Numbers 10

English Standard Version

The Silver Trumpets

10 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for ^(A)summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. ³And when ^(B)both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴But if they blow only one, then ^(C)the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. ⁵When you blow an alarm, ^(D)the camps that are on the east side shall set out. ⁶And when you blow an alarm the second time, ^(E)the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. ⁷But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ^(F)you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not ^(G)sound an alarm. ⁸^(H)And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. ⁹And ^(I)when you go to war in your land against the adversary who ^(J)oppresses you, then you shall ^(K)sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be ^(L)remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰^(M)On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and ^(N)at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be ^(O)a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Israel Leaves Sinai

¹¹In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, ^(P)the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹²and the people of Israel ^(Q)set out by stages from the ^(R)wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the ^(S)wilderness of Paran. ¹³They set out for the first time ^(T)at the command of the Lord by Moses. ¹⁴The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out ^(U)first by their companies, and over their company was ^(V)Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁷And when ^(W)the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, ^(X)who carried the tabernacle, set out. ¹⁸And ^(Y)the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(Z)Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was ^(AA)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was ^(AB)Eliasaph the son of ^(AC)Deuel.

²¹Then the Kohathites set out, ^(AD)carrying the holy things, and ^(AE)the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. ²²And ^(AF)the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(AG)Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was ^(AH)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was ^(AI)Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁵Then ^(AJ)the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the ^(AK)rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(AL)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was ^(AM)Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁷And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was ^(AN)Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸^(AO)This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

²⁹And Moses said to Hobab the son of ^(AP)Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^(AQ)‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for ^(AR)the Lord has promised good to Israel.” ³⁰But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.” ³¹And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve ^(AS)as eyes for us. ³²And if you do go with us, ^(AT)whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”

³³So they set out from ^(AU)the mount of the Lord three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out ^(AV)a resting place for them. ³⁴^(AW)And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

³⁵And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, ^(AX)“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” ³⁶And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”

Psalm 89

English Standard Version

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 ^(B)I will sing of ^(C)the steadfast love of the Lord forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your ^(D)faithfulness to all generations.
²For I said, ^(E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens ^(F)you will establish your ^(G)faithfulness.”
³You have said, “I have made ^(H)a covenant with my ^(I)chosen one;
    I have ^(J)sworn to David my servant:
⁴‘I will establish your ^(K)offspring forever,
    and build your ^(L)throne for all generations.’” Selah

⁵Let ^(M)the heavens praise your ^(N)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(O)the holy ones!
⁶For ^(P)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(Q)Who among the heavenly beings^[b] is like the Lord,
⁷a God greatly ^(R)to be feared in the council of ^(S)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(T)who are around him?
⁸O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(U)who is mighty as you are, O ^(V)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(W)still them.
¹⁰You ^(X)crushed ^(Y)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(Z)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
¹¹^(AA)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(AB)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(AC)founded them.
¹²^(AD)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(AE)Tabor and ^(AF)Hermon ^(AG)joyously praise your name.
¹³You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
¹⁴^(AH)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(AI)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know ^(AJ)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(AK)the light of your face,
¹⁶who exult in your ^(AL)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(AM)exalted.
¹⁷For you are ^(AN)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(AO)horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our ^(AP)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(AQ)the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹^(AR)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[c] and said:
    “I have ^(AS)granted help to one who is ^(AT)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(AU)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(AV)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(AW)anointed him,
²¹so that my ^(AX)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(AY)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(AZ)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(BA)faithfulness and my ^(BB)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(BC)horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on ^(BD)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(BE)the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(BF)Father,
    my God, and ^(BG)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷And I will make him the ^(BH)firstborn,
    ^(BI)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(BJ)covenant will stand firm^[d] for him.
²⁹I will establish his ^(BK)offspring forever
    and his ^(BL)throne as ^(BM)the days of the heavens.
³⁰^(BN)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[e]
³¹if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish their transgression with ^(BO)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my ^(BP)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^(BQ)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(BR)lie to David.
³⁶His ^(BS)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(BT)his ^(BU)throne as long as ^(BV)the sun before me.
³⁷Like ^(BW)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(BX)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸But now you have ^(BY)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(BZ)anointed.
³⁹You have ^(CA)renounced ^(CB)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(CC)defiled his ^(CD)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰You have ^(CE)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
⁴¹^(CF)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(CG)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵You have cut short ^(CH)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(CI)covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶^(CJ)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(CK)burn like fire?
⁴⁷^(CL)Remember ^(CM)how short my ^(CN)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
⁴⁸^(CO)What man can live and never ^(CP)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(CQ)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your ^(CR)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(CS)faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰^(CT)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(CU)heart the insults^[f] of all the many nations,
⁵¹with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(CV)the footsteps of your ^(CW)anointed.

