Old/New Testament
The Family Groups East of the Jordan
32 Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had very many cattle. And they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle. 2 So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and Eleazar the religious leader and the leaders of the people, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon, 4 the land which the Lord won in battle in front of the people of Israel, is a land for cattle and your servants have cattle.” 5 And they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as our own. Do not take us to the other side of the Jordan.”
6 But Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, “Should your brothers go to war while you sit here? 7 Why do you take from the people of Israel the desire to cross over into the land the Lord has given them? 8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 They went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land. Then they took the desire away from the people of Israel so that they did not go into the land the Lord had given them. 10 So the Lord’s anger burned on that day, and He swore, saying 11 ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For they did not follow Me with all their heart. 12 Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun will see it. For they have followed the Lord with all their hearts.’ 13 So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel. He made them travel in the desert forty years, until all the people of that day who had sinned in the eyes of the Lord were destroyed. 14 Now see, you have grown up in your fathers’ place, children of sinful men. You add still more to the burning anger of the Lord against Israel. 15 For if you turn away from following Him, He will leave them in the desert again and you will destroy all these people.”
16 Then they came near him and said, “We will build safe places for our flocks here, and cities for our little ones. 17 But we will be ready for battle and will go with the people of Israel until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones will live within the walls of the cities because of the people who live in the land. 18 We will not return to our homes until every one of the people of Israel has received his land. 19 For we will not have any land among them on the other side of the Jordan. Our land has come to us on this side of the Jordan toward the east.”
20 So Moses said to them, “Do as you say. Get ready for war before the Lord. 21 All of you men of war cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven away those who fight against Him, 22 and has won the land in battle. Then after this you may return because you have done your duty to the Lord and to Israel. This land will be your land before the Lord. 23 But if you do not do as you say, you have sinned against the Lord. And for sure you will be punished for your sin. 24 Build cities for your little ones and places for your sheep. Then do what you have promised.” 25 The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord says. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks and all our cattle will stay there in the cities of Gilead. 27 But your servants, everyone who is ready for war, will cross over before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says.”
28 So Moses gave news about them to Eleazar the religious leader, Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the families of the people of Israel. 29 Moses said to them, “The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, every man ready for battle, are to cross with you over the Jordan before the Lord, and the land will be won. After this, you must give them the land of Gilead for their own. 30 But if they will not cross over with you ready for battle, their land must be among you in the land of Canaan.” 31 The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, “We will do as the Lord has said to your servants. 32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan ready for battle before the Lord. And the land on this side of the Jordan will be ours.”
33 So Moses gave the nations of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben and the half-family group of Joseph’s son Manasseh. He gave them the land, with its cities and the country around them. 34 Then the sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Bethnimrah and Beth-haran, cities with walls around them. And they made safe places for their sheep. 37 The sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo and Baal-meon (their names to be changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities they built. 39 The sons of Manasseh’s son Machir went to Gilead and took it. They drove away the Amorites who were in it. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he lived in it. 41 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair. 42 Nobah went and took Kenath and its towns, and called it Nobah after his own name.
From Egypt to Moab
33 These are the travels of the people of Israel, when Moses and Aaron led them out from the land of Egypt by their armies. 2 Moses wrote down the starting places of their travels, as the Lord told him. These are their travels by their starting places. 3 They traveled from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the people of Israel started out strong in heart in front of all the Egyptians. 4 The Egyptians were burying all their first-born whom the Lord had killed among them. The Lord had punished their gods also.
5 Then the people of Israel traveled from Rameses and stayed in Succoth. 6 They traveled from Succoth and stayed in Etham, beside the desert. 7 They went from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, east of Baal-zephon, and stayed at Migdol. 8 Then they traveled from Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert. They traveled for three days in the desert of Etham, and stayed at Marah. 9 They left Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees in Elim, and they stayed there. 10 Then they traveled from Elim and stayed by the Red Sea. 11 They left the Red Sea and stayed in the Desert of Sin. 12 They traveled from the Desert of Sin, and stayed at Dophkah. 13 Then they left Dophkah and stayed at Alush. 14 They traveled from Alush and stayed at Rephidim. It was there that the people had no water to drink. 15 They went from Rephidim and stayed in the Desert of Sinai. 16 They traveled from the Desert of Sinai, and stayed at Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 They went from Kibroth-hattaavah and stayed at Hazeroth. 18 They left Hazeroth and stayed at Rithmah. 19 Then they went from Rithmah and stayed at Rimmon-perez. 20 They traveled from Rimmon-perez, and stayed at Libnah. 21 They left Libnah, and stayed at Rissah. 22 Then they went from Rissah and stayed at Kehelathah. 23 They went from Kehelathah and stayed at Mount Shepher. 24 They traveled from Mount Shepher and stayed at Haradah. 25 They left Haradah and stayed at Makheloth. 26 Then they traveled from Makheloth, and stayed at Tahath. 27 They traveled from Tahath, and stayed at Terah. 28 They went from Terah and stayed at Mithkah. 29 They left Mithkah and stayed at Hashmonah. 30 Then they left Hashmonah and stayed at Moseroth. 31 They went from Moseroth and stayed at Benejaakan. 32 They traveled from Benejaakan, and stayed at Hor-haggidgad. 33 They went from Hor-haggidgad and stayed at Jotbathah. 34 Then they left Jotbathah and stayed at Abronah. 35 They went from Abronah and stayed at Ezion-geber. 36 They went from Ezion-geber and stayed in the Desert of Zin, that is, Kadesh. 37 And they traveled from Kadesh, and stayed at Mount Hor, beside the land of Edom.
