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1 Chronicles 10 – 11 (EHV)

1 The Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and fell mortally wounded at Mount Gilboa. 2 The Philistines were closing in on Saul and his sons. They struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua, the sons of Saul. 3 The attack directed at Saul was fierce. The archers targeted him and hit him, and he was in great pain from his wounds.

4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through so that these uncircumcised fellows do not come and abuse me.”

His armor bearer would not do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5 When the armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, his entire house, died together.

7 When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and lived in them.

8 On the next day when the Philistines came to strip those who had been killed in the battle, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They stripped Saul, carried off his head and his armor, and sent them throughout Philistia to spread the good news to their idols and people. 10 They put Saul’s armor and weapons in the temple of their gods and impaled his skull in the temple of Dagon.

11 The entire city of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything that the Philistines had done to Saul. 12 So all the courageous, strong men set out and carried away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons. They brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the terebinth [1] tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days.

13 Saul died as a result of the unfaithfulness which he had commited against the Lord by not keeping the Lord’s command and by seeking a medium to direct his actions. 14 He did not seek guidance from the Lord. That is why the Lord brought about his death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

1 All Israel gathered to David at Hebron to say, “Look! We are your flesh and blood. [2] 2 Previously when Saul was king, you led Israel out to battle and back again. Besides, the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd my people Israel and be leader over my people Israel.’”

3 All the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. David made a covenant with them there in the presence of the Lord. They anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord from Samuel.

4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites were living in that part of the land. 5 Those living in Jebus said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which became the City of David. 6 David had said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites first will become the head and commander.” Joab son of Zeruiah went up first and became the head. 7 David lived in the stronghold. That is why it is called the City of David. 8 He built up the city all around the stronghold, from the Millo [3] to the surrounding walls. Joab repaired the rest of the city.

9 David became greater and greater because the Lord of Armies was with him.

10 These are the leaders of David’s elite warriors, who built up support for his kingdom throughout all Israel, in order to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

11 This is the record of David’s elite warriors.

Jashobeam son of Hakmoni, [4] head of the Thirty, [5] wielded his spear against three hundred, who were killed at one time.

12 After him came Eleazar son of Dodo, the Ahohite. He was in the group of three elite warriors. 13 He was with David at Pas Dammim, where there was a plot of land full of barley, when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. The people had been fleeing from the Philistines, 14 but they took their stand in the middle of that plot of land. They defended it and killed the Philistines. The Lord rescued them with a great victory. [6]

15 Three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the rock by the Cave of Adullam. The army of the Philistines was camping in the Valley of Rephaim. 16 While David was in the stronghold, the garrison of Philistines was in Bethlehem. 17 David expressed this desire: “Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem inside the gate?” 18 The Three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well [7] of Bethlehem inside the gate. They took it and brought it to David. However, David was not willing to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the Lord. 19 He said, “I should be cursed by God if I did that. Shall I drink the blood of these men? They risked their lives to bring it to me.” He was not willing to drink it. The three elite warriors carried out these actions.

20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Three. He wielded his spear against three hundred and killed them. His reputation equaled that of the Three. [8] 21 He was considered twice as great as the Group of Three. He became their commander. But he did not belong to the Group of Three.

22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a courageous man from Kabze’el, did great things. He struck down two Lions of God [9] from Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern [10] on a snowy day. 23 He also killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian was holding a spear like a weaver’s beam. Benaiah went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and killed him with his own spear. 24 Benaiah son of Jehoiada accomplished these feats. His reputation equaled that of the Three. 25 Among the Thirty he was considered great, but he did not belong to the Three. David placed him over his bodyguards.

26 These were the elite warriors of the armies: [11]

Asahel, the brother of Joab,

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1 Chronicles 1 – 9 (EHV)

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah.

The sons of Noah were [2] Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras. [3]

6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, [4] and Togarmah.

7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, [5] and the Rodanim. [6]

8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, [7] Put, and Canaan.

