Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Song of degrees.

¹ ¶ Blessed is every one that fears the LORD, that walks in his ways.

² When thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

³ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

⁴ Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fears the LORD.

⁵ The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

⁶ Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children and peace upon Israel.

6 ¶ Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the sons of Israel; no one went out, and no one came in.

² But the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king into thy hand, with its mighty men of valour.

³ Therefore, ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, going round about the city once; and thou shalt do this six days.

⁴ And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot {or rams horns} of jubilee; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the shofarot.

⁵ And when they make a long sound of jubilee with the horn so that ye hear the voice of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat; then the people shall ascend up each man straight before him.

⁶ ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven shofarot of jubilee before the ark of the LORD.

⁷ And he said unto the people, Pass on and compass the city and let those that are armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

⁸ And when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven shofarot of jubilee passed on before the LORD and blew with the shofarot; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

⁹ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the shofarot, and the congregation came after the ark, the priests going on and blowing with the shofarot.

¹⁰ And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you, Shout; then ye shall shout.

¹¹ So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

¹² And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

¹³ And the seven priests bearing the seven shofarot of jubilee before the ark of the LORD walked continually, and blew with the shofarot; and the armed men went before them; but the congregation came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on and blowing with the shofarot.

¹⁴ Likewise the second day they compassed the city once and returned into the camp; so they did for six days.

¹⁵ And on the seventh day they rose early about the dawning of the day and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

¹⁶ And when the priests had blown the shofarot the seventh time, Joshua said unto the people, Shout, for the LORD has given you the city.

²⁰ Then the people shouted when the priests blew with the shofarot, and it came to pass when the people heard the voice of the shofar, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, each man straight before him and they took the city.

13 ¶ Now there were in the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} that was at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

² As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.

³ And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they released them.

⁴ ¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed unto Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

⁵ And when they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as an attendant.

⁶ And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain wise man, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus,

⁷ who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man, who called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear the word of God.

⁸ But Elymas the wise man (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

⁹ Then Saul (who also is Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him

¹⁰ and said, O full of all deception and all licentiousness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

¹¹ And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is against thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

¹² Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.