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  • Hebrews 11
    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
    For by it the elders obtained a good report.
    Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
    By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
    By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
    For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
    Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
    Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
    For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
    And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
    By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
    Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
    Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
    By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
    By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
    By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
    By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
    Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
    Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
    By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
    By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
    By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
    By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
    And what
    7 min
  • Joshua 22
    Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
    And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
    Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
    And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
    But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
    So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
    Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
    And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
    And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
    And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
    And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
    And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
    And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
    And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
    And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
    Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
    But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
    Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished
    8 min
  • Isaiah 28
    Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
    The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
    And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
    In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
    And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
    But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
    For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
    Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
    For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
    For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
    To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
    But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
    Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
    Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
    And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
    From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
    For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
    For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
    Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
    Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
    Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
    When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
    For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
    For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon t
    5 min
  • Isaiah 26,27
    In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
    Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
    Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
    For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
    The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
    The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
    Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
    Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
    LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
    LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
    O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
    They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
    Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
    LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
    Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
    We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
    Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
    Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
    In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
    In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
    I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
    Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
    Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
    Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
    In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk
    6 min
  • Joshua 20,21
    The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
    That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
    And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
    And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
    And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
    And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
    These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
    Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
    And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
    And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
    And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
    And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
    And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
    The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
    And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
    And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.
    Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
    And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
    But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
    And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
    And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
    And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh wi
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  • Hebrews 10
    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
    For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
    But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
    For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
    Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
    In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
    Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
    Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
    Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
    And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
    But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
    From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
    For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
    Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
    And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
    Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
    Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
    By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
    And having an high priest over the house of God;
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
    Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
    And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
    But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
    He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
    For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
    It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
    But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
    Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
    For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
    Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
    For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye mig
    6 min
  • Hebrews 8,9
    Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
    A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
    For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
    For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
    Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
    But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
    For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
    For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
    Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
    And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
    For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
    In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
    Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
    For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
    And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
    Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
    And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
    Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
    But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
    The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
    Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
    Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
    But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
    Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
    For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
    And for this
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  • Joshua 19
    And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
    And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
    And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
    And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
    And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
    And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
    Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
    And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
    Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
    And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
    And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
    And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
    And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
    And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
    And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
    This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
    And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
    And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
    And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
    And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
    And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
    And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
    And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
    And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
    And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
    And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
    And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
    Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
    The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
    And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
    And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
    And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
    And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
    And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
    And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with
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  • Isaiah 25
    O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
    For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
    Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
    Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
    And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
    And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
    He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
    And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
    For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
    And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
    And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
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  • Hebrews 6,7
    Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
    Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
    And this will we do, if God permit.
    For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
    And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
    If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
    For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
    But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
    But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
    For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
    And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
    That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
    For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
    Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
    And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
    For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
    Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
    Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
    Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
    For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
    To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
    Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
    Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
    And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
    But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
    And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
    And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
    And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
    For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
    If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
    For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
    For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave at
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