³¹ And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, “What the Lord has said to your servants, we will do. ³² We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”

³³ And ^(A)Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. ³⁴ And the people of Gad built ^(B)Dibon, ^(C)Ataroth, ^(D)Aroer, ³⁵ Atroth-shophan, ^(E)Jazer, Jogbehah, ^36 (F)Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, ^(G)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ³⁷ And the people of Reuben built ^(H)Heshbon, ^(I)Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ^38 (J)Nebo, and ^(K)Baal-meon (^(L)their names were changed), and ^(M)Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built. ³⁹ And the sons of ^(N)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. ⁴⁰ And Moses ^(O)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. ⁴¹ And ^(P)Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.^{[a] 42} And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

The Defeat and Death of Ahab

²⁸ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. ²⁹ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle. ³⁰ Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.” ³¹ As soon as the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; God drew them away from him. ³² For as soon as the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. ³³ But a certain man drew his bow at random^[a] and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.” ³⁴ And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died.

Jehoshaphat's Reforms

19 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. ² But ^(A)Jehu the son of ^(B)Hanani ^(C)the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you ^(D)help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, ^(E)wrath has gone out against you from the Lord. ³ Nevertheless, ^(F)some good is found in you, for ^(G)you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have ^(H)set your heart to seek God.”

The Lord's Mercy on Israel

¹⁶ “And ^(K)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ ¹⁷ For ^(L)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. ¹⁸ And ^(M)I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And ^(N)I will abolish^[b] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in ^(O)safety. ¹⁹ And I will betroth you to me ^(P)forever. ^(Q)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. ^20 (R)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^(S)you shall know the Lord.

Hosea Redeems His Wife

3 And the Lord said to me, ^(AB)“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” ² So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a ^(AC)homer and a lethech^[f] of barley. ³ And I said to her, “You must ^(AD)dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” ⁴ For the children of Israel ^(AE)shall dwell many days ^(AF)without king or prince, ^(AG)without sacrifice or ^(AH)pillar, without ^(AI)ephod or ^(AJ)household gods. ⁵ Afterward ^(AK)the children of Israel shall return and ^(AL)seek the Lord their God, and ^(AM)David their king, ^(AN)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the ^(AO)latter days.

^9 (A)And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

^(B)Now that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰ So the Jews^[a] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(C)it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” ¹¹ But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” ¹³ Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for ^(D)Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. ¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! ^(E)Sin no more, ^(F)that nothing worse may happen to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. ¹⁶ And this was why the Jews ^(G)were persecuting Jesus, ^(H)because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

¹⁸ This was why the Jews ^(I)were seeking all the more to kill him, ^(J)because not only was he ^(K)breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^(L)his own Father, ^(M)making himself equal with God.

⁹ then he added, ^(A)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will ^(B)we have been sanctified through the offering of ^(C)the body of Jesus Christ ^(D)once for all.

¹¹ And every priest stands ^(E)daily at his service, ^(F)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ^(G)which can never take away sins. ¹² But when Christ^[a] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he ^(H)sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ waiting from that time ^(I)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. ¹⁴ For by a single offering ^(J)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

¹⁵ And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

¹⁷ then he adds,

¹⁸ Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.