9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Ra’ama, [8] and Sabteca.

The sons of Ra’ama were Sheba and Dedan.

10 Cush became the father of Nimrod. Nimrod was the first to be [9] a mighty warrior on the earth.

11 Mizraim became the father of the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, 12 the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorim.

13 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth, 14 also of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. [10]

17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

18 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah, [13] and Shelah became the father of Eber.

24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram (also called Abraham).

28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These are their genealogies:

The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth. Then came Kedar, Adbe’el, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

32 These are the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine. [16] She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Elda’ah.

All these were the descendants of Keturah.

34 Abraham became the father of Isaac.

The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek by Timna. [17]

37 The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. [18]

43 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel:

Bela son of Beor. The name of his city was Dinhabah.

The chiefs of Edom were Chief Timna, Chief Aliah, [24] Chief Jetheth, 52 Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, 53 Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, 54 Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Those three were born to him by Shua’s daughter, [25] a Canaanite woman. Er, who was Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so he killed him. 4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah for him. Judah had a total of five sons.

5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

9 The sons of Hezron, who were born to him, were Jerahme’el, Ram, and Celubai. [28] [29]

10 Ram [30] became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, the tribal leader of the people of Judah. 11 Nahshon became the father of Salma, [31] and Salma became the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse. [32]

13 Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab his second, Shimea his third, 14 Nethanel his fourth, Raddai his fifth, 15 Ozem his sixth, and David his seventh. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. [33]

18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, also known as Jerioth. [34] These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, [35] who gave birth to Hur for him. 20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

21 Afterward, Hezron went to the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead, whom he took when he was sixty years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him. 22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities [36] in the land of Gilead. 23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages, [37] sixty cities in all. All these were the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, gave birth to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. [38]

25 The sons of Jerahme’el, the firstborn son of Hezron, were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahme’el had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahme’el, were Ma’az, Jamin, and Eker.

These were the descendants of Jerahme’el.

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. [40] Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife, and she gave birth to Attai for him. 36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, 37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, 38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, 39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, 41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

42 The sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahme’el, were his firstborn son Mesha, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, [41] the father of Hebron.

43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

50 These were the descendants of Caleb, who were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

1 Now these were the sons of David who were born for him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezre’el, the second, Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel,

2 the third, Absalom, whose mother was Ma’akah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith,

3 the fifth, Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital, the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David’s wife Eglah.

4 So there were six sons born to David in Hebron, and he ruled as king there for seven years and six months.

David ruled as king for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 These sons were born to him in Jerusalem:

four sons of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: [45] Shimea, [46] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

6 nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

9 All these were the sons of David. In addition, there were the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.

10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,

Abijah was his son,

Asa was his son,

Jehoshaphat was his son,

11 Joram was his son,

Ahaziah was his son,

Joash was his son,

12 Amaziah was his son,

Azariah was his son,

Jotham was his son,

13 Ahaz was his son,

Hezekiah was his son,

Manasseh was his son,

14 Amon was his son,

and Josiah was his son.

15 The sons of Josiah were his firstborn Johanan, his second Jehoiakim, his third Zedekiah, and his fourth Shallum. [47] 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah [48] and his son Zedekiah. [49]

17 The sons of Jeconiah the captive were Shealtiel his son, 18 also Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel [50] and Shimei.

1 The descendants [52] of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 Reaiah son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the clans of the Zorathites.

3 These were the sons [53] of Etam: Jezre’el, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Na’arah. 6 Na’arah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Ha’ahashtari. These were the sons of Na’arah. 7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

8 Koz became the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.

9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because she said, “I gave birth to him with pain.” [54] 10 Jabez called to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my borders! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, [55] so that I will not experience pain!” God granted him what he requested.

11 Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Rekah.

13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai. [56]

14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab, who was the father of Ge Harashim, [57] because they were craftsmen.

19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, who was the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Ma’akathite. [59]

20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.

