Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
118 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!
2 Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever!”
14 The LORD is my strength and song; for He has been my deliverance.
15 The voice of joy and deliverance is in the tabernacles of the righteous. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD has chastened me severely; but He has not delivered me to death.
19 Open the gates of righteousness to me, so that I may go into them and praise the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD. The righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will praise You; for You have heard me and have been my deliverance.
22 The Stone which the builders refused is the Head of the Corner.
23 This was the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes,
24 This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
16 But the five kings fled and were hidden in a cave at Makkedah.
17 And it was told to Joshua, saying, “The five kings are found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.”
18 Then Joshua said, “Roll great stones over the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them.
19 “But do not stand still. Follow after your enemies and strike all the hindmost. Do not let them enter into their cities. For the LORD your God has given them into your hand.”
20 And when Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with an exceedingly great slaughter, till they were exhausted, and the rest who remained of them had entered into walled cities,
21 then all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No man moved his tongue against the children of Israel.
22 Afterward, Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring out these five kings to me from the cave.”
23 And they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24 And when they had brought out those kings to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chief of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Set your feet upon the necks of these kings.” And they came near and set their feet upon their necks.
25 And Joshua said to them, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage. For thus will the LORD do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”
26 So then Joshua struck them, and killed them, and hanged them on five trees. And they hung still upon the trees until the evening.
27 And at the going down of the Sun, Joshua gave commandment that they should take them down off the trees and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hidden. And they laid great stones upon the cave’s mouth, which remain until this day.
6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
7 Therefore, purge the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us.
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor in the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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