Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel. 2. At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time." 3. So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4. And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt. 5. For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised. 6. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD––to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, "a land flowing with milk and honey." 7. Then Joshua circumcised their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8. So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed. 9. Then the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day. 10. Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. 11. And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. 12. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year. 13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, " Are You for us or for our adversaries?" 14. So He said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What does my Lord say to His servant?" 15. Then the Commander of the LORD’S army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so.
1. Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. 2. And the LORD said to Joshua: "See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3. "You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. 4. "And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5. "It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him." 6. Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD." 7. And he said to the people, "Proceed, and march around the city, and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the LORD." 8. So it was, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9. The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. 10. Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout." 11. So he had the ark of the LORD circle the city, going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp. 12. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13. Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them. But the rear guard came after the ark of the LORD, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. 14. And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. So they did six days. 15. But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times. 16. And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city! 17. "Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18. "And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19. "But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD." 20. So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. 22. But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country, "Go into the harlot’s house, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her." 23. And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel. 24. But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25. And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s household, and all that she had. So she dwells in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26. Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates." 27. So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout all the country.
1. The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, 2. You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle. 3. All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar. 4. Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people." 5. For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision––Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain. 6. Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield. 7. It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. 8. He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest; 9. You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10. You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall. 11. You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago. 12. And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth. 13. But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" 14. Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts, "Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts. 15. Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say : 16. ‘What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock? 17. Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you. 18. He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master’s house. 19. So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down. 20. ‘Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; 21. I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah. 22. The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open. 23. I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house. 24. ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25. ‘In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.’"
1. After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death. 2. But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people." 3. And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. 4. But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, "Why was this fragrant oil wasted? 5. "For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply. 6. But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. 7. "For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always. 8. "She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial. 9. "Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her." 10. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. 11. And when they heard it , they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him. 12. Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb , His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?" 13. And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him. 14. "Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"’ 15. "Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us." 16. So His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover. 17. In the evening He came with the twelve. 18. Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, "Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me." 19. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, " Is it I?" And another said, "Is it I?" 20. He answered and said to them, " It is one of the twelve, who dips with Me in the dish. 21. "The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born." 22. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it , and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." 23. Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24. And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. 25. "Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."