The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er the father of Lekah, La’adah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen at Beth Ashbea, 22 also Jokim and the men of Kozeba, also Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and Jashubi Lehem. [60] These records are ancient. 23 These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king, to work for him.

24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, and their whole family did not increase in number like the people of Judah.

28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar Shual, 29 at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, 30 at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag, 31 at Beth Markaboth, at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Sha’araim. These were their cities until David’s reign. 32 Their villages were around Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, [61] and Ashan—five cities 33 and all their villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal. [62] These were their settlements, and they had preserved their genealogical records.

34 Meshobab, Jamlek, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to search for pasture for their flocks. 40 They found good, rich pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. The people who had lived there previously were descended from Ham. 41 These who have been named came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and attacked the tent camps of the Hamites. They completely destroyed the Meunites who were found there, and to this day they have lived in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Some of them, five hundred men, also descendants of Simeon, went to Mount Seir. Their leaders were Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 They struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

1 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:

(Though Reuben was the firstborn, because he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Israel’s son Joseph. So Reuben is not treated as firstborn in the genealogical records. 2 Though Judah achieved superiority over his brothers and the ruler came from him, the birthright was Joseph’s.)

3 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

4 Successive generations of descendants [63] of Joel were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, 5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, 6 and his son Be’erah, whom Tiglath Pileser [64] king of Assyria carried away captive. He was the tribal leader of the Reubenites.

7 The following are his relatives as listed by their clans in the genealogical records. Jeiel was the head. Others were Zechariah, 8 Bela son of Azaz, who was the son of Shema, who was the son of Joel, who lived in the territory of Aroer, all the way to Nebo and Baal Meon. 9 They lived in the east, all the way to the beginning of the wilderness which extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased greatly in the land of Gilead. 10 In the days of Saul, they made war against the Hagraites, who fell by their hand. So they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

11 The descendants of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan, all the way to Salekah. 12 Joel was the head, Shapham the second, also Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 Their brothers from their fathers’ houses were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all.

14 These were the sons of Abihail, who was the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz. 15 Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of the house of their fathers. [65] 16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, in its towns, and in all the pastures surrounding Sharon, all the way to their borders. 17 All these were listed in genealogies from the days of Jotham king of Judah, and from the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18 The descendants of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their armies, warriors armed with shields and swords, as well as archers, trained for war, ready to go out to battle. 19 They made war with the Hagraites, with Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 These tribes received help against the Hagraites, so the Hagraites were delivered into their hands, along with all who were with them, because Israel cried out to God during the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him. 21 They took away their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand living people. 22 So many of the enemy were cut down in battle, because the war was from God. These tribes lived in their place until the captivity.

23 The people of the half tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They increased in number. 24 These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: namely, Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were strong, powerful warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses. 25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, the spirit of Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and he took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

1 The sons of Levi were Gershom, [66] Kohath, and Merari. [67]

2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel.

    The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

16 The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. [72]

20 The family line of Gershom was his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, 21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

22 The family line of Kohath was his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 23 his son Elkanah, and his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

25 The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah, the family line of Elkanah [73] was his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, his son Elkanah, and his son Samuel. [74] 28 The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second son.

29 The family line of Merari was Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, his son Asaiah.

31 These are the men David appointed to be the musicians in the Lord’s house from the time that the Ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with music in front of the Dwelling, that is, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s house in Jerusalem. They performed their service according to the duties prescribed for them. 33 This is the list of those who served and their sons.

From the family line of the Kohathites came Heman the singer, who was the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 Heman’s colleague, [75] who stood at his right hand, was Asaph, namely, Asaph the son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Ba’aseiah, the son of Malkijah, 41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44 On the left hand of Heman and Asaph was their colleague from the descendants of Merari, namely, Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluk, 45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 Their brothers, the other Levites, were appointed for all the other forms of service at the Dwelling, God’s house.

