.20: \v 20 The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \p Numbers 28.21: \v 21 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs. \p Numbers 28.22: \v 22 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
\p Numbers 28.23: \v 23 You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. \p Numbers 28.24: \v 24 Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.
\p Numbers 28.25: \v 25 On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
\p Numbers 28.26: \v 26 On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
\p Numbers 28.27: \v 27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, \p Numbers 28.28: \v 28 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \p Numbers 28.29: \v 29 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
\p Numbers 28.30: \v 30 Include one male goat to make atonement for you. \p Numbers 28.31: \v 31 Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished. \p Numbers 29.1: \v 1 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
\v 1 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
\p Numbers 29.2: \v 2 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 2 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.3: \v 3 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \v 3 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \p Numbers 29.4: \v 4 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven male lambs.
\v 4 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven male lambs.
\p Numbers 29.5: \v 5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. \v 5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. \p Numbers 29.6: \v 6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
\v 6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
\p Numbers 29.7: \v 7 On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
\v 7 On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
\p Numbers 29.8: \v 8 Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 8 Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.9: \v 9 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \v 9 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, \p Numbers 29.10: \v 10 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
\v 10 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
\p Numbers 29.11: \v 11 Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.
\v 11 Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.
\p Numbers 29.12: \v 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
\v 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
\p Numbers 29.13: \v 13 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 13 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.14: \v 14 along with the grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil with each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah with each of the two rams, \v 14 along with the grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil with each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah with each of the two rams, \p Numbers 29.15: \v 15 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the fourteen lambs. \v 15 and a tenth of an ephah with each of the fourteen lambs. \p Numbers 29.16: \v 16 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 16 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.17: \v 17 On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 17 On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.18: \v 18 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 18 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.19: \v 19 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 19 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.20: \v 20 On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 20 On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.21: \v 21 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 21 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.22: \v 22 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 22 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.23: \v 23 On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 23 On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.24: \v 24 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 24 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.25: \v 25 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 25 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.26: \v 26 On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 26 On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.27: \v 27 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 27 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.28: \v 28 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 28 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.29: \v 29 On the sixth day you are to present eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 29 On the sixth day you are to present eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.30: \v 30 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 30 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.31: \v 31 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 31 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.32: \v 32 On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 32 On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.33: \v 33 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 33 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.34: \v 34 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 34 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.35: \v 35 On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. \v 35 On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. \p Numbers 29.36: \v 36 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \v 36 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, \p Numbers 29.37: \v 37 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \v 37 along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. \p Numbers 29.38: \v 38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\v 38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.
\p Numbers 29.39: \v 39 You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”
\v 39 You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”
\p Numbers 29.40: \v 40 So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him. \p Numbers 30.1: \v 1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: \v 1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: \p Numbers 30.2: \v 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
\v 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
\p Numbers 30.3: \v 3 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, \v 3 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, \p Numbers 30.4: \v 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \v 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \p Numbers 30.5: \v 5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
\v 5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
\p Numbers 30.6: \v 6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself, \v 6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself, \p Numbers 30.7: \v 7 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \v 7 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \p Numbers 30.8: \v 8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
\v 8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
\p Numbers 30.9: \v 9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
\v 9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
\p Numbers 30.10: \v 10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, \v 10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, \p Numbers 30.11: \v 11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \v 11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. \p Numbers 30.12: \v 12 But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
\v 12 But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
\p Numbers 30.13: \v 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself. \v 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself. \p Numbers 30.14: \v 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them. \v 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them. \p Numbers 30.15: \v 15 But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
\v 15 But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
\p Numbers 30.16: \v 16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home. \v 16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home. \p Numbers 30.17: \v 17 Numbers 31:1: And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 31.1: \v 1 And the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 31.2: \v 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
\p Numbers 31.3: \v 3 So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them. \p Numbers 31.4: \v 4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
\p Numbers 31.5: \v 5 So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war. \p Numbers 31.6: \v 6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
\p Numbers 31.7: \v 7 Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. \p Numbers 31.8: \v 8 Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
\p Numbers 31.9: \v 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. \p Numbers 31.10: \v 10 Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, \p Numbers 31.11: \v 11 and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
\p Numbers 31.12: \v 12 They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. \p Numbers 31.13: \v 13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
\p Numbers 31.14: \v 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle. \p Numbers 31.15: \v 15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. \p Numbers 31.16: \v 16 “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD. \p Numbers 31.17: \v 17 So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, \p Numbers 31.18: \v 18 but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
\p Numbers 31.19: \v 19 All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives. \p Numbers 31.20: \v 20 And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
\p Numbers 31.21: \v 21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: \p Numbers 31.22: \v 22 Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— \p Numbers 31.23: \v 23 everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water. \p Numbers 31.24: \v 24 On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
\p Numbers 31.25: \v 25 The LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 31.26: \v 26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast. \p Numbers 31.27: \v 27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
\p Numbers 31.28: \v 28 Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. \p Numbers 31.29: \v 29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
\p Numbers 31.30: \v 30 From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
\p Numbers 31.31: \v 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses, \p Numbers 31.32: \v 32 and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken:
٦٧٥,٠٠٠ sheep, \p Numbers 31.33: \v 33 ٧٢,٠٠٠ cattle, \p Numbers 31.34: \v 34 ٦١,٠٠٠ donkeys, \p Numbers 31.35: \v 35 and ٣٢,٠٠٠ women who had not slept with a man. \p Numbers 31.36: \v 36 This was the half portion for those who had gone to war:
\p Numbers 31.37: \v 37 including a tribute to the LORD of ٦٧٥, \p Numbers 31.38: \v 38 ٣٦,٠٠٠ cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of ٧٢, \p Numbers 31.39: \v 39 ٣٠,٥٠٠ donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of ٦١, \p Numbers 31.40: \v 40 and ١٦,٠٠٠ people, including a tribute to the LORD of ٣٢. \p Numbers 31.41: \v 41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
\p Numbers 31.42: \v 42 From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war, \p Numbers 31.43: \v 43 this half belonged to the congregation:
٣٣٧,٥٠٠ sheep, \p Numbers 31.44: \v 44 ٣٦,٠٠٠ cattle, \p Numbers 31.45: \v 45 ٣٠,٥٠٠ donkeys, \p Numbers 31.46: \v 46 and ١٦,٠٠٠ people. \p Numbers 31.47: \v 47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
\p Numbers 31.48: \v 48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses \p Numbers 31.49: \v 49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing. \p Numbers 31.50: \v 50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
\p Numbers 31.51: \v 51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold. \p Numbers 31.52: \v 52 All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed ١٦,٧٥٠ shekels. \p Numbers 31.53: \v 53 Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself. \p Numbers 31.54: \v 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD. \p Numbers 32.1: \v 1 Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. \p Numbers 32.2: \v 2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said, \p Numbers 32.3: \v 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, \p Numbers 32.4: \v 4 which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
\p Numbers 32.5: \v 5 “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
\p Numbers 32.6: \v 6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? \p Numbers 32.7: \v 7 Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them? \p Numbers 32.8: \v 8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
\p Numbers 32.9: \v 9 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them. \p Numbers 32.10: \v 10 So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, \p Numbers 32.11: \v 11 ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— \p Numbers 32.12: \v 12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ \p Numbers 32.13: \v 13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
\p Numbers 32.14: \v 14 Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel. \p Numbers 32.15: \v 15 For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
\p Numbers 32.16: \v 16 Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones. \p Numbers 32.17: \v 17 But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land. \p Numbers 32.18: \v 18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance. \p Numbers 32.19: \v 19 Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
\p Numbers 32.20: \v 20 Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle, \p Numbers 32.21: \v 21 and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him, \p Numbers 32.22: \v 22 then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD. \p Numbers 32.23: \v 23 But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out. \p Numbers 32.24: \v 24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
\p Numbers 32.25: \v 25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands. \p Numbers 32.26: \v 26 Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead. \p Numbers 32.27: \v 27 But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
\p Numbers 32.28: \v 28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel. \p Numbers 32.29: \v 29 And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession. \p Numbers 32.30: \v 30 But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
\p Numbers 32.31: \v 31 The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do. \p Numbers 32.32: \v 32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
\p Numbers 32.33: \v 33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
\p Numbers 32.34: \v 34 And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, \p Numbers 32.35: \v 35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, \p Numbers 32.36: \v 36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
\p Numbers 32.37: \v 37 The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, \p Numbers 32.38: \v 38 as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
\p Numbers 32.39: \v 39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. \p Numbers 32.40: \v 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. \p Numbers 32.41: \v 41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. \p Numbers 32.42: \v 42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name. \p Numbers 33.1: \v 1 These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. \p Numbers 33.2: \v 2 At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
