Saturday, 16 November

1.   The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron––four in all . 2.   The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty–two thousand six hundred. 3.   The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. 4.   And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty–six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons. 5.   Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty–seven thousand in all. 6.   The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael––three in all . 7.   The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri––five in all . They were heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their genealogies, twenty–two thousand and thirty–four mighty men of valor. 8.   The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9.   And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10.   The son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11.   All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. 12.   Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher. 13.   The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14.   The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15.   Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters. 16.   (Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17.   The son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18.   His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19.   And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. 20.   The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son, 21.   Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle. 22.   Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23.   And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. 24.   Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah; 25.   and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26.   Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27.   Nun his son, and Joshua his son. 28.   Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns; 29.   and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel. 30.   The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31.   The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32.   And Heber begot Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33.   The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the children of Japhlet. 34.   The sons of Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35.   And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36.   The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37.   Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Jithran, and Beera. 38.   The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39.   The sons of Ulla were Arah, Haniel, and Rizia. 40.   All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among the army fit for battle; their number was twenty–six thousand.

1.   In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans–– 2.   in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3.   Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4.   And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5.   "we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6.   "Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. 7.   "O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day––to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. 8.   "O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9.   "To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. 10.   "We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11.   "Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. 12.   "And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. 13.   "As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14.   "Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. 15.   "And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day––we have sinned, we have done wickedly! 16.   "O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. 17.   "Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18.   "O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19.   "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name." 20.   Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21.   yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22.   And he informed me , and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23.   "At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you , for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision: 24.   "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. 25.   "Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty–two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 26.   "And after the sixty–two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27.   Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."

1.   Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2.   It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3.   Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." 4.   When Jesus heard that , He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 5.   Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6.   So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7.   Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 8.   The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" 9.   Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10.   "But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." 11.   These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." 12.   Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." 13.   However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14.   Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. 15.   "And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." 16.   Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." 17.   So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18.   Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19.   And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20.   Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21.   Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22.   "But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23.   Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24.   Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25.   Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26.   "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27.   She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." 28.   And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." 29.   As soon as she heard that , she arose quickly and came to Him. 30.   Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31.   Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." 32.   Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."