49 But it was Aaron and his sons who presented offerings on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense, to carry out all the work of the Most Holy Place and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 This is the family line from Aaron: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua, 51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah, 52 his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub, 53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahima’az.

54 Now the following are the places they lived according to their settlements within their borders.

The first lot was for the sons of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites. 55 To them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pastureland, 56 but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57 To the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the city of refuge, and also Libnah with its surrounding pastures, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its surrounding pastures, 58 Hilen with its surrounding pastures, Debir with its surrounding pastures, 59 Ashan with its surrounding pastures, and Juttah and Beth Shemesh with their surrounding pastures. 60 In the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they received Gibeon, Geba with its surrounding pastures, Allemeth with its surrounding pastures, and Anathoth with its surrounding pastures. All their cities for all their families totaled thirteen cities. [76]

61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath from the families of the tribe who remained without land, ten cities were given by lot from the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh. [77]

62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, from the territory of the tribe of Issachar and the tribe of Asher and the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities were given.

63 To the sons of Merari, according to their families, from the territory of the tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities were given.

64 So the people of Israel gave the Levites these cities with their surrounding pastures. 65 They assigned to them by lot these cities which are mentioned by name from the territory of the tribe of the sons of Judah and the tribe of the sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.

66 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their inheritance within the borders of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They gave to them the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its surrounding pastures, also Gezer with its surrounding pastures, 68 Jokmeam [78] with its surrounding pastures, Beth Horon with its surrounding pastures, 69 Aijalon with its surrounding pastures, Gath Rimmon with its surrounding pastures, 70 and in the territory of the half tribe of Manasseh, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath, they gave Aner [79] with its surrounding pastures and Bileam [80] with its surrounding pastures. [81]

71 To the sons of Gershom, from the clan of the half tribe of Manasseh, these cities were given: Golan in Bashan with its surrounding pastures and Ashtaroth with its surrounding pastures, 72 and in the territory of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh [82] with its surrounding pastures, Daberath with its surrounding pastures, 73 Ramoth [83] with its surrounding pastures, and Anem [84] with its surrounding pastures, 74 and in the territory of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its surrounding pastures, Abdon with it surrounding pastures, 75 Hukok [85] with its surrounding pastures, and Rehob with its surrounding pastures, 76 and in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its surrounding pastures, Hammon with its surrounding pastures, and Kiriathaim with its surrounding pastures.

77 The rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given Jokneam with its surrounding pastures, Rimmono with its surrounding pastures, Tabor with its surrounding pastures, and Nahalal with its surrounding pastures [86] in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun. 78 Across the Jordan from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given cities in the territory of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its surrounding pastures, Jahzah with its surrounding pastures, 79 Kedemoth with its surrounding pastures, and Mepha’ath with its surrounding pastures. 80 And in the territory of the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead with its surrounding pastures, Mahanaim with its surrounding pastures, 81 Heshbon with its surrounding pastures, and Jazer with its surrounding pastures.

1 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four in all.

2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ houses. In the days of David the number of powerful warriors written in the genealogies of the family of Tola was 22,600.

3     The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah, five, [87] all of them head men. 4 According to the genealogical records of their fathers’ houses, because they had many wives and sons, they had with them 36,000 men in divisions available for battle. 5 Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, powerful warriors, who were listed in the genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

6 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, and Jediael, three in all.

7 The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, all heads of their fathers’ houses. Their powerful warriors listed in the genealogical records were 22,034.

8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.

9 They were listed in the genealogical records as heads of their fathers’ houses, along with 20,200 powerful warriors.

10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kena’anah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons [88] of Jediael, the heads of their fathers’ houses, listed along with 17,200 powerful warriors, who were able to go out to war with the army.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir. The Hushim were the sons of Aher. [89]

13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum. They were the grandsons of Bilhah.