\p Numbers 33.3: \v 3 On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, \p Numbers 33.4: \v 4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods. \p Numbers 33.5: \v 5 The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth. \p Numbers 33.6: \v 6 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. \p Numbers 33.7: \v 7 They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol. \p Numbers 33.8: \v 8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. \p Numbers 33.9: \v 9 They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. \p Numbers 33.10: \v 10 They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. \p Numbers 33.11: \v 11 They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. \p Numbers 33.12: \v 12 They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah. \p Numbers 33.13: \v 13 They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. \p Numbers 33.14: \v 14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. \p Numbers 33.15: \v 15 They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. \p Numbers 33.16: \v 16 They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. \p Numbers 33.17: \v 17 They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. \p Numbers 33.18: \v 18 They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. \p Numbers 33.19: \v 19 They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. \p Numbers 33.20: \v 20 They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. \p Numbers 33.21: \v 21 They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. \p Numbers 33.22: \v 22 They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. \p Numbers 33.23: \v 23 They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. \p Numbers 33.24: \v 24 They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. \p Numbers 33.25: \v 25 They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. \p Numbers 33.26: \v 26 They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. \p Numbers 33.27: \v 27 They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. \p Numbers 33.28: \v 28 They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. \p Numbers 33.29: \v 29 They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. \p Numbers 33.30: \v 30 They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. \p Numbers 33.31: \v 31 They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. \p Numbers 33.32: \v 32 They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. \p Numbers 33.33: \v 33 They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. \p Numbers 33.34: \v 34 They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. \p Numbers 33.35: \v 35 They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. \p Numbers 33.36: \v 36 They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. \p Numbers 33.37: \v 37 They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom. \p Numbers 33.38: \v 38 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt. \p Numbers 33.39: \v 39 Aaron was ١٢٣ years old when he died on Mount Hor. \p Numbers 33.40: \v 40 Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. \p Numbers 33.41: \v 41 And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. \p Numbers 33.42: \v 42 They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. \p Numbers 33.43: \v 43 They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth. \p Numbers 33.44: \v 44 They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. \p Numbers 33.45: \v 45 They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad. \p Numbers 33.46: \v 46 They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. \p Numbers 33.47: \v 47 They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo. \p Numbers 33.48: \v 48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. \p Numbers 33.49: \v 49 And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim. \p Numbers 33.50: \v 50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 33.51: \v 51 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, \p Numbers 33.52: \v 52 you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
\p Numbers 33.53: \v 53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. \p Numbers 33.54: \v 54 And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
\p Numbers 33.55: \v 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. \p Numbers 33.56: \v 56 And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.” \p Numbers 34.1: \v 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 34.2: \v 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
\p Numbers 34.3: \v 3 Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, \p Numbers 34.4: \v 4 cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, \p Numbers 34.5: \v 5 where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea. \p Numbers 34.6: \v 6 Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. \p Numbers 34.7: \v 7 Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor, \p Numbers 34.8: \v 8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad, \p Numbers 34.9: \v 9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north. \p Numbers 34.10: \v 10 And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, \p Numbers 34.11: \v 11 then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth. \p Numbers 34.12: \v 12 Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea.
This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
\p Numbers 34.13: \v 13 So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes. \p Numbers 34.14: \v 14 For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance. \p Numbers 34.15: \v 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
\p Numbers 34.16: \v 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 34.17: \v 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. \p Numbers 34.18: \v 18 Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. \p Numbers 34.19: \v 19 These are their names:
Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; \p Numbers 34.20: \v 20 Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon; \p Numbers 34.21: \v 21 Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin; \p Numbers 34.22: \v 22 Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan; \p Numbers 34.23: \v 23 Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; \p Numbers 34.24: \v 24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim; \p Numbers 34.25: \v 25 Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun; \p Numbers 34.26: \v 26 Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar; \p Numbers 34.27: \v 27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher; \p Numbers 34.28: \v 28 and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.” \p Numbers 34.29: \v 29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. \p Numbers 35.1: \v 1 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: \p Numbers 35.2: \v 2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. \p Numbers 35.3: \v 3 The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
\p Numbers 35.4: \v 4 The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. \p Numbers 35.5: \v 5 You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
\p Numbers 35.6: \v 6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities. \p Numbers 35.7: \v 7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands. \p Numbers 35.8: \v 8 The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
\p Numbers 35.9: \v 9 Then the LORD said to Moses, \p Numbers 35.10: \v 10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, \p Numbers 35.11: \v 11 designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. \p Numbers 35.12: \v 12 You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
\p Numbers 35.13: \v 13 The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. \p Numbers 35.14: \v 14 Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge. \p Numbers 35.15: \v 15 These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
\p Numbers 35.16: \v 16 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. \p Numbers 35.17: \v 17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. \p Numbers 35.18: \v 18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
\p Numbers 35.19: \v 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
\p Numbers 35.20: \v 20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him, \p Numbers 35.21: \v 21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
\p Numbers 35.22: \v 22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally, \p Numbers 35.23: \v 23 or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him, \p Numbers 35.24: \v 24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. \p Numbers 35.25: \v 25 The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
\p Numbers 35.26: \v 26 But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled \p Numbers 35.27: \v 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed \p Numbers 35.28: \v 28 because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns. \p Numbers 35.29: \v 29 This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
\p Numbers 35.30: \v 30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
\p Numbers 35.31: \v 31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. \p Numbers 35.32: \v 32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
\p Numbers 35.33: \v 33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. \p Numbers 35.34: \v 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.” \p Numbers 36.1: \v 1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them, \p Numbers 36.2: \v 2 saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. \p Numbers 36.3: \v 3 But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away. \p Numbers 36.4: \v 4 And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
\p Numbers 36.5: \v 5 So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly. \p Numbers 36.6: \v 6 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father. \p Numbers 36.7: \v 7 No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. \p Numbers 36.8: \v 8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers. \p Numbers 36.9: \v 9 No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
\p Numbers 36.10: \v 10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses. \p Numbers 36.11: \v 11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side. \p Numbers 36.12: \v 12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
\p Numbers 36.13: \v 13 These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
\p Luke 0.0: \id LUK \p Luke 1.1: \v 1 Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, \p Luke 1.2: \v 2 just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. \p Luke 1.3: \v 3 Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, \p Luke 1.4: \v 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
\p Luke 1.5: \v 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron. \p Luke 1.6: \v 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord. \p Luke 1.7: \v 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
\p Luke 1.8: \v 8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, \p Luke 1.9: \v 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. \p Luke 1.10: \v 10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
\p Luke 1.11: \v 11 Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. \p Luke 1.12: \v 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
\p Luke 1.13: \v 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. \p Luke 1.14: \v 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth, \p Luke 1.15: \v 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. \p Luke 1.16: \v 16 Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. \p Luke 1.17: \v 17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
\p Luke 1.18: \v 18 “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
\p Luke 1.19: \v 19 “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. \p Luke 1.20: \v 20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
\p Luke 1.21: \v 21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple. \p Luke 1.22: \v 22 When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless. \p Luke 1.23: \v 23 And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
\p Luke 1.24: \v 24 After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared, \p Luke 1.25: \v 25 “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
\p Luke 1.26: \v 26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, \p Luke 1.27: \v 27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. \p Luke 1.28: \v 28 The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
\p Luke 1.29: \v 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. \p Luke 1.30: \v 30 So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. \p Luke 1.31: \v 31 Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. \p Luke 1.32: \v 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, \p Luke 1.33: \v 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
\p Luke 1.34: \v 34 “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
\p Luke 1.35: \v 35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. \p Luke 1.36: \v 36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month. \p Luke 1.37: \v 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
\p Luke 1.38: \v 38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
\p Luke 1.39: \v 39 In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah, \p Luke 1.40: \v 40 where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
\p Luke 1.41: \v 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. \p Luke 1.42: \v 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! \p Luke 1.43: \v 43 And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? \p Luke 1.44: \v 44 For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. \p Luke 1.45: \v 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
\p Luke 1.46: \v 46 Then Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord, \p Luke 1.47: \v 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! \p Luke 1.48: \v 48 For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed. \p Luke 1.49: \v 49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name. \p Luke 1.50: \v 50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. \p Luke 1.51: \v 51 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. \p Luke 1.52: \v 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. \p Luke 1.53: \v 53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty. \p Luke 1.54: \v 54 He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, \p Luke 1.55: \v 55 as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.” \p Luke 1.56: \v 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
\p Luke 1.57: \v 57 When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son. \p Luke 1.58: \v 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
\p Luke 1.59: \v 59 On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah. \p Luke 1.60: \v 60 But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
\p Luke 1.61: \v 61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.” \p Luke 1.62: \v 62 So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
\p Luke 1.63: \v 63 Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed. \p Luke 1.64: \v 64 Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
\p Luke 1.65: \v 65 All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events. \p Luke 1.66: \v 66 And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
\p Luke 1.67: \v 67 Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
\p Luke 1.68: \v 68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. \p Luke 1.69: \v 69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, \p Luke 1.70: \v 70 as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, \p Luke 1.71: \v 71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, \p Luke 1.72: \v 72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, \p Luke 1.73: \v 73 the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us \p Luke 1.74: \v 74 deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, \p Luke 1.75: \v 75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives. \p Luke 1.76: \v 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, \p Luke 1.77: \v 77 to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, \p Luke 1.78: \v 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high, \p Luke 1.79: \v 79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” \p Luke 1.80: \v 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel. \p Luke 2.1: \v 1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire. \p Luke 2.2: \v 2 This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. \p Luke 2.3: \v 3 And everyone went to his own town to register.
