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   <div class="book bkGEN">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="GEN.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">From Adam to Noah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the written account of Adam&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="content">When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them &#8220;Mankind&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">adam</span></span></span><span class="content"> when they were created.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">ancestor</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7-26.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Enosh. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He named him Noah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:29 </span><span class="fq">Noah </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">comfort</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has cursed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.5.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkROM">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="ROM.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peace and Hope</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> boast in the hope of the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">perseverance, character; and character, hope. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And hope does not put us to shame, because God&#8217;s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God&#8217;s wrath through him! </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if, while we were God&#8217;s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone&#8217;s account where there is no law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God&#8217;s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man&#8217;s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God&#8217;s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk1TH">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1TH.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the Lord</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">While people are saying, &#8220;Peace and safety,&#8221; destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Instructions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TH.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TH.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TH.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Rejoice always, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TH.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">pray continually, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TH.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God&#8217;s will for you in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TH.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TH.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not quench the Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TH.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not treat prophecies with contempt </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1TH.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but test them all; hold on to what is good, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TH.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">reject every kind of evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TH.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1TH.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1TH.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1TH.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1TH.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, pray for us. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1TH.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Greet all God&#8217;s people with a holy kiss. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1TH.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1TH.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1TH.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="JOB.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Call if you will, but who will answer you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.5.1"><span class="content">To which of the holy ones will you turn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Resentment kills a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.5.2"><span class="content">and envy slays the simple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I myself have seen a fool taking root,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.5.3"><span class="content">but suddenly his house was cursed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His children are far from safety,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.5.4"><span class="content">crushed in court without a defender.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The hungry consume his harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.5.5"><span class="content">taking it even from among thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.5.5"><span class="content">and the thirsty pant after his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For hardship does not spring from the soil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.5.6"><span class="content">nor does trouble sprout from the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Yet man is born to trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.5.7"><span class="content">as surely as sparks fly upward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if I were you, I would appeal to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.5.8"><span class="content">I would lay my cause before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.5.9"><span class="content">miracles that cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He provides rain for the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.5.10"><span class="content">he sends water on the countryside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The lowly he sets on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.5.11"><span class="content">and those who mourn are lifted to safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He thwarts the plans of the crafty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.5.12"><span class="content">so that their hands achieve no success.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He catches the wise in their craftiness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.5.13"><span class="content">and the schemes of the wily are swept away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.5.14"><span class="content">at noon they grope as in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.5.15"><span class="content">he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the poor have hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.5.16"><span class="content">and injustice shuts its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the one whom God corrects;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.5.17"><span class="content">so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span><span class="ft">; here and throughout Job</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For he wounds, but he also binds up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.5.18"><span class="content">he injures, but his hands also heal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">From six calamities he will rescue you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.5.19"><span class="content">in seven no harm will touch you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In famine he will deliver you from death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.5.20"><span class="content">and in battle from the stroke of the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.5.21"><span class="content">and need not fear when destruction comes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You will laugh at destruction and famine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.5.22"><span class="content">and need not fear the wild animals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.5.23"><span class="content">and the wild animals will be at peace with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You will know that your tent is secure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.5.24"><span class="content">you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You will know that your children will be many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.5.25"><span class="content">and your descendants like the grass of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.5.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">You will come to the grave in full vigor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.5.26"><span class="content">like sheaves gathered in season.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;We have examined this, and it is true.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.5.27"><span class="content">So hear it and apply it to yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 5</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my words, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">consider my lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">for to you I pray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the morning, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">in the morning I lay my requests before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">and wait expectantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">with you, evil people are not welcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant cannot stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">You hate all who do wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you destroy those who tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">The bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, detest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But I, by your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">can come into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">in reverence I bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">because of my enemies&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">make your way straight before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">their heart is filled with malice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">Their throat is an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">with their tongues they tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Declare them guilty, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Let their intrigues be their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Banish them for their many sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">for they have rebelled against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But let all who take refuge in you be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">let them ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">Spread your protection over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">that those who love your name may rejoice in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Surely, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you bless the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="content">you surround them with your favor as with a shield.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words of insight,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">that you may maintain discretion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">and her speech is smoother than oil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but in the end she is bitter as gall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">sharp as a double-edged sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her feet go down to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">her steps lead straight to the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She gives no thought to the way of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">do not turn aside from what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep to a path far from her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">do not go near the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">lest you lose your honor to others</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">and your dignity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span></span></span><span class="content"> to one who is cruel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">lest strangers feast on your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">and your toil enrich the house of another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the end of your life you will groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">when your flesh and body are spent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">How my heart spurned correction!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I would not obey my teachers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">or turn my ear to my instructors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And I was soon in serious trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">in the assembly of God&#8217;s people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Drink water from your own cistern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">running water from your own well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Should your springs overflow in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">your streams of water in the public squares?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let them be yours alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">never to be shared with strangers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May your fountain be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A loving doe, a graceful deer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may her breasts satisfy you always,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man&#8217;s wife?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For your ways are in full view of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">and he examines all your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For lack of discipline they will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="content">led astray by their own great folly.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Another textual tradition </span><span class="fqa">we</span></span></span><span class="content"> had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">At that time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3 </span><span class="fq">Gibeath Haaraloth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the hill of foreskins.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt&#8212;all the men of military age&#8212;died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.&#8221; So the place has been called Gilgal</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="fq">Gilgal </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">roll</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to this day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The manna stopped the day after</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the day</span></span></span><span class="content"> they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall of Jericho</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, &#8220;Are you for us or for our enemies?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Neither,&#8221; he replied, &#8220;but as commander of the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I have now come.&#8221; Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, &#8220;What message does my Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> have for his servant?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The commander of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s army replied, &#8220;Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.&#8221; And Joshua did so.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ananias and Sapphira</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With his wife&#8217;s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn&#8217;t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Peter asked her, &#8220;Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; she said, &#8220;that is the price.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Peter said to her, &#8220;How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Apostles Heal Many</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon&#8217;s Colonnade. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter&#8217;s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Apostles Persecuted</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, stand in the temple courts,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and tell the people all about this new life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.5.21"><span class="content">When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin&#8212;the full assembly of the elders of Israel&#8212;and sent to the jail for the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then someone came and said, &#8220;Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man&#8217;s blood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Peter and the other apostles replied: &#8220;We must obey God rather than human beings! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead&#8212;whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: &#8220;Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.5.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.5.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.</span></span></div>
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