2 Samuel 23:24-24:9

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²⁴Among the Thirty were:

Asahel^(A) the brother of Joab,

Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

²⁵Shammah the Harodite,^(B)

Elika the Harodite,

²⁶Helez^(C) the Paltite,

Ira^(D) son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,

²⁷Abiezer^(E) from Anathoth,^(F)

Sibbekai^[a] the Hushathite,

²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite,

Maharai^(G) the Netophathite,^(H)

²⁹Heled^[b]^(I) son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah^(J) in Benjamin,

³⁰Benaiah the Pirathonite,^(K)

Hiddai^[c] from the ravines of Gaash,^(L)

³¹Abi-Albon the Arbathite,

Azmaveth the Barhumite,^(M)

³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

the sons of Jashen,

Jonathan ³³son of^[d] Shammah the Hararite,

Ahiam son of Sharar^[e] the Hararite,

³⁴Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maakathite,^(N)

Eliam^(O) son of Ahithophel^(P) the Gilonite,

³⁵Hezro the Carmelite,^(Q)

Paarai the Arbite,

³⁶Igal son of Nathan from Zobah,^(R)

the son of Hagri,^[f]

³⁷Zelek the Ammonite,

Naharai the Beerothite,^(S) the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

³⁸Ira the Ithrite,^(T)

Gareb the Ithrite

³⁹and Uriah^(U) the Hittite.

There were thirty-seven in all.

David Enrolls the Fighting Men^(V)

24 Again^(W) the anger of the Lord burned against Israel,^(X) and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of^(Y) Israel and Judah.”

²So the king said to Joab^(Z) and the army commanders^[g] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(AA) and enroll^(AB) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”

³But Joab^(AC) replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over,^(AD) and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

⁴The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.

⁵After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer,^(AE) south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.^(AF) ⁶They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon.^(AG) ⁷Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre^(AH) and all the towns of the Hivites^(AI) and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba^(AJ) in the Negev^(AK) of Judah.

⁸After they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

⁹Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.^(AL)

Footnotes

2 Samuel 23:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 21:18; 1 Chron. 11:29); Hebrew Mebunnai
2 Samuel 23:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also 1 Chron. 11:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Heleb
2 Samuel 23:30 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:32) Hurai
2 Samuel 23:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:34); Hebrew does not have son of.
2 Samuel 23:33 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:35) Sakar
2 Samuel 23:36 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:38); Hebrew Haggadi
2 Samuel 24:2 Septuagint (see also verse 4 and 1 Chron. 21:2); Hebrew Joab the army commander

Psalm 68:24-27

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²⁴Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(A)
²⁵In front are the singers,^(B) after them the musicians;^(C)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(D)
²⁶Praise God in the great congregation;^(E)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(F)
²⁷There is the little tribe^(G) of Benjamin,^(H) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(I)

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John 13:1-11

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Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 It was just before the Passover Festival.^(A) Jesus knew that the hour had come^(B) for him to leave this world and go to the Father.^(C) Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

²The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.^(D) ³Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,^(E) and that he had come from God^(F) and was returning to God; ⁴so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.^(G) ⁵After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,^(H) drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”^(I)

⁸“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean,^(J) though not every one of you.”^(K) ¹¹For he knew who was going to betray him,^(L) and that was why he said not every one was clean.

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