Numbers 32

• 1. The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
• 2. So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
• 3. "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon-
• 4. the land the LORD subdued before the people of Israel-are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
• 5. If we have found favor in your eyes," they said, "let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."
• 6. Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, "Shall your countrymen go to war while you sit here?
• 7. Why do you discourage the Israelites from going over into the land the LORD has given them?
• 8. This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
• 9. After they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the LORD had given them.
• 10. The LORD's anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath:
• 11. 'Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old or more who came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob-
• 12. not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.'
• 13. The LORD's anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the desert forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
• 14. "And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the LORD even more angry with Israel.
• 15. If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the desert, and you will be the cause of their destruction."
• 16. Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.
• 17. But we are ready to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
• 18. We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his inheritance.
• 19. We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan."
• 20. Then Moses said to them, "If you will do this-if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
• 21. and if all of you will go armed over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him-
• 22. then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.
• 23. "But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.
• 24. Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised."
• 25. The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "We your servants will do as our lord commands.
• 26. Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
• 27. But your servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says."
• 28. Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.
• 29. He said to them, "If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, give them the land of Gilead as their possession.
• 30. But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan."
• 31. The Gadites and Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the LORD has said.
• 32. We will cross over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan."
• 33. Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan-the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.
• 34. The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• 35. Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
• 36. Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.
• 37. And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
• 38. as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
• 39. The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
• 40. So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
• 41. Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.
• 42. And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.

Psalms 76

• 1. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.
• 2. His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
• 3. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war. Selah
• 4. You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.
• 5. Valiant men lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
• 6. At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.
• 7. You alone are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry?
• 8. From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet-
• 9. when you, O God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. Selah
• 10. Surely your wrath against men brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.
• 11. Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.
• 12. He breaks the spirit of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 24

• 1. See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants-
• 2. it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
• 3. The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
• 4. The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
• 5. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
• 6. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
• 7. The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
• 8. The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
• 9. No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
• 10. The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
• 11. In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.
• 12. The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
• 13. So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
• 14. They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty.
• 15. Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
• 16. From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"
• 17. Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.
• 18. Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
• 19. The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.
• 20. The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls-never to rise again.
• 21. In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
• 22. They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
• 23. The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.

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