Saturday, 29 June

1.   Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the LORD said to him: "You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed. 2.   "This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all that of the Geshurites, 3.   "from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward ( which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines––the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites; 4.   "from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; 5.   "the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath; 6.   "all the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon as far as the Brook Misrephoth, and all the Sidonians––them I will drive out from before the children of Israel; only divide it by lot to Israel as an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7.   "Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh." 8.   With the other half tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them: 9.   from Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the town that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain of Medeba as far as Dibon; 10.   all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon; 11.   Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salcah; 12.   all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants; for Moses had defeated and cast out these. 13.   Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14.   Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said to them. 15.   And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16.   Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba; 17.   Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18.   Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19.   Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley, 20.   Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth–– 21.   all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. 22.   The children of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them. 23.   And the border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24.   Moses also had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families. 25.   Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah, 26.   and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir, 27.   and in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward. 28.   This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages. 29.   Moses also had given an inheritance to half the tribe of Manasseh; it was for half the tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families: 30.   Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities; 31.   half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir according to their families. 32.   These are the areas which Moses had distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward. 33.   But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as He had said to them.

1.   Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! 2.   Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3.   Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. 4.   For thus the LORD has spoken to me: "As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. 5.   Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it ; Passing over, He will preserve it ." 6.   Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 7.   For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold––sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. 8.   "Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. 9.   He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, And his princes shall be afraid of the banner," Says the LORD, Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

1.   Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. 2.   A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3.   The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen. 4.   Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. 5.   The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful; 6.   For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the LORD, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7.   Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice. 8.   But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand. 9.   Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech. 10.   In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come. 11.   Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists. 12.   People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13.   On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city; 14.   Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks–– 15.   Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest. 16.   Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17.   The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. 18.   My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places, 19.   Though hail comes down on the forest, And the city is brought low in humiliation. 20.   Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

1.   Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me . 2.   And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. 3.   Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4.   And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), 5.   to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6.   But from those who seemed to be something––whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man––for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. 7.   But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 8.   (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 9.   and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10.   They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. 11.   Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12.   for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13.   And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14.   But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? 15.   "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16.   "knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. 17.   "But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! 18.   "For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19.   "For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. 20.   "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 21.   "I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."