\p Luke 2.4: \v 4 So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. \p Luke 2.5: \v 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
\p Luke 2.6: \v 6 While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. \p Luke 2.7: \v 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
\p Luke 2.8: \v 8 And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night. \p Luke 2.9: \v 9 Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. \p Luke 2.10: \v 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: \p Luke 2.11: \v 11 Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! \p Luke 2.12: \v 12 And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
\p Luke 2.13: \v 13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
\p Luke 2.14: \v 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!” \p Luke 2.15: \v 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
\p Luke 2.16: \v 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger. \p Luke 2.17: \v 17 After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him. \p Luke 2.18: \v 18 And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. \p Luke 2.19: \v 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
\p Luke 2.20: \v 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
\p Luke 2.21: \v 21 When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
\p Luke 2.22: \v 22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord \p Luke 2.23: \v 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), \p Luke 2.24: \v 24 and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
\p Luke 2.25: \v 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. \p Luke 2.26: \v 26 The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. \p Luke 2.27: \v 27 Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law, \p Luke 2.28: \v 28 Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
\p Luke 2.29: \v 29 “Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace. \p Luke 2.30: \v 30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation, \p Luke 2.31: \v 31 which You have prepared in the sight of all people, \p Luke 2.32: \v 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.” \p Luke 2.33: \v 33 The Child’s father and mother were amazed at what was spoken about Him. \p Luke 2.34: \v 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary:
“Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, \p Luke 2.35: \v 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed— and a sword will pierce your soul as well.” \p Luke 2.36: \v 36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, \p Luke 2.37: \v 37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
\p Luke 2.38: \v 38 Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
\p Luke 2.39: \v 39 When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
\p Luke 2.40: \v 40 And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
\p Luke 2.41: \v 41 Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. \p Luke 2.42: \v 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
\p Luke 2.43: \v 43 When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed. \p Luke 2.44: \v 44 Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.
\p Luke 2.45: \v 45 When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him. \p Luke 2.46: \v 46 Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. \p Luke 2.47: \v 47 And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
\p Luke 2.48: \v 48 When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
\p Luke 2.49: \v 49 “Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” \p Luke 2.50: \v 50 But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
\p Luke 2.51: \v 51 Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
\p Luke 2.52: \v 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. \p Luke 3.1: \v 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, \p Luke 3.2: \v 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
\p Luke 3.3: \v 3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, \p Luke 3.4: \v 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him. \p Luke 3.5: \v 5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth. \p Luke 3.6: \v 6 And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’” \p Luke 3.7: \v 7 Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? \p Luke 3.8: \v 8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. \p Luke 3.9: \v 9 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
\p Luke 3.10: \v 10 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”
\p Luke 3.11: \v 11 John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
\p Luke 3.12: \v 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
\p Luke 3.13: \v 13 “Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
\p Luke 3.14: \v 14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”
“Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
\p Luke 3.15: \v 15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ. \p Luke 3.16: \v 16 John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. \p Luke 3.17: \v 17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
\p Luke 3.18: \v 18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people. \p Luke 3.19: \v 19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done, \p Luke 3.20: \v 20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
\p Luke 3.21: \v 21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, \p Luke 3.22: \v 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
\p Luke 3.23: \v 23 Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry.
He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, \p Luke 3.24: \v 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, \p Luke 3.25: \v 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, \p Luke 3.26: \v 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, \p Luke 3.27: \v 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, \p Luke 3.28: \v 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, \p Luke 3.29: \v 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, \p Luke 3.30: \v 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, \p Luke 3.31: \v 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, \p Luke 3.32: \v 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, \p Luke 3.33: \v 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, \p Luke 3.34: \v 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, \p Luke 3.35: \v 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, \p Luke 3.36: \v 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, \p Luke 3.37: \v 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, \p Luke 3.38: \v 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. \p Luke 4.1: \v 1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, \p Luke 4.2: \v 2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
\p Luke 4.3: \v 3 The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
\p Luke 4.4: \v 4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
\p Luke 4.5: \v 5 Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. \p Luke 4.6: \v 6 “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. \p Luke 4.7: \v 7 So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
\p Luke 4.8: \v 8 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
\p Luke 4.9: \v 9 Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here. \p Luke 4.10: \v 10 For it is written:
‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully; \p Luke 4.11: \v 11 and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’” \p Luke 4.12: \v 12 But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
\p Luke 4.13: \v 13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
\p Luke 4.14: \v 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region. \p Luke 4.15: \v 15 He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
\p Luke 4.16: \v 16 Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, \p Luke 4.17: \v 17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
\p Luke 4.18: \v 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, \p Luke 4.19: \v 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” \p Luke 4.20: \v 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him, \p Luke 4.21: \v 21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
\p Luke 4.22: \v 22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
\p Luke 4.23: \v 23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
\p Luke 4.24: \v 24 Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. \p Luke 4.25: \v 25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. \p Luke 4.26: \v 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon. \p Luke 4.27: \v 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
\p Luke 4.28: \v 28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged. \p Luke 4.29: \v 29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff. \p Luke 4.30: \v 30 But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.
\p Luke 4.31: \v 31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people. \p Luke 4.32: \v 32 They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.
\p Luke 4.33: \v 33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, \p Luke 4.34: \v 34 “Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
\p Luke 4.35: \v 35 But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
\p Luke 4.36: \v 36 All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” \p Luke 4.37: \v 37 And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.
\p Luke 4.38: \v 38 After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf, \p Luke 4.39: \v 39 and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
\p Luke 4.40: \v 40 At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them. \p Luke 4.41: \v 41 Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
\p Luke 4.42: \v 42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving. \p Luke 4.43: \v 43 But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
\p Luke 4.44: \v 44 And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea. \p Luke 5.1: \v 1 On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God, \p Luke 5.2: \v 2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. \p Luke 5.3: \v 3 Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
\p Luke 5.4: \v 4 When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
\p Luke 5.5: \v 5 “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.” \p Luke 5.6: \v 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear. \p Luke 5.7: \v 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
\p Luke 5.8: \v 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.” \p Luke 5.9: \v 9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, \p Luke 5.10: \v 10 and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
“Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.” \p Luke 5.11: \v 11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
\p Luke 5.12: \v 12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
\p Luke 5.13: \v 13 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
\p Luke 5.14: \v 14 “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
\p Luke 5.15: \v 15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. \p Luke 5.16: \v 16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
\p Luke 5.17: \v 17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
\p Luke 5.18: \v 18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus, \p Luke 5.19: \v 19 but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
\p Luke 5.20: \v 20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
\p Luke 5.21: \v 21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
\p Luke 5.22: \v 22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? \p Luke 5.23: \v 23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’ \p Luke 5.24: \v 24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
\p Luke 5.25: \v 25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. \p Luke 5.26: \v 26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
\p Luke 5.27: \v 27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, \p Luke 5.28: \v 28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
\p Luke 5.29: \v 29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them. \p Luke 5.30: \v 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
\p Luke 5.31: \v 31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. \p Luke 5.32: \v 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
\p Luke 5.33: \v 33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
\p Luke 5.34: \v 34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? \p Luke 5.35: \v 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
\p Luke 5.36: \v 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
\p Luke 5.37: \v 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. \p Luke 5.38: \v 38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. \p Luke 5.39: \v 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’” \p Luke 6.1: \v 1 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. \p Luke 6.2: \v 2 But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
\p Luke 6.3: \v 3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? \p Luke 6.4: \v 4 He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”
\p Luke 6.5: \v 5 Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
\p Luke 6.6: \v 6 On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. \p Luke 6.7: \v 7 Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
\p Luke 6.8: \v 8 But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.