38 Then Aaron the religious leader went up to Mount Hor, as the Lord told him. He died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had left the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. 39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.
41 Then the people traveled from Mount Hor, and stayed at Zalmonah. 42 They left Zalmonah, and stayed at Punon. 43 They went from Punon and stayed at Oboth. 44 Then they left Oboth and stayed at Iye-abarim, beside Moab. 45 They traveled from Iyim, and stayed at Dibon-gad. 46 They went from Dibon-gad and stayed at Almon-diblathaim. 47 They left Almon-diblathaim and stayed in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo. 48 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and stayed in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho. 49 And they stayed by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
50 Then the Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, 51 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You will cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan. 52 Then drive out all the people living in the land in front of you. Destroy all their cut stones, and all their man-made gods, and all their high places. 53 Take the land for your own and live in it. For I have given the land to you. 54 Your families will receive land by drawing names. The larger families should be given more land. The smaller families should be given less land. When a man’s name is drawn, that land will be his. You will receive land by the family groups of your fathers. 55 Drive out the people who live in the land in front of you. If you do not, then those who are allowed to stay will be like sharp pieces in your eyes and like thorns in your sides. They will trouble you in the land where you live. 56 And I will do to you as I thought to do to them.’”
The Land of Canaan
34 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the people of Israel, ‘When you go into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be given to you, all the land of Canaan. 3 Your south side will be from the Desert of Zin along the side of Edom. It will go east from the end of the Salt Sea. 4 Then the side of your land will turn from the south up to the pass of Akrabbim and on to Zin. Its end will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazaraddar and on to Azmon. 5 Then it will turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and will end at the sea.
6 ‘The west side of your land will be the shore of the Great Sea.
7 ‘Your north side will be from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8 And it will go from Mount Hor to the Lebohamath, and end at Zedad. 9 Then it will go to Ziphron and end at Hazer-enan. This will be the north side.
10 ‘The east side of your land will be from Hazer-enan to Shepham, 11 then down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. Then it will go down to the hill on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12 It will go down to the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be the sides all around your land.’”
13 Moses told the people of Israel, “This is the land you will receive by drawing names, which the Lord has said should be given to the nine and a half-family groups. 14 For the sons of Reuben have received their land by their fathers’ houses. The sons of Gad have received theirs by their fathers’ houses. And the half-family group of Manasseh has received their land. 15 The two and a half-family groups have received their land on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho, toward the east.”
16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “Eleazar the religious leader and Joshua the son of Nun are the men who will divide the land to be given to you. 18 And take one leader of every family group to divide the land among you. 19 These are the names of the men. Take Caleb the son of Jephunneh of the family group of Judah. 20 Take Samuel the son of Ammihud of the family group of the sons of Simeon. 21 Take Elidad the son of Chislon of the family group of Benjamin. 22 Take Bukki the son of Jogli as the leader of the family group of the sons of Dan. 23 Of the sons of Joseph, take Hanniel the son of Ephod as the leader of the family group of the sons of Manasseh. 24 Take Kemuel the son of Shiphtan as the leader of the family group of the sons of Ephraim. 25 Take Elizaphan the son of Parnach as the leader of the family group of the sons of Zebulun. 26 Take Paltiel the son of Azzan as the leader of the family group of the sons of Issachar. 27 Take Ahihud the son of Shelomi as the leader of the family group of the sons of Asher. 28 And take Pedahel the son of Ammihud as the leader of the family group of the sons of Naphtali.” 29 These are the men whom the Lord told to divide the land among the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Jesus Tells of His Death the Second Time (A)
30 From there Jesus and His followers went through the country of Galilee. He did not want anyone to know where He was. 31 He taught His followers, saying, “The Son of Man will be handed over to men. They will kill Him. Three days after He is killed, He will be raised from the dead.” 32 They did not understand what He said and were afraid to ask Him.
Jesus Teaches about the Faith of a Child (B)
33 They came to the city of Capernaum and were in the house. Jesus asked His followers, “What were you arguing about along the road?” 34 They did not answer. They had been arguing along the road about who was the greatest. 35 Jesus sat down and called the followers to Him. He said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all. He will be the one to care for all.”
36 Jesus took a child and stood it among them. Then He took the child up in His arms and said to the followers, 37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name, receives Me. Whoever will receive Me, receives not Me, but Him Who sent Me.”
Jesus Speaks Sharp Words against the Followers
38 John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone putting out demons in Your name. We told him to stop because he was not following us.” 39 Jesus said, “Do not stop him. No one who does a powerful work in My name can say anything bad about Me soon after. 40 The person who is not against us is for us. 41 For sure, I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name because you belong to Christ will not lose his reward from God. 42 Whoever is the reason for one of these little ones who believes in Me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large stone put around his neck and to be thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand is the reason you fall into sin, cut it off. It is better to go into life without a hand, than to have two hands and go into the fire of hell that cannot be put out. 44 *There is where their worm never dies and the fire cannot be put out. 45 If your foot is the reason you fall into sin, cut it off. It is better to go into life with only one foot, than to have two feet and go into the fire of hell that cannot be put out. 46 *There is where their worm never dies and the fire cannot be put out. 47 If your eye is the reason you fall into sin, take it out. It is better to go into the holy nation of God with only one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. 48 There is where their worm never dies and the fire is never put out.
49 “Everyone will be made cleaner and stronger with fire. 50 Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can it be made to taste like salt again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with each other.”
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