14 The first son of Manasseh was Asriel, born to his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir, the father of Gilead. 15 Makir took a wife from Huppim and Shuppim. [90] His sister’s name was Ma’akah. The name of Manasseh’s second son was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad had only daughters. 16 Ma’akah, the wife of Makir, [91] gave birth to a son, and she named him 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 sons of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

20 The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, 21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, and also Ezer and Elead.

These two were killed by the native men of Gath, because they came down to take away their livestock. 22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 He went to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house. [92] 24 His daughter was She’erah, who built lower and upper Beth Horon and Uzzen She’erah.

25 Rephah was his son, and Resheph his son, [93] and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and Na’aran on the east, and Gezer on the west with its towns, also Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns. 29 Along the borders of the people of Manasseh they received Beth Shean and its towns, Ta’anach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The descendants of Joseph, the son of Israel, lived in these towns.

30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.

31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel, who was the father

of Birzaith.

32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.

33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasak, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.

34 The sons of Shemer [94] were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, [95] and Aram.

35 The sons of his brother Helem [96] were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Be’era.

38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

40 All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the houses of their fathers, elite soldiers, powerful warriors, heads of the tribal leaders. The number of them listed in the genealogies for service in war was 26,000 men.

1 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Na’aman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ehud. They are the heads of fathers’ households for the inhabitants of Geba who were exiled to Manahath, 7 namely, Na’aman, Ahijah, and Gera, who led them into exile, [97] and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8 Shaharaim became a father in the territory of Moab, after he had sent away his wives Hushim and Ba’ara. 9 By his wife Hodesh he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10 Jeuz, Shakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of the houses of their fathers. 11 By Hushim, he became the father of Abitub and Elpa’al. 12 The sons of Elpa’al were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns.

13 Also Beriah and Shema, who were heads of houses of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon. They put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.

14 Also Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, Joha, who were the sons of Beriah.

17 Also Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ishmerai, Izliah, Jobab, the sons of Elpa’al.

19 Also Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, Shimrath, the sons of Shimei.

22 Also Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25 Iphdeiah, Penuel, the sons of Shashak.

26 Also Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27 Ja’areshiah, Elijah, Zikri, and the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were heads of fathers’ households throughout their generations, head men. These lived in Jerusalem.

29 Jeiel, [98] the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Ma’akah, lived in Gibeon 30 with his firstborn son Abdon. Other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, [99] Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio, and Zeker. 32 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their brothers in Jerusalem, with their brothers.

33 Ner became the father of Kish.

1 So all Israel was enrolled by their genealogies, and these were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel, until Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

2 Now the first group of inhabitants who settled in their property in their cities consisted of Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

3 People from Judah, people from Benjamin, people from Ephraim, and people from Manasseh lived in Jerusalem.

4 They included Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani [102] from the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.

10 From the priests:

Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin, 11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the supervisor of God’s house;

12 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Ma’asai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

13 and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760 very capable men for the work of the service in God’s house.

14 From the Levites:

17 The gatekeepers included Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was in charge), 18 who previously served in the King’s Gate on the east side of the Temple. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi. 19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, together with his brothers from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, guardians of the entrance to the Tent. Their fathers had been over the Lord’s camp as guardians of the entrance.

20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been ruler over them in the past, and the Lord had been with him.

21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the doorways numbered 212.

Those whom David and Samuel the seer appointed to their office of trust were listed by genealogy, according to their villages. 23 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the Lord’s house, when the house was still a tent. 24 The gatekeepers were positioned on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. 25 Their brothers who were in their villages were to take turns coming in to be with them for a seven-day shift. 26 So four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust and were in charge of the rooms and the treasuries in God’s house. 27 They were stationed around God’s house through the night, because that duty was assigned to them, and their duty was to open it every morning. 28 Some of them were in charge of the vessels for the service. They counted them before and after each service. 29 Some of them also were in charge of the furnishings and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.

30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixture of the spices. 31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flatbread for offerings. 32 Some of their brothers from the sons of the Kohathites were responsible for preparing the bread that was set out and arranged every Sabbath.