⁵²^(CX)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees
Psalm 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults

1 Timothy 1

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Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^(B)by command of ^(C)God our Savior and of Christ Jesus ^(D)our hope,

²To Timothy, ^(E)my true child in the faith:

^(F)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Warning Against False Teachers

³^(G)As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not ^(H)to teach any different doctrine, ⁴nor ^(I)to devote themselves to myths and endless ^(J)genealogies, which promote ^(K)speculations rather than the stewardship^[a] from God that is by faith. ⁵The aim of our charge is love ^(L)that issues from a pure heart and ^(M)a good conscience and ^(N)a sincere faith. ⁶Certain persons, by ^(O)swerving from these, have wandered away into ^(P)vain discussion, ⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, ^(Q)without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

⁸Now we know that ^(R)the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹understanding this, that the ^(S)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, ¹⁰the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers,^[b] liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^(T)sound^[c] doctrine, ¹¹in accordance with ^(U)the gospel of the glory of ^(V)the blessed God ^(W)with which I have been entrusted.

Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners

¹²I thank him ^(X)who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, ^(Y)appointing me to his service, ¹³though formerly I was a blasphemer, ^(Z)persecutor, and insolent opponent. But ^(AA)I received mercy ^(AB)because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, ¹⁴and ^(AC)the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ^(AD)faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵The saying is ^(AE)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ^(AF)came into the world to save sinners, ^(AG)of whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. ¹⁷To ^(AH)the King of the ages, ^(AI)immortal, ^(AJ)invisible, ^(AK)the only God, ^(AL)be honor and glory forever and ever.^[d] Amen.

¹⁸This charge ^(AM)I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with ^(AN)the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may ^(AO)wage the good warfare, ¹⁹^(AP)holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have ^(AQ)made shipwreck of their faith, ²⁰among whom are ^(AR)Hymenaeus and ^(AS)Alexander, whom I ^(AT)have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to ^(AU)blaspheme.

Footnotes

1 Timothy 1:4 Or good order
1 Timothy 1:10 That is, those who take someone captive in order to sell him into slavery
1 Timothy 1:10 Or healthy
1 Timothy 1:17 Greek to the ages of ages

1 Timothy 2

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Pray for All People

2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ²^(A)for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and ^(B)dignified in every way. ³This is good, and ^(C)it is pleasing in the sight of ^(D)God our Savior, ⁴who desires ^(E)all people to be saved and ^(F)to come to ^(G)the knowledge of the truth. ⁵For ^(H)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus, ⁶^(I)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^(J)the testimony given ^(K)at the proper time. ⁷^(L)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (^(M)I am telling the truth, I am not lying), ^(N)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸I desire then that ^(O)in every place the men should pray, ^(P)lifting ^(Q)holy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹likewise also ^(R)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰^(S)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹Let a woman learn quietly ^(T)with all submissiveness. ¹²^(U)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ¹³^(V)For Adam was formed first, ^(W)then Eve; ¹⁴and Adam was not deceived, but ^(X)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵Yet she will be saved through ^(Y)childbearing—if they continue in ^(Z)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.