Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

118 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

² Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

¹⁴ My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation.

¹⁵ The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly;

¹⁶ The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah.

¹⁸ Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I praise.

²⁰ This is the gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein.

²¹ I will give thee thanks, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.

²² [The] stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:

²³ This is of Jehovah; it is wonderful in our eyes.

²⁴ This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

¹⁶ And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

¹⁷ And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hid in the cave at Makkedah.

¹⁸ And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.

¹⁹ And ye, stay not, pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities; for Jehovah your God has given them into your hand.

²⁰ And it came to pass when Joshua and the children of Israel had ended smiting them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the remnant which remained of them entered into fortified cities;

²¹ and all the people returned to the camp to Joshua, at Makkedah, in peace; none moved his tongue against the children of Israel.

²² And Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth to me those five kings out of the cave.

²³ And they did so, and brought forth to him those five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

²⁴ And it came to pass when they had brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came forward and put their feet on their necks.

²⁵ And Joshua said to them, Fear not, neither be dismayed; be strong and courageous, for thus will Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

²⁶ And afterwards Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

²⁷ And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave where they had been hid, and laid great stones before the cave's mouth, [which remain] to this very day.

⁶ Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

⁷ Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;

⁸ so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.