Wednesday, 24 April

1.   And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2.   "Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps. 3.   "When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 4.   "But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. 5.   "When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey. 6.   "When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys. 7.   "And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance. 8.   "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9.   "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. 10.   "Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God." 11.   Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12.   And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran. 13.   So they started out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14.   The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies; over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15.   Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16.   And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17.   Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle. 18.   And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19.   Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20.   And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21.   Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.) 22.   And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies; over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23.   Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24.   And over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25.   Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26.   Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27.   And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28.   Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey. 29.   Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father–in–law, "We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the LORD has promised good things to Israel." 30.   And he said to him, "I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives." 31.   So Moses said, "Please do not leave, inasmuch as you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. 32.   "And it shall be, if you go with us––indeed it shall be––that whatever good the LORD will do to us, the same we will do to you." 33.   So they departed from the mountain of the LORD on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34.   And the cloud of the LORD was above them by day when they went out from the camp. 35.   So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: "Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." 36.   And when it rested, he said: "Return, O LORD, To the many thousands of Israel."

1.   <> In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me. 0.   2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. 3.   What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue? 4.   Sharp arrows of the warrior, With coals of the broom tree! 5.   Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6.   My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. 7.   I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.

1.   <> I will lift up my eyes to the hills––From whence comes my help? 0.   2My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. 3.   He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4.   Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5.   The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand. 6.   The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7.   The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 8.   The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.

1.   <> I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." 0.   2Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3.   Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, 4.   Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5.   For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. 6.   Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. 7.   Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces." 8.   For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you." 9.   Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.

1.   <> Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. 0.   2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He has mercy on us. 3.   Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4.   Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.

1.   <> "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say–– 0.   2"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, 3.   Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; 4.   Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; 5.   Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul." 6.   Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. 7.   Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8.   Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

1.   And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2.   For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3.   I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4.   And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5.   that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 6.   However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7.   But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8.   which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9.   But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 10.   But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11.   For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12.   Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13.   These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14.   But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned. 15.   But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16.   For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.