\p Luke 6.9: \v 9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” \p Luke 6.10: \v 10 And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.
\p Luke 6.11: \v 11 But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
\p Luke 6.12: \v 12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. \p Luke 6.13: \v 13 When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles: \p Luke 6.14: \v 14 Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; \p Luke 6.15: \v 15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot; \p Luke 6.16: \v 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
\p Luke 6.17: \v 17 Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon. \p Luke 6.18: \v 18 They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed. \p Luke 6.19: \v 19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
\p Luke 6.20: \v 20 Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. \p Luke 6.21: \v 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. \p Luke 6.22: \v 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. \p Luke 6.23: \v 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
\p Luke 6.24: \v 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. \p Luke 6.25: \v 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. \p Luke 6.26: \v 26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. \p Luke 6.27: \v 27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, \p Luke 6.28: \v 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. \p Luke 6.29: \v 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well. \p Luke 6.30: \v 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back. \p Luke 6.31: \v 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
\p Luke 6.32: \v 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. \p Luke 6.33: \v 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. \p Luke 6.34: \v 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
\p Luke 6.35: \v 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. \p Luke 6.36: \v 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
\p Luke 6.37: \v 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. \p Luke 6.38: \v 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
\p Luke 6.39: \v 39 Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? \p Luke 6.40: \v 40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
\p Luke 6.41: \v 41 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? \p Luke 6.42: \v 42 How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
\p Luke 6.43: \v 43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. \p Luke 6.44: \v 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. \p Luke 6.45: \v 45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
\p Luke 6.46: \v 46 Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say? \p Luke 6.47: \v 47 I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: \p Luke 6.48: \v 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
\p Luke 6.49: \v 49 But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!” \p Luke 7.1: \v 1 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. \p Luke 7.2: \v 2 There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. \p Luke 7.3: \v 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. \p Luke 7.4: \v 4 They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this, \p Luke 7.5: \v 5 for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”
\p Luke 7.6: \v 6 So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. \p Luke 7.7: \v 7 That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. \p Luke 7.8: \v 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
\p Luke 7.9: \v 9 When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” \p Luke 7.10: \v 10 And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.
\p Luke 7.11: \v 11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. \p Luke 7.12: \v 12 As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
\p Luke 7.13: \v 13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.” \p Luke 7.14: \v 14 Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!” \p Luke 7.15: \v 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
\p Luke 7.16: \v 16 A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!” \p Luke 7.17: \v 17 And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
\p Luke 7.18: \v 18 Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things. \p Luke 7.19: \v 19 So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
\p Luke 7.20: \v 20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
\p Luke 7.21: \v 21 At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind. \p Luke 7.22: \v 22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. \p Luke 7.23: \v 23 Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
\p Luke 7.24: \v 24 After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind? \p Luke 7.25: \v 25 Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
\p Luke 7.26: \v 26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. \p Luke 7.27: \v 27 This is the one about whom it is written:
‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ \p Luke 7.28: \v 28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
\p Luke 7.29: \v 29 All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John. \p Luke 7.30: \v 30 But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
\p Luke 7.31: \v 31 “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like? \p Luke 7.32: \v 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another:
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ \p Luke 7.33: \v 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ \p Luke 7.34: \v 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ \p Luke 7.35: \v 35 But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
\p Luke 7.36: \v 36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. \p Luke 7.37: \v 37 When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. \p Luke 7.38: \v 38 As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
\p Luke 7.39: \v 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
\p Luke 7.40: \v 40 But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
\p Luke 7.41: \v 41 “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. \p Luke 7.42: \v 42 When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
\p Luke 7.43: \v 43 “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied.
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
\p Luke 7.44: \v 44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. \p Luke 7.45: \v 45 You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived. \p Luke 7.46: \v 46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume. \p Luke 7.47: \v 47 Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
\p Luke 7.48: \v 48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
\p Luke 7.49: \v 49 But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
\p Luke 7.50: \v 50 And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” \p Luke 8.1: \v 1 Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him, \p Luke 8.2: \v 2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, \p Luke 8.3: \v 3 Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
\p Luke 8.4: \v 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: \p Luke 8.5: \v 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
\p Luke 8.6: \v 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
\p Luke 8.7: \v 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
\p Luke 8.8: \v 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.”
As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
\p Luke 8.9: \v 9 Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
\p Luke 8.10: \v 10 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,
‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ \p Luke 8.11: \v 11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. \p Luke 8.12: \v 12 The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
\p Luke 8.13: \v 13 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
\p Luke 8.14: \v 14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
\p Luke 8.15: \v 15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
\p Luke 8.16: \v 16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light. \p Luke 8.17: \v 17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
\p Luke 8.18: \v 18 Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
\p Luke 8.19: \v 19 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd. \p Luke 8.20: \v 20 He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”
\p Luke 8.21: \v 21 But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
\p Luke 8.22: \v 22 One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
\p Luke 8.23: \v 23 As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. \p Luke 8.24: \v 24 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”
Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. \p Luke 8.25: \v 25 “Where is your faith?” He asked.
Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
\p Luke 8.26: \v 26 Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. \p Luke 8.27: \v 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
\p Luke 8.28: \v 28 When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!” \p Luke 8.29: \v 29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
\p Luke 8.30: \v 30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked.
“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. \p Luke 8.31: \v 31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
\p Luke 8.32: \v 32 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
\p Luke 8.33: \v 33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
\p Luke 8.34: \v 34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside. \p Luke 8.35: \v 35 So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. \p Luke 8.36: \v 36 Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
\p Luke 8.37: \v 37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
\p Luke 8.38: \v 38 The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying, \p Luke 8.39: \v 39 “Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
\p Luke 8.40: \v 40 When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. \p Luke 8.41: \v 41 Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house, \p Luke 8.42: \v 42 because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying.
As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him, \p Luke 8.43: \v 43 including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. \p Luke 8.44: \v 44 She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
\p Luke 8.45: \v 45 “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.
But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
\p Luke 8.46: \v 46 But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
\p Luke 8.47: \v 47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
\p Luke 8.48: \v 48 “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
\p Luke 8.49: \v 49 While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
\p Luke 8.50: \v 50 But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
\p Luke 8.51: \v 51 When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother. \p Luke 8.52: \v 52 Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” \p Luke 8.53: \v 53 And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
\p Luke 8.54: \v 54 But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!” \p Luke 8.55: \v 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat. \p Luke 8.56: \v 56 Her parents were astounded, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. \p Luke 9.1: \v 1 Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases. \p Luke 9.2: \v 2 And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. \p Luke 9.3: \v 3 “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic. \p Luke 9.4: \v 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area. \p Luke 9.5: \v 5 If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
\p Luke 9.6: \v 6 So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
\p Luke 9.7: \v 7 When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead, \p Luke 9.8: \v 8 others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.
\p Luke 9.9: \v 9 “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.
\p Luke 9.10: \v 10 Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida. \p Luke 9.11: \v 11 But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
\p Luke 9.12: \v 12 As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”
\p Luke 9.13: \v 13 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.”
“We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” \p Luke 9.14: \v 14 (There were about five thousand men.)
He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” \p Luke 9.15: \v 15 They did so, and everyone was seated.
\p Luke 9.16: \v 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
\p Luke 9.17: \v 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
\p Luke 9.18: \v 18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
\p Luke 9.19: \v 19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”
\p Luke 9.20: \v 20 “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
\p Luke 9.21: \v 21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. \p Luke 9.22: \v 22 “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
\p Luke 9.23: \v 23 Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. \p Luke 9.24: \v 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
\p Luke 9.25: \v 25 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self? \p Luke 9.26: \v 26 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. \p Luke 9.27: \v 27 But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
\p Luke 9.28: \v 28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. \p Luke 9.29: \v 29 And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white. \p Luke 9.30: \v 30 Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus. \p Luke 9.31: \v 31 They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
\p Luke 9.32: \v 32 Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him. \p Luke 9.33: \v 33 As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
\p Luke 9.34: \v 34 While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. \p Luke 9.35: \v 35 And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
\p Luke 9.36: \v 36 After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.
