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Sat 2023-07-29 Numbers32 Psalms77 Isaiah24 1 John2
Numbers 32.
32:1 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
32:2 So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
32:3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon--
32:4 the land the LORD subdued before the people of Israel--are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
32:5 If we have found favor in your eyes," they said, "let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."
32:6 Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, "Shall your countrymen go to war while you sit here?
32:7 Why do you discourage the Israelites from going over into the land the LORD has given them?
32:8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
32:9 After they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the LORD had given them.
32:10 The LORD'S anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath:
32:11 'Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old or more who came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--
32:12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.'
32:13 The LORD'S anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the desert forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
32:14 "And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the LORD even more angry with Israel.
32:15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the desert, and you will be the cause of their destruction."
32:16 Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.
32:17 But we are ready to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
32:18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his inheritance.
32:19 We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan."
32:20 Then Moses said to them, "If you will do this--if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
32:21 and if all of you will go armed over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him--
32:22 then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.
32:23 "But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.
32:24 Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised."
32:25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "We your servants will do as our lord commands.
32:26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
32:27 But your servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says."
32:28 Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.
32:29 He said to them, "If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, give them the land of Gilead as their possession.
32:30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan."
32:31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the LORD has said.
32:32 We will cross over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan."
32:33 Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and 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 whole land with its cities and the territory around them.
32:34 The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
32:35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
32:36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.
32:37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
32:38 as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
32:39 The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
32:40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
32:41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.
32:42 And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.
Psalms 77.
77:1 I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me.
77:2 When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands and my soul refused to be comforted.
77:3 I remembered you, O God, and I groaned; I mused, and my spirit grew faint. Selah
77:4 You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
77:5 I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;
77:6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired:
77:7 "Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
77:8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
77:9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?" Selah
77:10 Then I thought, "To this I will appeal: the years of the right hand of the Most High."
77:11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
77:12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds.
77:13 Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as our God?
77:14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
77:15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
77:16 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
77:17 The clouds poured down water, the skies resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.
77:18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
77:19 Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.
77:20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Isaiah 24.
24:1 See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants--
24:2 it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
24:3 The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
24:4 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
24:5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
24:6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
24:7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
24:8 The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
24:9 No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
24:10 The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
24:11 In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.
24:12 The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
24:13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
24:14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD'S majesty.
24:15 Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"
24:17 Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.
24:18 Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
24:19 The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.
24:20 The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again.
24:21 In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
24:22 They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
24:23 The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
1 John 2.
2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
2:3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
2:4 The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
2:5 But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
2:6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
2:7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
2:8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
2:9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
2:10 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
2:11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
2:12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.
2:14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2:16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.
2:17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
2:19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
2:21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
2:22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son.
2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
2:24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
2:25 And this is what he promised us--even eternal life.
2:26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.
2:27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him.
2:28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.