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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. &#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8212;we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">Then he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Two Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, &#8216;Son, go and work today in the vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will not,&#8217; he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, &#8216;I will, sir,&#8217; but he did not go.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of the two did what his father wanted?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">&#8220;The first,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who according to the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> was a descendant of David, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was declared with power to be the Son of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith for his name&#8217;s sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is from faith to faith</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 48</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and most worthy of praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="content">in the city of our God, his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Beautiful in its loftiness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the joy of the whole earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">like the heights of Zaphon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:2 </span><span class="fq">Zaphon </span><span class="ft">was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the city of the Great King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God is in her citadels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="content">he has shown himself to be her fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the kings joined forces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="content">when they advanced together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">they saw her and were astounded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="content">they fled in terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Trembling seized them there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="content">pain like that of a woman in labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="content">shattered by an east wind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As we have heard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">so we have seen</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of our God:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">God makes her secure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">forever.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Within your temple, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="content">we meditate on your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like your name, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your right hand is filled with righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mount Zion rejoices,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">because of your judgments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Walk about Zion, go around her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="content">count her towers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consider well her ramparts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">view her citadels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">that you may tell of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For this God is our God for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="content">he will be our guide even to the end.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Census</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men who are to assist you:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">From the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">From the descendants of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Manasseh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel&#8217;s army were counted according to their families. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The total number was 603,550.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The Israelites did all this just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
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