Sunday, 30 June

1.   These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them. 2.   Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half–tribe. 3.   For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half–tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. 4.   For the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in , with their common–lands for their livestock and their property. 5.   As the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land. 6.   Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea. 7.   "I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 8.   "Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9.   "So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ 10.   "And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty–five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty–five years old. 11.   "As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. 12.   "Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said." 13.   And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. 14.   Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15.   And the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim). Then the land had rest from war.

1.   So this was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2.   And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3.   Then it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. 4.   From there it passed toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border. 5.   The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6.   The border went up to Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7.   Then the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel. 8.   And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward. 9.   Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim). 10.   Then the border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to Timnah. 11.   And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea. 12.   The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

1.   Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. 2.   O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3.   At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; 4.   And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. 5.   The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6.   Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. 7.   Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8.   The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. 9.   The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits . 10.   "Now I will rise," says the LORD; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. 11.   You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12.   And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13.   Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might." 14.   The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" 15.   He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16.   He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. 17.   Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off. 18.   Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is the scribe? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?" 19.   You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand. 20.   Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home, A tabernacle that will not be taken down; Not one of its stakes will ever be removed, Nor will any of its cords be broken. 21.   But there the majestic LORD will be for us A place of broad rivers and streams, In which no galley with oars will sail, Nor majestic ships pass by 22.   (For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us); 23.   Your tackle is loosed, They could not strengthen their mast, They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of great plunder is divided; The lame take the prey. 24.   And the inhabitant will not say, "I am sick"; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.

1.   O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 2.   This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3.   Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 4.   Have you suffered so many things in vain––if indeed it was in vain? 5.   Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? –– 6.   just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." 7.   Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8.   And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying , "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9.   So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. 10.   For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." 11.   But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith." 12.   Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them." 13.   Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), 14.   that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15.   Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16.   Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ. 17.   And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18.   For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19.   What purpose then does the law serve ? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20.   Now a mediator does not mediate for one only , but God is one. 21.   Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22.   But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23.   But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24.   Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25.   But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26.   For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27.   For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28.   There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29.   And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.