today's Readings and Stuff -- Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Very very nice to at last make it into the months with short names. No, it's not Spring yet, and we aren't going to be running barefoot: expecting snow tomorrow in fact. But we've passed a milestone, which is worth something.
I just could not sleep last night, finally drugged myself (combination of Benadryl and melatonin) to a couple of hours (literally) around dawn and crawled out a few hours later.
Today is a big day for the political types, a motley collection of primary elections in several states. I have my preferences, surely, but those will remain private for the moment. "Place not thy faith in princes" is pretty good advice. (Psalm 146:3).
==========================
=====================================
Today's Old Testament reading is chapters 26 and 27 of Numbers.
1
|
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
|
2
|
Take
the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty
years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able
to go to war in Israel.
|
3
|
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
|
4
|
Take
the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD
commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the
land of Egypt.
|
5
|
Reuben,
the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom
cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the
Palluites:
|
6
|
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
|
7
|
These
are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them
were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
|
8
|
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
|
9
|
And
the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan
and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against
Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove
against the LORD:
|
10
|
And
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah,
when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and
fifty men: and they became a sign.
|
11
|
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
|
12
|
The
sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the
Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family
of the Jachinites:
|
13
|
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
|
14
|
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
|
15
|
The
children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the
Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family
of the Shunites:
|
16
|
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
|
17
|
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
|
18
|
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
|
19
|
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
|
20
|
And
the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of
the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the
family of the Zarhites.
|
21
|
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
|
22
|
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
|
23
|
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
|
24
|
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
|
25
|
These
are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of
them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
|
26
|
Of
the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the
Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of
the Jahleelites.
|
27
|
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
|
28
|
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
|
29
|
Of
the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and
Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
|
30
|
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
|
31
|
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
|
32
|
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
|
33
|
And
Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names
of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
|
34
|
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
|
35
|
These
are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family
of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan,
the family of the Tahanites.
|
36
|
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
|
37
|
These
are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were
numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are
the sons of Joseph after their families.
|
38
|
The
sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the
Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family
of the Ahiramites:
|
39
|
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
|
40
|
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
|
41
|
These
are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
|
42
|
These
are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
|
43
|
All
the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
|
44
|
Of
the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the
Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family
of the Beriites.
|
45
|
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
|
46
|
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
|
47
|
These
are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were
numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
|
48
|
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
|
49
|
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
|
50
|
These
are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that
were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
|
51
|
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
|
52
|
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
|
53
|
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
|
54
|
To
many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give
the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given
according to those that were numbered of him.
|
55
|
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
|
56
|
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
|
57
|
And
these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families:
of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the
Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
|
58
|
These
are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family
of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the
Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
|
59
|
And
the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her
mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses,
and Miriam their sister.
|
60
|
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
|
61
|
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
|
62
|
And
those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all
males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the
children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among
the children of Israel.
|
63
|
These
are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who
numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho.
|
64
|
But
among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest
numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness
of Sinai.
|
65
|
For
the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And
there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
|
1
|
Then
came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead,
the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the
son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah,
and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
|
2
|
And
they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the
princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, saying,
|
3
|
Our
father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them
that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of
Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
|
4
|
Why
should the name of our father be done away from among his family,
because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father.
|
5
|
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
|
6
|
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
|
7
|
The
daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a
possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou
shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
|
8
|
And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and
have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his
daughter.
|
9
|
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
|
10
|
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
|
11
|
And
if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it:
and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
|
12
|
And
the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
|
13
|
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
|
14
|
For
ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife
of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that
is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
|
15
|
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
|
16
|
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
|
17
|
Which
may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may
lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the
LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
|
18
|
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
|
19
|
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
|
20
|
And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
|
21
|
And
he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him
after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go
out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children
of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
|
22
|
And
Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him
before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
|
23
|
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
|
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-----================================
The New Testament passage is verses 22-38 in Mark chapter 8
22
|
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
|
23
|
And
he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and
when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him
if he saw ought.
|
24
|
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
|
25
|
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
|
26
|
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
|
27
|
And
Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi:
and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men
say that I am?
|
28
|
And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
|
29
|
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
|
30
|
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
|
31
|
And
he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again.
|
32
|
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
|
33
|
But
when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter,
saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but the things that be of men.
|
34
|
And
when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said
unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross, and follow me.
|
35
|
For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose
his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
|
36
|
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
|
37
|
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
|
38
|
Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he
cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
|
No comments:
Post a Comment
You are free to comment.
I am free to moderate, and I do. Profane, lewd, and unlawful comments will be sent to the Great Beyond, never to be seen again. I reserve all rights to do so for any and all reasons and whims.