\p Luke 9.37: \v 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd. \p Luke 9.38: \v 38 Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child. \p Luke 9.39: \v 39 A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him. \p Luke 9.40: \v 40 I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
\p Luke 9.41: \v 41 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
\p Luke 9.42: \v 42 Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
\p Luke 9.43: \v 43 And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.
While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples, \p Luke 9.44: \v 44 “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” \p Luke 9.45: \v 45 But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
\p Luke 9.46: \v 46 Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. \p Luke 9.47: \v 47 But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him. \p Luke 9.48: \v 48 And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
\p Luke 9.49: \v 49 “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
\p Luke 9.50: \v 50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
\p Luke 9.51: \v 51 As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. \p Luke 9.52: \v 52 He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. \p Luke 9.53: \v 53 But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
\p Luke 9.54: \v 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
\p Luke 9.55: \v 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. \p Luke 9.56: \v 56 And He and His disciples went on to another village.
\p Luke 9.57: \v 57 As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
\p Luke 9.58: \v 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
\p Luke 9.59: \v 59 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.”
The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
\p Luke 9.60: \v 60 But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
\p Luke 9.61: \v 61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
\p Luke 9.62: \v 62 Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” \p Luke 10.1: \v 1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit. \p Luke 10.2: \v 2 And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
\p Luke 10.3: \v 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. \p Luke 10.4: \v 4 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
\p Luke 10.5: \v 5 Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’ \p Luke 10.6: \v 6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. \p Luke 10.7: \v 7 Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
\p Luke 10.8: \v 8 If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you. \p Luke 10.9: \v 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
\p Luke 10.10: \v 10 But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, \p Luke 10.11: \v 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ \p Luke 10.12: \v 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
\p Luke 10.13: \v 13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. \p Luke 10.14: \v 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
\p Luke 10.15: \v 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
\p Luke 10.16: \v 16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
\p Luke 10.17: \v 17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
\p Luke 10.18: \v 18 So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. \p Luke 10.19: \v 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. \p Luke 10.20: \v 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
\p Luke 10.21: \v 21 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
\p Luke 10.22: \v 22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
\p Luke 10.23: \v 23 Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. \p Luke 10.24: \v 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
\p Luke 10.25: \v 25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
\p Luke 10.26: \v 26 “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
\p Luke 10.27: \v 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
\p Luke 10.28: \v 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
\p Luke 10.29: \v 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
\p Luke 10.30: \v 30 Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
\p Luke 10.31: \v 31 Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
\p Luke 10.32: \v 32 So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
\p Luke 10.33: \v 33 But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion. \p Luke 10.34: \v 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
\p Luke 10.35: \v 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
\p Luke 10.36: \v 36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
\p Luke 10.37: \v 37 “The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law.
Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
\p Luke 10.38: \v 38 As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. \p Luke 10.39: \v 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. \p Luke 10.40: \v 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
\p Luke 10.41: \v 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. \p Luke 10.42: \v 42 But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.” \p Luke 11.1: \v 1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
\p Luke 11.2: \v 2 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. \p Luke 11.3: \v 3 Give us each day our daily bread. \p Luke 11.4: \v 4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” \p Luke 11.5: \v 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, \p Luke 11.6: \v 6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
\p Luke 11.7: \v 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
\p Luke 11.8: \v 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
\p Luke 11.9: \v 9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. \p Luke 11.10: \v 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
\p Luke 11.11: \v 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? \p Luke 11.12: \v 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? \p Luke 11.13: \v 13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
\p Luke 11.14: \v 14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed, \p Luke 11.15: \v 15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.” \p Luke 11.16: \v 16 And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
\p Luke 11.17: \v 17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall. \p Luke 11.18: \v 18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. \p Luke 11.19: \v 19 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. \p Luke 11.20: \v 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
\p Luke 11.21: \v 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. \p Luke 11.22: \v 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
\p Luke 11.23: \v 23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
\p Luke 11.24: \v 24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ \p Luke 11.25: \v 25 On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. \p Luke 11.26: \v 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
\p Luke 11.27: \v 27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
\p Luke 11.28: \v 28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
\p Luke 11.29: \v 29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. \p Luke 11.30: \v 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
\p Luke 11.31: \v 31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. \p Luke 11.32: \v 32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
\p Luke 11.33: \v 33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
\p Luke 11.34: \v 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. \p Luke 11.35: \v 35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. \p Luke 11.36: \v 36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
\p Luke 11.37: \v 37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table. \p Luke 11.38: \v 38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
\p Luke 11.39: \v 39 “Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. \p Luke 11.40: \v 40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? \p Luke 11.41: \v 41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
\p Luke 11.42: \v 42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
\p Luke 11.43: \v 43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. \p Luke 11.44: \v 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
\p Luke 11.45: \v 45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
\p Luke 11.46: \v 46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
\p Luke 11.47: \v 47 Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. \p Luke 11.48: \v 48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. \p Luke 11.49: \v 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
\p Luke 11.50: \v 50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, \p Luke 11.51: \v 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
\p Luke 11.52: \v 52 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
\p Luke 11.53: \v 53 As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, \p Luke 11.54: \v 54 waiting to catch Him in something He might say. \p Luke 12.1: \v 1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. \p Luke 12.2: \v 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. \p Luke 12.3: \v 3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
\p Luke 12.4: \v 4 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. \p Luke 12.5: \v 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
\p Luke 12.6: \v 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. \p Luke 12.7: \v 7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
\p Luke 12.8: \v 8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God. \p Luke 12.9: \v 9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. \p Luke 12.10: \v 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
\p Luke 12.11: \v 11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. \p Luke 12.12: \v 12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
\p Luke 12.13: \v 13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
\p Luke 12.14: \v 14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?” \p Luke 12.15: \v 15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
\p Luke 12.16: \v 16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. \p Luke 12.17: \v 17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ \p Luke 12.18: \v 18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. \p Luke 12.19: \v 19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
\p Luke 12.20: \v 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
\p Luke 12.21: \v 21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
\p Luke 12.22: \v 22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. \p Luke 12.23: \v 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. \p Luke 12.24: \v 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
\p Luke 12.25: \v 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? \p Luke 12.26: \v 26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
\p Luke 12.27: \v 27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. \p Luke 12.28: \v 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
\p Luke 12.29: \v 29 And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. \p Luke 12.30: \v 30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. \p Luke 12.31: \v 31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
\p Luke 12.32: \v 32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. \p Luke 12.33: \v 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. \p Luke 12.34: \v 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
\p Luke 12.35: \v 35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning. \p Luke 12.36: \v 36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. \p Luke 12.37: \v 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them. \p Luke 12.38: \v 38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
\p Luke 12.39: \v 39 But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. \p Luke 12.40: \v 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
\p Luke 12.41: \v 41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
\p Luke 12.42: \v 42 And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? \p Luke 12.43: \v 43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. \p Luke 12.44: \v 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
\p Luke 12.45: \v 45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. \p Luke 12.46: \v 46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
\p Luke 12.47: \v 47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. \p Luke 12.48: \v 48 But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
\p Luke 12.49: \v 49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! \p Luke 12.50: \v 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
\p Luke 12.51: \v 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. \p Luke 12.52: \v 52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. \p Luke 12.53: \v 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
\p Luke 12.54: \v 54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens. \p Luke 12.55: \v 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is. \p Luke 12.56: \v 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
\p Luke 12.57: \v 57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? \p Luke 12.58: \v 58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison. \p Luke 12.59: \v 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.” \p Luke 13.1: \v 1 At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. \p Luke 13.2: \v 2 To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate? \p Luke 13.3: \v 3 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. \p Luke 13.4: \v 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? \p Luke 13.5: \v 5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
\p Luke 13.6: \v 6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. \p Luke 13.7: \v 7 So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
\p Luke 13.8: \v 8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. \p Luke 13.9: \v 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
\p Luke 13.10: \v 10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, \p Luke 13.11: \v 11 and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. \p Luke 13.12: \v 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” \p Luke 13.13: \v 13 Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
\p Luke 13.14: \v 14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
\p Luke 13.15: \v 15 “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? \p Luke 13.16: \v 16 Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
\p Luke 13.17: \v 17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
\p Luke 13.18: \v 18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? \p Luke 13.19: \v 19 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
\p Luke 13.20: \v 20 Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God? \p Luke 13.21: \v 21 It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
\p Luke 13.22: \v 22 Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem. \p Luke 13.23: \v 23 “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?”
