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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Land Still to Be Taken</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Joshua had grown old, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land that remains: All the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land East of the Jordan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The other half of Manasseh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">With it </span><span class="ft">(that is, with the other half of Manasseh)</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, had assigned it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, out to the border of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was the last of the Rephaites.) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba&#8212;princes allied with Sihon&#8212;who lived in that country. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Kinnereth</span></span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.13.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan&#8212;all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). This was for the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh&#8212;for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land West of the Jordan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded through Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for Joseph&#8217;s descendants had become two tribes&#8212;Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the Israelites divided the land, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Caleb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, &#8220;You know what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear. I, however, followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God wholeheartedly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So on that day Moses swore to me, &#8216;The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God wholeheartedly.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:9 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 1:36</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I&#8217;m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now give me this hill country that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.14.15"><span class="content">Then the land had rest from war.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">64</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 64</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">protect my life from the threat of the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">from the plots of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They sharpen their tongues like swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They shoot from ambush at the innocent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">they shoot suddenly, without fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They encourage each other in evil plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they talk about hiding their snares;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they say, &#8220;Who will see it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">64:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They plot injustice and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">&#8220;We have devised a perfect plan!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But God will shoot them with his arrows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">they will suddenly be struck down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will turn their own tongues against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">and bring them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All people will fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">they will proclaim the works of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">and ponder what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">and take refuge in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">all the upright in heart will glory in him!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">65</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 65</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 65:1-13 is numbered 65:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise awaits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">befits</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> you, our God, in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="content">to you our vows will be fulfilled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who answer prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="content">to you all people will come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When we were overwhelmed by sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="content">you forgave</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">made atonement for</span></span></span><span class="content"> our transgressions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those you choose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">and bring near to live in your courts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">We are filled with the good things of your house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">of your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">the hope of all the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">and of the farthest seas,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who formed the mountains by your power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="content">having armed yourself with strength,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who stilled the roaring of the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">the roaring of their waves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">and the turmoil of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">where morning dawns, where evening fades,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">you call forth songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You care for the land and water it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">you enrich it abundantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">The streams of God are filled with water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">to provide the people with grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">for so you have ordained it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for that is how you prepare the land</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You drench its furrows and level its ridges;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="content">you soften it with showers and bless its crops.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You crown the year with your bounty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="content">and your carts overflow with abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="content">the hills are clothed with gladness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The meadows are covered with flocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="content">and the valleys are mantled with grain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="content">they shout for joy and sing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Explains His Actions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I heard a voice telling me, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I replied, &#8216;Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The voice spoke from heaven a second time, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man&#8217;s house. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, &#8216;Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then I remembered what the Lord had said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;John baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">water, but you will be baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Holy Spirit.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God&#8217;s way?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, &#8220;So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Church in Antioch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Lord&#8217;s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Living Stone and a Chosen People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As you come to him, the living Stone&#8212;rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">into a temple of the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For in Scripture it says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;See, I lay a stone in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">a chosen and precious cornerstone,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">and the one who trusts in him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">will never be put to shame.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 28:16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;The stone the builders rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;A stone that causes people to stumble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">and a rock that makes them fall.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 8:14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">They stumble because they disobey the message&#8212;which is also what they were destined for.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God&#8217;s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.</span></span></div>
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