Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2. "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3. ‘that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4. ‘And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5. ‘Then if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, but did not hate him beforehand. 6. ‘And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’" 7. So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah. 8. And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh. 9. These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwelt among them, that whoever killed a person accidentally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.
1. Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 2. And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common–lands for our livestock." 3. So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common–lands: 4. Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin. 5. The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half–tribe of Manasseh. 6. And the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half–tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7. The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun. 8. And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common–lands by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses. 9. So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are designated by name, 10. which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first. 11. And they gave them Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common–land surrounding it. 12. But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. 13. Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common–land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common–land, 14. Jattir with its common–land, Eshtemoa with its common–land, 15. Holon with its common–land, Debir with its common–land, 16. Ain with its common–land, Juttah with its common–land, and Beth Shemesh with its common–land: nine cities from those two tribes; 17. and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common–land, Geba with its common–land, 18. Anathoth with its common–land, and Almon with its common–land: four cities. 19. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common–lands. 20. And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. 21. For they gave them Shechem with its common–land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common–land, 22. Kibzaim with its common–land, and Beth Horon with its common–land: four cities; 23. and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common–land, Gibbethon with its common–land, 24. Aijalon with its common–land, and Gath Rimmon with its common–land: four cities; 25. and from the half–tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common–land and Gath Rimmon with its common–land: two cities. 26. All the ten cities with their common–lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath. 27. Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half–tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common–land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common–land: two cities; 28. and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common–land, Daberath with its common–land, 29. Jarmuth with its common–land, and En Gannim with its common–land: four cities; 30. and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common–land, Abdon with its common–land, 31. Helkath with its common–land, and Rehob with its common–land: four cities; 32. and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common–land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common–land, and Kartan with its common–land: three cities. 33. All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common–lands. 34. And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common–land, Kartah with its common–land, 35. Dimnah with its common–land, and Nahalal with its common–land: four cities; 36. and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common–land, Jahaz with its common–land, 37. Kedemoth with its common–land, and Mephaath with its common–land: four cities; 38. and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common–land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common–land, 39. Heshbon with its common–land, and Jazer with its common–land: four cities in all. 40. So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 41. All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty–eight cities with their common–lands. 42. Every one of these cities had its common–land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.
1. In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’" 2. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, 3. and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4. And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, 5. "Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. 6. "I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."’ 7. "And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has spoken: 8. "Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down. 9. This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: 10. I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years." 11. I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world. 12. My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me. 13. I have considered until morning––Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me. 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! 15. "What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it . I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul. 16. O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live. 17. Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18. For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. 19. The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children. 20. "The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD." 21. Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover." 22. And Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?"
1. At that time Merodach–Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2. And Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures––the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory––all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 3. Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" So Hezekiah said, "They came to me from a far country, from Babylon." 4. And he said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them." 5. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: 6. ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD. 7. ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’" 8. So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!" For he said, "At least there will be peace and truth in my days."
1. And you He made alive , who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2. in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3. among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5. even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6. and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7. that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9. not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 11. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh––who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands–– 12. that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15. having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is , the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16. and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19. Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20. having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone , 21. in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22. in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.