Jesus answered, \p Luke 13.24: \v 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. \p Luke 13.25: \v 25 After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’
But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
\p Luke 13.26: \v 26 Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
\p Luke 13.27: \v 27 And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
\p Luke 13.28: \v 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out. \p Luke 13.29: \v 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. \p Luke 13.30: \v 30 And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
\p Luke 13.31: \v 31 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
\p Luke 13.32: \v 32 But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’ \p Luke 13.33: \v 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
\p Luke 13.34: \v 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! \p Luke 13.35: \v 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” \p Luke 14.1: \v 1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely. \p Luke 14.2: \v 2 Right there before Him was a man with dropsy. \p Luke 14.3: \v 3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
\p Luke 14.4: \v 4 But they remained silent.
Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. \p Luke 14.5: \v 5 And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
\p Luke 14.6: \v 6 And they were unable to answer these questions.
\p Luke 14.7: \v 7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: \p Luke 14.8: \v 8 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited. \p Luke 14.9: \v 9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
\p Luke 14.10: \v 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you. \p Luke 14.11: \v 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
\p Luke 14.12: \v 12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid. \p Luke 14.13: \v 13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, \p Luke 14.14: \v 14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
\p Luke 14.15: \v 15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
\p Luke 14.16: \v 16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. \p Luke 14.17: \v 17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
\p Luke 14.18: \v 18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
\p Luke 14.19: \v 19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
\p Luke 14.20: \v 20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
\p Luke 14.21: \v 21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
\p Luke 14.22: \v 22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
\p Luke 14.23: \v 23 So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. \p Luke 14.24: \v 24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
\p Luke 14.25: \v 25 Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them, \p Luke 14.26: \v 26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. \p Luke 14.27: \v 27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
\p Luke 14.28: \v 28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? \p Luke 14.29: \v 29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, \p Luke 14.30: \v 30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
\p Luke 14.31: \v 31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? \p Luke 14.32: \v 32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
\p Luke 14.33: \v 33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
\p Luke 14.34: \v 34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? \p Luke 14.35: \v 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” \p Luke 15.1: \v 1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. \p Luke 15.2: \v 2 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
\p Luke 15.3: \v 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: \p Luke 15.4: \v 4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? \p Luke 15.5: \v 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, \p Luke 15.6: \v 6 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ \p Luke 15.7: \v 7 In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
\p Luke 15.8: \v 8 Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it? \p Luke 15.9: \v 9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’ \p Luke 15.10: \v 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
\p Luke 15.11: \v 11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. \p Luke 15.12: \v 12 The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
\p Luke 15.13: \v 13 After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
\p Luke 15.14: \v 14 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. \p Luke 15.15: \v 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. \p Luke 15.16: \v 16 He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
\p Luke 15.17: \v 17 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! \p Luke 15.18: \v 18 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. \p Luke 15.19: \v 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
\p Luke 15.20: \v 20 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
\p Luke 15.21: \v 21 The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
\p Luke 15.22: \v 22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. \p Luke 15.23: \v 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. \p Luke 15.24: \v 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
\p Luke 15.25: \v 25 Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing. \p Luke 15.26: \v 26 So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
\p Luke 15.27: \v 27 ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
\p Luke 15.28: \v 28 The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
\p Luke 15.29: \v 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. \p Luke 15.30: \v 30 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
\p Luke 15.31: \v 31 ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours. \p Luke 15.32: \v 32 But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” \p Luke 16.1: \v 1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. \p Luke 16.2: \v 2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
\p Luke 16.3: \v 3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg. \p Luke 16.4: \v 4 I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
\p Luke 16.5: \v 5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
\p Luke 16.6: \v 6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered.
‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
\p Luke 16.7: \v 7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’
‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied.
‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
\p Luke 16.8: \v 8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light. \p Luke 16.9: \v 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
\p Luke 16.10: \v 10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. \p Luke 16.11: \v 11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? \p Luke 16.12: \v 12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
\p Luke 16.13: \v 13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
\p Luke 16.14: \v 14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus. \p Luke 16.15: \v 15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
\p Luke 16.16: \v 16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. \p Luke 16.17: \v 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
\p Luke 16.18: \v 18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
\p Luke 16.19: \v 19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. \p Luke 16.20: \v 20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores \p Luke 16.21: \v 21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
\p Luke 16.22: \v 22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. \p Luke 16.23: \v 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
\p Luke 16.24: \v 24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
\p Luke 16.25: \v 25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony. \p Luke 16.26: \v 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
\p Luke 16.27: \v 27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house, \p Luke 16.28: \v 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
\p Luke 16.29: \v 29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
\p Luke 16.30: \v 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
\p Luke 16.31: \v 31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’” \p Luke 17.1: \v 1 Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! \p Luke 17.2: \v 2 It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
\p Luke 17.3: \v 3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. \p Luke 17.4: \v 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
\p Luke 17.5: \v 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
\p Luke 17.6: \v 6 And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
\p Luke 17.7: \v 7 Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? \p Luke 17.8: \v 8 Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’? \p Luke 17.9: \v 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told? \p Luke 17.10: \v 10 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
\p Luke 17.11: \v 11 While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. \p Luke 17.12: \v 12 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance \p Luke 17.13: \v 13 and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
\p Luke 17.14: \v 14 When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
\p Luke 17.15: \v 15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice. \p Luke 17.16: \v 16 He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
\p Luke 17.17: \v 17 “Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine? \p Luke 17.18: \v 18 Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
\p Luke 17.19: \v 19 Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”
\p Luke 17.20: \v 20 When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs. \p Luke 17.21: \v 21 Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
\p Luke 17.22: \v 22 Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. \p Luke 17.23: \v 23 People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. \p Luke 17.24: \v 24 For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day. \p Luke 17.25: \v 25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
\p Luke 17.26: \v 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: \p Luke 17.27: \v 27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
\p Luke 17.28: \v 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. \p Luke 17.29: \v 29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
\p Luke 17.30: \v 30 It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. \p Luke 17.31: \v 31 On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind. \p Luke 17.32: \v 32 Remember Lot’s wife! \p Luke 17.33: \v 33 Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. \p Luke 17.34: \v 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left. \p Luke 17.35: \v 35 Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
\p Luke 17.36: \v 36 \p Luke 17.37: \v 37 “Where, Lord?” they asked.
Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.” \p Luke 18.1: \v 1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: \p Luke 18.2: \v 2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. \p Luke 18.3: \v 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
\p Luke 18.4: \v 4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, \p Luke 18.5: \v 5 yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
\p Luke 18.6: \v 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge. \p Luke 18.7: \v 7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help? \p Luke 18.8: \v 8 I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
\p Luke 18.9: \v 9 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: \p Luke 18.10: \v 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. \p Luke 18.11: \v 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. \p Luke 18.12: \v 12 I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
\p Luke 18.13: \v 13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ \p Luke 18.14: \v 14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
\p Luke 18.15: \v 15 Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.
