¹¹ And the people of Israel ^(A)heard it said, “Behold, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the people of Israel.”

¹² “If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there, ¹³ that certain ^(A)worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, ¹⁴ then you shall inquire and make search and ask ^(B)diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,

¹² And ^(A)she saw ^(B)two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

The Resurrection

20 ^(A)Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that ^(B)the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

²⁸ These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

⁵ And the Gileadites captured ^(A)the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”

¹⁴ So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing ^(A)the ark of the covenant before the people, ¹⁵ and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and ^(B)the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now ^(C)the Jordan overflows all its banks ^(D)throughout the time of harvest), ¹⁶ the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside ^(E)Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of ^(F)the Arabah, ^(G)the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.

⁷ So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan ^(A)as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

⁵ But you shall seek ^(A)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation^[a] there. There you shall go, ⁶ and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, ^(B)your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the ^(C)firstborn of your herd and of your flock. ⁷ And ^(D)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and ^(E)you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

⁸ “And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who ^(A)offers a burnt offering or sacrifice ⁹ and ^(B)does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, ^(C)that man shall be cut off from his people.