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Wed 2023-08-02 Numbers36 Psalms80 Isaiah28 2 John1
Numbers 36.
36:1 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.
36:2 They said, "When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
36:3 Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.
36:4 When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our forefathers."
36:5 Then at the LORD'S command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: "What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.
36:6 This is what the LORD commands for Zelophehad's daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.
36:7 No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.
36:8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father's tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits."
36:10 So Zelophehad's daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.
36:11 Zelophehad's daughters--Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah--married their cousins on their father's side.
36:12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father's clan and tribe.
Psalms 80.
80:1 Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
80:2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
80:3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
80:4 O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
80:6 You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
80:7 Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
80:11 It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River.
80:12 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
80:13 Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field feed on it.
80:14 Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
80:15 the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
80:16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
80:17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
80:18 Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
80:19 Restore us, O LORD God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Isaiah 28.
28:1 Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley--to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
28:2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
28:3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.
28:4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like a fig ripe before harvest--as soon as someone sees it and takes it in his hand, he swallows it.
28:5 In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.
28:6 He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
28:7 And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.
28:8 All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.
28:9 "Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?
28:10 For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there."
28:11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,
28:12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"--but they would not listen.
28:13 So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there--so that they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and captured.
28:14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
28:15 You boast, "We have entered into a covenant with death, with the grave we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place."
28:16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.
28:17 I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.
28:18 Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.
28:19 As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
28:20 The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.
28:21 The LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon--to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.
28:22 Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.
28:23 Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.
28:24 When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?
28:25 When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cummin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?
28:26 His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.
28:27 Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a stick.
28:28 Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. Though he drives the wheels of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.
28:29 All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.
2 John 1.
1:1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth--and not I only, but also all who know the truth--
1:2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:
1:3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love.
1:4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
1:5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
1:6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
1:7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
1:8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
1:9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
1:11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
1:12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.