14 April 2018

Today's Readings and Stuff -- Saturday, 14 April 2018

Up early this morning, taking next-door-Niece's dog out.  He's still there, which is fine with me.  They're in Florida, doing the "Disneyworld thing".

Spending a little time reading the local news accounts.  Wife and I refer to it as "getting the body count", which on a Saturday morning is quite often true.  Some of it won't come out until later, of course.

Some may not be familiar with Janet Paschal.  She's a cancer survivor, and a singer, with some very intense experience of the Lord's presence and provision.  Lovely voice too, but a whole lot of heart into the singing.  A whole lot.
Our faith is not an "easy believism" sort of thing, where we somehow find a magical incantation to persuade a reluctant and distant Lord to give us goodies, to enable our lusts and give us an easy path to an eternal tea party.  The Lord walks with us through the storms, not around them.  He's growing us in so doing.  She knows it.  So do some of us.
Here are a few of hers that I love
Written In Red
It Won't Rain Always
and, a real favorite of mine, God Will Make A Way  Yes indeed, He can make a way when there seems to be no way.  Ask Moses, stranded between the army and the sea.  Ask anyone who is still around years after the doctors had pronounced no hope.  Watch it all: she speaks for a brief moment in the middle of it.
it's true, all of it

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Today, chapters 19 and 20 in the book of Joshua.



Joshua 19

1  And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2  And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3  And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
4  And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5  And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,
6  And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
7  Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
8  And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
9  Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
10  And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11  And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
12  And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
13  And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gath–hepher, to Eth–kazin, and goeth out to Rimmon–methoar to Neah
14  And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Iphtah–el:
15  And Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16  This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17  And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
18  And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19  And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20  And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21  And Remeth, and En–gannim, and En–haddah, and Beth–pazez;
22  And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24  And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
25  And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26  And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath;
27  And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
28  And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
29  And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
30  Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
31  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32  The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
33  And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
34  And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
35  And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36  And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
37  And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,
38  And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
39  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40  And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
41  And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,
42  And Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah,
43  And Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
44  And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45  And Jehud, and Bene–berak, and Gath–rimmon,
46  And Me–jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47  And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
48  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49  When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
50  According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
51  These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.


Joshua 20

The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2  Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3  That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4  And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5  And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
6  And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7  And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9  These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.




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13 April 2018

Today's Readings and Stuff -- Friday, 13 May 2018

Happy Friday to all.  A few days ago, we had snow all over.  Today, we're expected to hit 70°.  Possibly have snow again on Monday, just a few days hence.  But for the moment, I've opened a few windows, and have one of those window fans in one, just to air the place out and deal with the smells of two people and 3 cats cooped up in a very small place for the last six months since I tried to seal it up as best I could.  So we will enjoy the day at least.

Wife's ankle is still all swollen and sore from her fall the other night.  I've been putting a cream of lidocaine and Aspercreme on the affected areas a few times per day, which gives some relief.  I do get worried about all this, not least because she has some nasty bruises in addition, one at least with a palpable lump in it, not good when she deals with vasculitis constantly.
We have to take a bit of a drive in a few hours: she found someone selling a window A/C unit, 10.000 BTU for $30.  We scraped the funds together and will have a "meet" at a restaurant about 20 minutes from here, a public place which is safer for buyer and seller.   I can live without A/C, I have a fairly wide temperature tolerance.  She has almost none, "courtesy" of the thyroid gland she no longer has.

And another issue.  Yesterday, the "lid safety switch" on our washing machine finally died.  She found a replacement on-line for about $9, WELL below list price around here, and we expect delivery Tuesday or so. So I "get" to half disassemble the device in order to gain access.  I'd have bypassed the thing entirely (which is about what I've had going the last six months) but it is a safety device, and in any event the disassembly to get at the wires I'd need to tie together is about identical to what it'll take to replace the bad one.  So I'll be playing appliance repairman early part of the week, I guess.

Lots more on the mind, some of it actually more meaningful that the above day-to-day blah-blah, and perhaps more later.

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Today, Joshua 17 and 18
Again, you really need a map, preferably one showing terrain and not just places, to really get into this.  And one showing the divisions for the various tribes is advisable.  Yes, these are places far away, in time and space.  This whole division occurred long ago.  So?  And notice as well that the Lord, through Joshua, assigned certain places to certain people, and no others.  Rather flies in the face of today's "no borders" crowd.  As well as flying in the face of the "BDS" (no, not the weird sexual habits of some), but the "Boycott Divest Sanctions" bunch that infests so many of the liberal institutions of our time, sadly to include some supposedly Christian denominations and colleges.  I know several people who blindly march to the drum of that.  Unfortunately.