\p Luke 18.16: \v 16 But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. \p Luke 18.17: \v 17 Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
\p Luke 18.18: \v 18 Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
\p Luke 18.19: \v 19 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone. \p Luke 18.20: \v 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
\p Luke 18.21: \v 21 “All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
\p Luke 18.22: \v 22 On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
\p Luke 18.23: \v 23 But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
\p Luke 18.24: \v 24 Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! \p Luke 18.25: \v 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
\p Luke 18.26: \v 26 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
\p Luke 18.27: \v 27 But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
\p Luke 18.28: \v 28 “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
\p Luke 18.29: \v 29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God \p Luke 18.30: \v 30 will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
\p Luke 18.31: \v 31 Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. \p Luke 18.32: \v 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. \p Luke 18.33: \v 33 They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
\p Luke 18.34: \v 34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
\p Luke 18.35: \v 35 As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. \p Luke 18.36: \v 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
\p Luke 18.37: \v 37 “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
\p Luke 18.38: \v 38 So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
\p Luke 18.39: \v 39 Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
\p Luke 18.40: \v 40 Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had been brought near, Jesus asked him, \p Luke 18.41: \v 41 “What do you want Me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
\p Luke 18.42: \v 42 “Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.” \p Luke 18.43: \v 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God. \p Luke 19.1: \v 1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. \p Luke 19.2: \v 2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy. \p Luke 19.3: \v 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature. \p Luke 19.4: \v 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
\p Luke 19.5: \v 5 When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
\p Luke 19.6: \v 6 So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully. \p Luke 19.7: \v 7 And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
\p Luke 19.8: \v 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
\p Luke 19.9: \v 9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham. \p Luke 19.10: \v 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
\p Luke 19.11: \v 11 While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently. \p Luke 19.12: \v 12 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return. \p Luke 19.13: \v 13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
\p Luke 19.14: \v 14 But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
\p Luke 19.15: \v 15 When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
\p Luke 19.16: \v 16 The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
\p Luke 19.17: \v 17 His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
\p Luke 19.18: \v 18 The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
\p Luke 19.19: \v 19 And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
\p Luke 19.20: \v 20 Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth. \p Luke 19.21: \v 21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
\p Luke 19.22: \v 22 His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? \p Luke 19.23: \v 23 Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
\p Luke 19.24: \v 24 Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
\p Luke 19.25: \v 25 ‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
\p Luke 19.26: \v 26 He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. \p Luke 19.27: \v 27 And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
\p Luke 19.28: \v 28 After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
\p Luke 19.29: \v 29 As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples, \p Luke 19.30: \v 30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. \p Luke 19.31: \v 31 If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
\p Luke 19.32: \v 32 So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them. \p Luke 19.33: \v 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
\p Luke 19.34: \v 34 “The Lord needs it,” they answered. \p Luke 19.35: \v 35 Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
\p Luke 19.36: \v 36 As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road. \p Luke 19.37: \v 37 And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
\p Luke 19.38: \v 38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” \p Luke 19.39: \v 39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
\p Luke 19.40: \v 40 “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
\p Luke 19.41: \v 41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it \p Luke 19.42: \v 42 and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. \p Luke 19.43: \v 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. \p Luke 19.44: \v 44 They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
\p Luke 19.45: \v 45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. \p Luke 19.46: \v 46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
\p Luke 19.47: \v 47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him. \p Luke 19.48: \v 48 Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words. \p Luke 20.1: \v 1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him. \p Luke 20.2: \v 2 “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
\p Luke 20.3: \v 3 “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me: \p Luke 20.4: \v 4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
\p Luke 20.5: \v 5 They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ \p Luke 20.6: \v 6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
\p Luke 20.7: \v 7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
\p Luke 20.8: \v 8 And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
\p Luke 20.9: \v 9 Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. \p Luke 20.10: \v 10 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
\p Luke 20.11: \v 11 So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
\p Luke 20.12: \v 12 Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
\p Luke 20.13: \v 13 ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
\p Luke 20.14: \v 14 But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ \p Luke 20.15: \v 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? \p Luke 20.16: \v 16 He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.”
And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
\p Luke 20.17: \v 17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:
‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? \p Luke 20.18: \v 18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
\p Luke 20.19: \v 19 When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
\p Luke 20.20: \v 20 So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. \p Luke 20.21: \v 21 “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. \p Luke 20.22: \v 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
\p Luke 20.23: \v 23 But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them, \p Luke 20.24: \v 24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”
“Caesar’s,” they answered.
\p Luke 20.25: \v 25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
\p Luke 20.26: \v 26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
\p Luke 20.27: \v 27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him. \p Luke 20.28: \v 28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. \p Luke 20.29: \v 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless. \p Luke 20.30: \v 30 Then the second \p Luke 20.31: \v 31 and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children. \p Luke 20.32: \v 32 And last of all, the woman died. \p Luke 20.33: \v 33 So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
\p Luke 20.34: \v 34 Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. \p Luke 20.35: \v 35 But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. \p Luke 20.36: \v 36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
\p Luke 20.37: \v 37 Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ \p Luke 20.38: \v 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
\p Luke 20.39: \v 39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!” \p Luke 20.40: \v 40 And they did not dare to question Him any further.
\p Luke 20.41: \v 41 Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David? \p Luke 20.42: \v 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms:
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand \p Luke 20.43: \v 43 until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’ \p Luke 20.44: \v 44 Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
\p Luke 20.45: \v 45 In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples, \p Luke 20.46: \v 46 “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. \p Luke 20.47: \v 47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” \p Luke 21.1: \v 1 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, \p Luke 21.2: \v 2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
\p Luke 21.3: \v 3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. \p Luke 21.4: \v 4 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
\p Luke 21.5: \v 5 As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said, \p Luke 21.6: \v 6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
\p Luke 21.7: \v 7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
\p Luke 21.8: \v 8 Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. \p Luke 21.9: \v 9 When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
\p Luke 21.10: \v 10 Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. \p Luke 21.11: \v 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
\p Luke 21.12: \v 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. \p Luke 21.13: \v 13 This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses. \p Luke 21.14: \v 14 So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. \p Luke 21.15: \v 15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
\p Luke 21.16: \v 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. \p Luke 21.17: \v 17 And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. \p Luke 21.18: \v 18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish. \p Luke 21.19: \v 19 By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
\p Luke 21.20: \v 20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. \p Luke 21.21: \v 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. \p Luke 21.22: \v 22 For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
\p Luke 21.23: \v 23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. \p Luke 21.24: \v 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
\p Luke 21.25: \v 25 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. \p Luke 21.26: \v 26 Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. \p Luke 21.27: \v 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. \p Luke 21.28: \v 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
\p Luke 21.29: \v 29 Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. \p Luke 21.30: \v 30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. \p Luke 21.31: \v 31 So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. \p Luke 21.32: \v 32 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. \p Luke 21.33: \v 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
\p Luke 21.34: \v 34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. \p Luke 21.35: \v 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. \p Luke 21.36: \v 36 So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
\p Luke 21.37: \v 37 Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives. \p Luke 21.38: \v 38 And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple. \p Luke 22.1: \v 1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, \p Luke 22.2: \v 2 and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.
\p Luke 22.3: \v 3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. \p Luke 22.4: \v 4 And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them. \p Luke 22.5: \v 5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money. \p Luke 22.6: \v 6 Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.
\p Luke 22.7: \v 7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. \p Luke 22.8: \v 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”
\p Luke 22.9: \v 9 “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.
\p Luke 22.10: \v 10 He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters, \p Luke 22.11: \v 11 and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ \p Luke 22.12: \v 12 And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”
\p Luke 22.13: \v 13 So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.
\p Luke 22.14: \v 14 When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles. \p Luke 22.15: \v 15 And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering. \p Luke 22.16: \v 16 For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
\p Luke 22.17: \v 17 After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves. \p Luke 22.18: \v 18 For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
\p Luke 22.19: \v 19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
\p Luke 22.20: \v 20 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
\p Luke 22.21: \v 21 Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table. \p Luke 22.22: \v 22 Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
\p Luke 22.23: \v 23 Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
\p Luke 22.24: \v 24 A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest. \p Luke 22.25: \v 25 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors. \p Luke 22.26: \v 26 But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. \p Luke 22.27: \v 27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
\p Luke 22.28: \v 28 You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials. \p Luke 22.29: \v 29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me, \p Luke 22.30: \v 30 so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
\p Luke 22.31: \v 31 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. \p Luke 22.32: \v 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
\p Luke 22.33: \v 33 “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
\p Luke 22.34: \v 34 But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
\p Luke 22.35: \v 35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
\p Luke 22.36: \v 36 “Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. \p Luke 22.37: \v 37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
\p Luke 22.38: \v 38 So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.”
“That is enough,” He answered.
\p Luke 22.39: \v 39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him. \p Luke 22.40: \v 40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
\p Luke 22.41: \v 41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed, \p Luke 22.42: \v 42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
\p Luke 22.43: \v 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him. \p Luke 22.44: \v 44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
\p Luke 22.45: \v 45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. \p Luke 22.46: \v 46 “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
\p Luke 22.47: \v 47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him. \p Luke 22.48: \v 48 But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
\p Luke 22.49: \v 49 Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” \p Luke 22.50: \v 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
\p Luke 22.51: \v 51 But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.
\p Luke 22.52: \v 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw? \p Luke 22.53: \v 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
\p Luke 22.54: \v 54 Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
\p Luke 22.55: \v 55 When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. \p Luke 22.56: \v 56 A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
\p Luke 22.57: \v 57 But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.
\p Luke 22.58: \v 58 A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”
But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
\p Luke 22.59: \v 59 About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
\p Luke 22.60: \v 60 “Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied.
While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. \p Luke 22.61: \v 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.
Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” \p Luke 22.62: \v 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
\p Luke 22.63: \v 63 The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him. \p Luke 22.64: \v 64 They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?” \p Luke 22.65: \v 65 And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
\p Luke 22.66: \v 66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said, \p Luke 22.67: \v 67 “If You are the Christ, tell us.”
Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe. \p Luke 22.68: \v 68 And if I ask you a question, you will not answer. \p Luke 22.69: \v 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
\p Luke 22.70: \v 70 So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?”