33 These are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the rooms at the temple and were free from other service, because they were busy with their work day and night. 34 These were heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, throughout their generations, head men. These lived at Jerusalem.

35 Jeiel, the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Ma’akah, lived in Gibeon with 36 his firstborn son Abdon, and with Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem.

39 Ner became the father of Kish.

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James 5 (EHV)

1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are going to come upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in these last days. 4 Listen, the wages that you failed to pay the workers who reaped your fields are crying out! And the cries of the harvesters have entered the ears of the Lord of Armies. 5 You have lived for pleasure on the earth and led a life of luxury. You have fattened your hearts on the day of slaughter. 6 You condemned and murdered the Righteous One. [1] Does he not oppose you? [2]

7 Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the valuable harvest from the ground, patiently waiting for it, until it receives the early and late rain. 8 You be patient too. Strengthen your hearts because the coming of the Lord is near.

9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look! The Judge is standing at the doors! 10 Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering with patient endurance. 11 See, we consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard of the patient endurance of Job and have seen what the Lord did in the end, because the Lord is especially compassionate and merciful.

12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Just let your “yes” be “yes” and your “no” be “no,” so that you do not fall under judgment.

13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is able to do much because it is effective. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the land produced its harvest.

19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders away from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 let it be known that the one who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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James 4 (EHV)

1 Where do conflicts and quarrels among you come from? Don’t they come from your cravings for pleasure, which are at war in the parts of your body? 2 You want something but do not get it, so you murder. You desire something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask, and yet do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on what gives you pleasure.

4 Adulterers, [1] don’t you know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or, do you think that Scripture has no reason for saying that the Spirit, who lives in us, [2] yearns jealously? [3] 6 But he gives greater grace! That is why it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” [4]

7 So, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded people. 9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be changed into mourning and your joy into gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

11 Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother is speaking against the law and judging the law. But if you judge the law, you are not one who does the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver and judge. He is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that city, spend a year there, do business, and make a profit.” 14 You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? Indeed, it is [5] a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears. 15 Instead, it is better for you to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live, and we will do this or that.” 16 But right now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So, for the one who knows the right thing to do and doesn’t do it, this is a sin.

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James 3 (EHV)

1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 To be sure, we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a fully mature man, able to bridle his whole body as well.

3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, we also guide the whole animal. 4 And consider ships: Although they are very big and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it also boasts great things.

Consider how a little flame can set a large forest on fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire. It is set among the parts of our body as a world of unrighteousness that stains the whole body, sets the whole course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell. [1] 7 Indeed, every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is being tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no one is able to tame the human tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord [2] and Father, and with it we curse people, who are made in the likeness of God. 10 Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way. 11 A spring does not pour out both fresh and bitter water from the same opening, does it? 12 Can a fig tree bear olives, my brothers, or can a grapevine produce figs? A salt spring cannot produce fresh water either. [3]

13 Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him by his good way of living show that he does things in wise humility. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie, contrary to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is worldly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 In fact, where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and every bad practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then also peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who practice peace.

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James 2:14-26 (EHV)

14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but has no works? Such “faith” cannot save him, can it? 15 If a brother or sister needs clothes and lacks daily food 16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but does not give them what their body needs, what good is it? 17 So also, such “faith,” if it is alone and has no works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder! 20 But do you want proof, you mindless person, that such “faith” without works is dead? [1] 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father shown to be righteous by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by his works his faith was shown to be complete. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” [2] He was also called God’s friend. [3] 24 You see [4] that a person is shown to be righteous by works and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way also, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous by works when she welcomed the spies and sent them out another way? 26 For just as the body without breath [5] is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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James 2:1-13 (EHV)

1 My brothers, have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ without showing favoritism. 2 For example, suppose a man enters your worship assembly [1] wearing gold rings and fine clothing, and a poor man also enters wearing filthy clothing. 3 If you look with favor on the man wearing fine clothing and say, “Sit here in this good place,” but you tell the poor man, “Stand over there” or “Sit down here [2] at my feet,” 4 have you not made a distinction among yourselves and become judges with evil opinions? 5 Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and don’t they drag you into court? 7 Aren’t they the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was pronounced over you? 8 However, if you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” [3] you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, since you are convicted by this law as transgressors.

