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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.8.1"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.8.2"><span class="content">of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.8.2"><span class="content">of the descendants of David, Hattush </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Shekaniah;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.8.3"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.8.3"><span class="content">of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZR.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZR.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZR.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Zattu,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:32); Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">Zattu</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZR.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZR.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZR.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.8.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Bani,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:36); Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">Bani</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.8.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZR.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZR.8.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZR.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZR.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZR.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Return to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZR.8.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZR.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZR.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZR.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZR.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah&#8217;s sons and brothers, 18 in all; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZR.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZR.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They also brought 220 of the temple servants&#8212;a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZR.8.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZR.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZR.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, &#8220;The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZR.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZR.8.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZR.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZR.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZR.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I weighed out to them 650 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 24 tons or about 22 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> 100 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZR.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:27 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZR.8.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZR.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I said to them, &#8220;You as well as these articles are consecrated to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZR.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZR.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZR.8.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZR.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZR.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZR.8.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZR.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZR.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZR.8.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZR.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:35 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span></span></span><span class="content"> twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZR.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">They also delivered the king&#8217;s orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judah Summoned to Repent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Gather together, gather yourselves together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">you shameful nation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before the decree takes effect</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">and that day passes like windblown chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you humble of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">you who do what he commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">Seek righteousness, seek humility;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">perhaps you will be sheltered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philistia</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Clean Garments for the High Priest</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">satan</span> means </span><span class="fqa">adversary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> standing at his right side to accuse him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rebuke you, Satan! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The angel said to those who were standing before him, &#8220;Take off his filthy clothes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="content">Then he said to Joshua, &#8220;See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Put a clean turban on his head.&#8221; So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood by.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave this charge to Joshua: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">facets</span></span></span><span class="content"> on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon&#8217;s house was and stopped at the gate. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.10.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, &#8220;Simon, three</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:19 </span><span class="ft">One early manuscript </span><span class="fqa">two</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts do not have the number.</span></span></span><span class="content"> men are looking for you. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.10.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Peter went down and said to the men, &#8220;I&#8217;m the one you&#8217;re looking for. Why have you come?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.10.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The men replied, &#8220;We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter at Cornelius&#8217;s House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.10.23"><span class="content">The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers from Joppa went along. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But Peter made him get up. &#8220;Stand up,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I am only a man myself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.10.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He said to them: &#8220;You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.10.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Cornelius answered: &#8220;Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and said, &#8216;Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.10.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Peter began to speak: &#8220;I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.10.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen&#8212;by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.10.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.10.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.10.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.10.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.10.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">For they heard them speaking in tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:46 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">other languages</span></span></span><span class="content"> and praising God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.10.46"><span class="content">Then Peter said, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.10.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="ACT.10.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1PE.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for it is written: &#8220;Be holy, because I am holy.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="LEV.11.44">Lev. 11:44</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="LEV.11.45">45</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="LEV.19.2">19:2</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1PE.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Since you call on a Father who judges each person&#8217;s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1PE.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1PE.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1PE.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:22 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">from a pure heart</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1PE.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.1.24"><span class="content">&#8220;All people are like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.1.24"><span class="content">and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.1.24"><span class="content">the grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.1.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1PE.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">but the word of the Lord endures forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:25 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.40.6+ISA.40.7+ISA.40.8">Isaiah 40:6-8</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1PE.1.25"><span class="content">And this is the word that was preached to you.</span></span></div>
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