He replied, “You say that I am.”
\p Luke 22.71: \v 71 “Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.” \p Luke 23.1: \v 1 Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate. \p Luke 23.2: \v 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
\p Luke 23.3: \v 3 So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
\p Luke 23.4: \v 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
\p Luke 23.5: \v 5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
\p Luke 23.6: \v 6 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. \p Luke 23.7: \v 7 And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
\p Luke 23.8: \v 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle. \p Luke 23.9: \v 9 Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
\p Luke 23.10: \v 10 Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him. \p Luke 23.11: \v 11 And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
\p Luke 23.12: \v 12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
\p Luke 23.13: \v 13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, \p Luke 23.14: \v 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him. \p Luke 23.15: \v 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death. \p Luke 23.16: \v 16 Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
\p Luke 23.17: \v 17 \p Luke 23.18: \v 18 But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!” \p Luke 23.19: \v 19 (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
\p Luke 23.20: \v 20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again, \p Luke 23.21: \v 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
\p Luke 23.22: \v 22 A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
\p Luke 23.23: \v 23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed. \p Luke 23.24: \v 24 So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met. \p Luke 23.25: \v 25 As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.
\p Luke 23.26: \v 26 As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
\p Luke 23.27: \v 27 A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. \p Luke 23.28: \v 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. \p Luke 23.29: \v 29 Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ \p Luke 23.30: \v 30 At that time
‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’ \p Luke 23.31: \v 31 For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
\p Luke 23.32: \v 32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
\p Luke 23.33: \v 33 When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
\p Luke 23.34: \v 34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
\p Luke 23.35: \v 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
\p Luke 23.36: \v 36 The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. \p Luke 23.37: \v 37 “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
\p Luke 23.38: \v 38 Above Him was posted an inscription:
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
\p Luke 23.39: \v 39 One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
\p Luke 23.40: \v 40 But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment? \p Luke 23.41: \v 41 We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” \p Luke 23.42: \v 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
\p Luke 23.43: \v 43 And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
\p Luke 23.44: \v 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. \p Luke 23.45: \v 45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
\p Luke 23.46: \v 46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
\p Luke 23.47: \v 47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.” \p Luke 23.48: \v 48 And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts. \p Luke 23.49: \v 49 But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
\p Luke 23.50: \v 50 Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man, \p Luke 23.51: \v 51 who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God. \p Luke 23.52: \v 52 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. \p Luke 23.53: \v 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid. \p Luke 23.54: \v 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
\p Luke 23.55: \v 55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed. \p Luke 23.56: \v 56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment. \p Luke 24.1: \v 1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. \p Luke 24.2: \v 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, \p Luke 24.3: \v 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. \p Luke 24.4: \v 4 While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
\p Luke 24.5: \v 5 As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? \p Luke 24.6: \v 6 He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee: \p Luke 24.7: \v 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
\p Luke 24.8: \v 8 Then they remembered His words. \p Luke 24.9: \v 9 And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. \p Luke 24.10: \v 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. \p Luke 24.11: \v 11 But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
\p Luke 24.12: \v 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
\p Luke 24.13: \v 13 That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. \p Luke 24.14: \v 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. \p Luke 24.15: \v 15 And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them. \p Luke 24.16: \v 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
\p Luke 24.17: \v 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?”
They stood still, with sadness on their faces. \p Luke 24.18: \v 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
\p Luke 24.19: \v 19 “What things?” He asked.
“The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people. \p Luke 24.20: \v 20 Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him. \p Luke 24.21: \v 21 But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
\p Luke 24.22: \v 22 Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, \p Luke 24.23: \v 23 but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive. \p Luke 24.24: \v 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
\p Luke 24.25: \v 25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! \p Luke 24.26: \v 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” \p Luke 24.27: \v 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
\p Luke 24.28: \v 28 As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther. \p Luke 24.29: \v 29 But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So He went in to stay with them. \p Luke 24.30: \v 30 While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them. \p Luke 24.31: \v 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
\p Luke 24.32: \v 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” \p Luke 24.33: \v 33 And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem.
There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together \p Luke 24.34: \v 34 and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
\p Luke 24.35: \v 35 Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
\p Luke 24.36: \v 36 While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” \p Luke 24.37: \v 37 But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
\p Luke 24.38: \v 38 “Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts? \p Luke 24.39: \v 39 Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” \p Luke 24.40: \v 40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.
\p Luke 24.41: \v 41 While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” \p Luke 24.42: \v 42 So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, \p Luke 24.43: \v 43 and He took it and ate it in front of them.
\p Luke 24.44: \v 44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” \p Luke 24.45: \v 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
\p Luke 24.46: \v 46 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, \p Luke 24.47: \v 47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. \p Luke 24.48: \v 48 You are witnesses of these things.
\p Luke 24.49: \v 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
\p Luke 24.50: \v 50 When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. \p Luke 24.51: \v 51 While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven. \p Luke 24.52: \v 52 And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, \p Luke 24.53: \v 53 praising God continually in the temple.
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To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace to you.
\p 1 Thessalonians 1.2: \v 2 We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers \p 1 Thessalonians 1.3: \v 3 and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
\p 1 Thessalonians 1.4: \v 4 Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you, \p 1 Thessalonians 1.5: \v 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake. \p 1 Thessalonians 1.6: \v 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
\p 1 Thessalonians 1.7: \v 7 As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. \p 1 Thessalonians 1.8: \v 8 For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more. \p 1 Thessalonians 1.9: \v 9 For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God \p 1 Thessalonians 1.10: \v 10 and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.0: \c 2 \p \p 1 Thessalonians 2.1: \v 1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.2: \v 2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.3: \v 3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.4: \v 4 Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.5: \v 5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! \p 1 Thessalonians 2.6: \v 6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.7: \v 7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.8: \v 8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.9: \v 9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.10: \v 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.11: \v 11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children— \p 1 Thessalonians 2.12: \v 12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.13: \v 13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.14: \v 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, \p 1 Thessalonians 2.15: \v 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, \p 1 Thessalonians 2.16: \v 16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
\p 1 Thessalonians 2.17: \v 17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.18: \v 18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us. \p 1 Thessalonians 2.19: \v 19 After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? \p 1 Thessalonians 2.20: \v 20 You are indeed our glory and our joy. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.0: \c 3 \p \p 1 Thessalonians 3.1: \v 1 So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.2: \v 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, \p 1 Thessalonians 3.3: \v 3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.4: \v 4 Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.5: \v 5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
\p 1 Thessalonians 3.6: \v 6 But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.7: \v 7 For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.8: \v 8 For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.
\p 1 Thessalonians 3.9: \v 9 How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? \p 1 Thessalonians 3.10: \v 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.
\p 1 Thessalonians 3.11: \v 11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. \p 1 Thessalonians 3.12: \v 12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, \p 1 Thessalonians 3.13: \v 13 so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.0: \c 4 \p \p 1 Thessalonians 4.1: \v 1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.2: \v 2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
\p 1 Thessalonians 4.3: \v 3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; \p 1 Thessalonians 4.4: \v 4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, \p 1 Thessalonians 4.5: \v 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; \p 1 Thessalonians 4.6: \v 6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.7: \v 7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.8: \v 8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
\p 1 Thessalonians 4.9: \v 9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.10: \v 10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more \p 1 Thessalonians 4.11: \v 11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.12: \v 12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
\p 1 Thessalonians 4.13: \v 13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.14: \v 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
\p 1 Thessalonians 4.15: \v 15 By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.16: \v 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. \p 1 Thessalonians 4.17: \v 17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
\p 1 Thessalonians 4.18: \v 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.0: \c 5 \p \p 1 Thessalonians 5.1: \v 1 Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.2: \v 2 For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.3: \v 3 While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.4: \v 4 But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.5: \v 5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.6: \v 6 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.7: \v 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.8: \v 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.9: \v 9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.10: \v 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.11: \v 11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.12: \v 12 But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.13: \v 13 In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.14: \v 14 And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.15: \v 15 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.16: \v 16 Rejoice at all times. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.17: \v 17 Pray without ceasing. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.18: \v 18 Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.19: \v 19 Do not extinguish the Spirit. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.20: \v 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, \p 1 Thessalonians 5.21: \v 21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.22: \v 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.23: \v 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. \p 1 Thessalonians 5.24: \v 24 The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.25: \v 25 Brothers, pray for us as well.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.26: \v 26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.27: \v 27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
\p 1 Thessalonians 5.28: \v 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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