10 In fact, whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For the one who said, “Do not commit adultery,” [4] also said, “Do not commit murder.” [5] Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law of freedom. 13 For there will be judgment without mercy on the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs [6] over judgment.

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James 1:19-27 (EHV)

19 Remember this, [1] my dear brothers: Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. 20 Certainly, a man’s anger does not bring about what is right before God. 21 So after getting rid of all moral filthiness and overflowing wickedness, receive with humility the word planted in you. It is able to save your souls.

22 Be people who do what the word says, not people who only hear it. Such people are deceiving themselves. 23 In fact, if anyone hears the word and does not do what it says, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own natural face in a mirror. 24 Indeed, he carefully looks at himself; then, he goes away and immediately forgets what he looked like. 25 But the one who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues to do so—since he does not hear and forget but actually does what it says—that person will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone considers himself to be religious but deceives his own heart because he does not bridle his tongue, this person’s religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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James 1:1-18 (EHV)

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes who are scattered [1] abroad:

Greetings.

2 Consider it complete joy, my brothers, [2] whenever you fall into various kinds of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces patient endurance. 4 And let patient endurance finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

5 If any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives it to all without reservation and without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 In fact, that person should not expect that he will receive anything from the Lord. 8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his high position, 10 and the rich one in his humble position, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass. 11 Indeed, the sun rises with burning heat and dries up the grass. Its blossom falls off, and its beauty perishes. In the same way also, the rich person will wither away in his busy pursuits.

12 Blessed is the man who endures a trial patiently, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God [3] promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” because God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death.

16 Do not be deceived, my dear brothers. 17 Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, who does not change or shift like a shadow. [4] 18 Just as he planned, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creations.

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Malachi 3:7 – 4:6 (EHV)

7 Since the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.

You say, “In what way should we return?”

8 Will a man rob God? You are robbing me!

You say, “How have we robbed you?”

In regard to the tithe and the special offering. [1] 9 You are being cursed since all of you, the whole nation, are robbing me. 10 Bring the complete tithe to the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Just test me in this, says the Lord of Armies. See whether I do not open for you the windows [2] of heaven and pour down blessing on you, until there is more than enough. 11 I will restrain the devouring swarm so that it will not destroy your produce from your soil. Your vine in the field will not be without fruit, says the Lord of Armies. 12 All the nations will call you blessed, because you will be a delightful land, says the Lord of Armies.

13 Your words against me are harsh, says the Lord.

You ask, “How have we spoken against you?” 14 You say, “Serving God is pointless. What have we gained by carefully keeping his requirements and by walking around like mourners before the Lord of Armies? 15 Now we will call the arrogant blessed. Even evildoers are built up. They even test God and get away with it.”

16 Then those who fear the Lord spoke with each other. The Lord gave them his attention and listened. A book of remembrance was written in front of him for those who fear the Lord and have regard for his name.

17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Armies, on the day I make them my treasured possession. I will spare them just as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then you will again see the distinction between a righteous person and a wicked person, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

1 Look! The day is coming, burning like a blast furnace. [3] All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble. The day that is coming will set them on fire, says the Lord of Armies, a day that will not leave behind a root or branch for them. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness [4] will rise, and there will be healing in its wings. You will go out and jump around like calves from the stall. 3 You will trample the wicked. They will surely be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I take action, says the Lord of Armies.

4 Remember the law of my servant Moses, which I commanded to him at Horeb to serve as statutes and judgments over all Israel.

5 Look! I am going to send Elijah the prophet to you before the great and fearful day of the Lord comes! [5] 6 He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with complete destruction.

The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.

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