Joshua 17

1  There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
2  There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4  And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
6  Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7  And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En–tappuah.
8  Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9  And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:river
10  Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11  And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12  Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13  Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14  And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
15  And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16   And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17  And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18  But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 18

1  And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
2  And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
3  And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?
4  Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5  And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6  Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
7  But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
8  And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
9  And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10  And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11  And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12  And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.
13  And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
14  And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
15  And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath–jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
16  And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
17  And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18  And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah
19  And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20  And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
21  Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22  And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,
23  And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24  And Chephar–ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
25  Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26  And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27  And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28  And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeah, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.



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Psalm 75

To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
 
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2  When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4  I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.south: Heb. desert
7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8  For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9  But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10  All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.



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John 7

1  After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2  Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3  His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4  For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5  For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6  Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7  The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8  Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
9  When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10  But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11  Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
13  Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14  Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18  He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19  Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20  The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21  Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22  Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23  If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25  Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26  But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27  Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28  Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29  But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30  Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31  And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
32  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33  Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
35  Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36  What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
37  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39  (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41  Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42  Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43  So there was a division among the people because of him.
44  And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46  The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47  Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48  Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49  But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50  Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
51  Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
52  They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53  And every man went unto his own house.

12 April 2018

Today's Readings and Stuff -- Thursday, 12 April 2018

A nicer day is said to be on tap.  When I looked outside, it appeared that the very last of the snow has finally melted off the back porch.  A wonderfully good sign.  But some are predicting another round of snow in the Monday-Tuesday upcoming.  Boo!  Hiss!!

Song in mind as I recovered wakefulness earlier.  "His Grace Reaches Me".  I came across this one by accident a year or so back, and now it's become a favorite.    As ever, pay attention to the text.
 
Enjoying my reading time, as mentioned the other day.  But it's not light reading, this is not like the "fluff" novels.   One of those situations where I read half a page and then ponder.
For example, a quote from "The Art of Prayer":   "Can time spent with God really transform us?"  That's an excellent question.  Quick answer is yes of course, and may that be true.  But Satan spent time with the Lord.  Judas Iscariot spent his days with Jesus.  Are we just going to Him with a shopping list of stuff we think we need, some complaints, wedged between a high-sounding intro and an "in Jesus name" close?  More often that we like to think or to admit. 


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Today, chapters 15 and 16 of Joshua.  As is so often the case in Joshua, much of the Old Testament actually, it's helpful to have a good map handy.  These are names unfamiliar to most of us, in a land far away and a time long ago.  But real places, real people, real issues.  Real issues that are particular to that place, perhaps.  Where are the roads?  Where is water?  What grows here?  What can be mined?  How do people live?  Who are the enemies?  And much else.  Remember, this was not like buying a place in a farm community or some sort of middle-class development.  There were no street lights, no city utilities, no electricity, no neighborhood shops or schools or anything like it.  This was territory seized in nearly constant warfare, so the previous occupants weren't likely to be sending fruit baskets and "welcome to the neighborhood" gifts.


Joshua 15
 1  This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2  And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3  And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:Maaleh–acrabbim:
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5  And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6  And the border went up to Beth–hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7  And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel:
8  And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
9  And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath–jearim:
10  And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
11  And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12  And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13  And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14  And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15  And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher.
16  And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17  And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18  And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
19  Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21  And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22  And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23  And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24  Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25  And Hazor Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26  Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27  And Hazar–gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth–pelet,
28  And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,
29  Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
30  And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31  And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32  And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
33  And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
34  And Zanoah, and En–gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35  Jarmuth, and Adullam, Soco, and Azekah,
36  And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:and Gederothaim
37  Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad,
38  And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39  Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40  And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41  And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
42  Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43  And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44  And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45  Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
46  From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
47  Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48  And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49  And Dannah, and Kirjath–sannah, which is Debir,
50  And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51  And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
52  Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53  And Janum, and Beth–tappuah, and Aphekah,Janum: or, Janus
54  And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
55  Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
56  And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57  Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
58  Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,
59  And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60  Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
61  In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62  And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.
63  As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

Joshua 16
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,
And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
3  And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
4  So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5  And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
6  And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
7  And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
8  The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
9  And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10  And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.



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Psalm 74

Maschil of Asaph.
 
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4  Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5  A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6  But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7  They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11  Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12  For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13  Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14  Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16  The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18  Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20  Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21  O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22  Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23  Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

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Today, chapter 6 in the Gospel of John.
There are here verses, parts of verses in some cases, that are the foundation for several books and more sermons and lessons than we can imagine, and the mine is not played out.
Note, by the way, the count in verse 10.  Yes, five thousand.  Five thousand MEN.  May we presume that the number was greatly augmented with women and children?  I think so.
This is another of those I Wish I Could Have Been There situations.


John 6
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2  And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3  And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4  And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5  When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6  And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7  Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8  One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9  There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10  And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11  And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12  When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13  Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14  Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
15  When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16  And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17  And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18  And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19  So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20  But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21  Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22  The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23  (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
24  When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25  And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26  Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30  They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31  Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36  But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38  For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50  This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51  I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52  The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55   For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58  This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60  Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62  What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65  And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68  Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
70  Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71  He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.