Today's Readings and Stuff -- Saturday, 26 March 2016 sometimes called Holy Saturday

Lord willing, tomorrow we will mark the celebration of Easter.  This is one of the biggest events in the Christian year marking Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Day, and Pentecost.  All of them are important and very meaningful.  And all of them necessary.  We thank the Lord for all of it, and much more besides.

I had to run to the Big Box store this morning, Dear Wife has arranged for a couple of her prescriptions, the ones that can not -- by law -- be mail ordered.  I had to go pick up the refill this morning, also picked up milk and a few other items for her.  We had planned to accompany next-door niece and her husband and child to an area Easter Egg hunt thing, but at departure time it was only about 29 degrees here and she didn't want to be outside in that for long, so we begged off.
Tried to take a nap, the cats wouldn't allow it.  So we're just kind of vegging out today. 

Just a good day for intensive prayer and introspection.  Tough going sometimes.

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The Old Testament reading is chapters 16, 17, and 18 in the book of Joshua.  Joshua did not have an easy life.  He started out in Egypt before the Exodus, wandered around the wilderness with Moses for 40 years, and then was assigned the leadership role after Moses' death.
And since then, he's been in nearly constant warfare.  Yes, the Lord certainly guided, directed, and assisted in that, or it would not have been possible.  But it was still not easy, and some of the people and the issues that always seem to arise when a lot are gathered, particularly in extended (years) periods of high stress.  Ask any infantry leader.

They are certainly making progress. Which, quite naturally, alarms the inhabitants of the land.  So alliances are formed, strategems are attempted.  And some peoples resist with some success.  That will be a problem, later.

Joshua 16

1	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 Bethel,
2	And goeth out from Bethel 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 Bethhoron 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 Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
6	And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, 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.

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.
3	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.
5	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 Entappuah.
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:
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 Bethshean 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 Bethshean 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 Bethaven.
13	And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
14	And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
15	And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, 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 Enrogel,
17	And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, 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 Bethhoglah 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 Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22	And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23	And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
24	And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 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, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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The New Testament reading is verses 1-16 in the 5th chapter of the Gospel of Luke.
Jesus is making quite a splash.

Luke 5:1-16

1	And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2	And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3	And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
4	Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5	And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6	And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7	And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8	When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9	For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
10	And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11	And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
12	And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13	And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
14	And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15	But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16	And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Today's Readings and Stuff -- Friday 25 March 2016 Good Friday

Today is a solemn day, as is tomorrow.  Using the occasion to hold Easter Egg hunts, etc. does seem to be an attempt to downplay the significance of the matter.

Today's "high" might hit 41.  Sunday, 72.  Monday 48.  Next Sunday, 43.  Can't get used to this.  And a gray dreary day with drizzle does affect one's mood, particularly when Dear Wife has a built-in barometer in several of her joints.   The combination of psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and several others, is no fun at all.

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The Old Testament reading today is chapters 14 and 15 of Joshua. 

Joshua 14 

1	And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
2	By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
3	For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4	For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
5	As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6	Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
7	Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
8	Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
9	And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
10	And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
11	As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
12	Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
13	And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14	Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
15	And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

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 Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4	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 Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; 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 Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
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 Kirjathjearim:
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 Bethshemesh, 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 Kirjathsepher.
16	And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, 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 Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
28	And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
29	Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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 Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34	And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35	Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36	And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
37	Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
38	And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39	Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40	And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41	And Gederoth, Bethdagon, 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 Kirjathsannah, 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 Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
54	And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, 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, Bethzur, and Gedor,
59	And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60	Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
61	In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62	And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; 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.

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The New Testament reading is verses 33-44 of Luke 4

Luke 4:33-44

33	And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34	Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35	And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36	And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37	And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38	And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39	And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40	Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
41	And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
42	And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
43	And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
44	And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

Today's Readings and Stuff -- Thursday, 24 March 2016

 a decent looking day, so far.  62 degrees as I type this, and a predicted high of 71.  But tomorrow's "high" is predicted to be 44 degrees, with tomorrow night's low of 27.  Welcome to NE Ohio in Spring.  And, no, I do not like it, do not enjoy it, have NEVER liked it, and did not miss it.  But it's what we have, and where, we think, we were sent.  So we shall get through it.  Somehow.

I have to focus daily, to make a regular practice, of getting into the Word every morning and preferably to do so before seeing all the day's news.  A perusal of what's going on in the World can entrap me into despair or worse.  One of the lessons of Holy Week, of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, is that the Lord is at work even when all seems to be hopeless, and that He has conquered all of that, including Death.  And that this world is not all there is, nor is this life.  He brings hope.  Nothing, NOTHING else, can do that.

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The Old Testament reading is chapters 11, 12, and 13 of the book of Joshua.
This is war, some pretty grisly war.  Not only permitted, but commanded and assisted by the Lord.  Hard reading, particularly when you meditate on what the words mean.  Not pretty.
I grew up in the Mennonite Church, have family members in that group as well as others in the related groups like the Amish.  These are "Peace Church" people, people who believe that violence and war is ALWAYS wrong, that 'passive non-resistance' is what the Lord requires.  Now, at least.  They are, to say the least, very uncomfortable with passages such as this.  I don't recall that these passages were ever taught, ever preached, ever acknowledged.  Nor were the so-called "imprecatory Psalms".  Ever.  Some of them, those I still maintain contact with, are very unhappy with me for being less certain of the rightness of their stances, though I respect them (mostly) and understand the reasoning behind the stances. These are not easy things to consider, and probably shouldn't be easy.  But they are there, and we do no honor to the Lord to imagine that we are somehow superior or more moral than Him.

Joshua 11  Back to Top

1	And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2	And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
3	And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
4	And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
5	And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
6	And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
7	So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
8	And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
9	And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10	And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
11	And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
12	And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
13	But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
14	And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
15	As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
16	So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
17	Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
18	Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19	There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
20	For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
21	And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
22	There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
23	So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

Joshua 12 

1	Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
2	Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
3	And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
4	And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5	And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6	Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7	And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8	In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9	The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10	The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11	The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12	The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13	The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14	The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15	The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16	The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17	The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18	The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19	The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20	The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21	The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22	The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23	The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24	The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

Joshua 13 

1	Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
2	This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3	From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
4	From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
5	And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
6	All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
7	Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
8	With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
9	From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
10	And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
11	And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
12	All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
13	Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14	Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
15	And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
16	And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
17	Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
18	And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19	And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
20	And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21	And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
22	Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23	And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
24	And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
25	And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
26	And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
27	And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
28	This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
29	And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
30	And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
31	And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
32	These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
33	But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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The New Testament passage is verses 1-32 of Luke chapter 4.

Luke 4:1-32 

1	And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2	Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3	And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4	And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
5	And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6	And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7	If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8	And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9	And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10	For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11	And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12	And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
13	And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14	And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15	And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16	And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17	And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18	The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19	To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20	And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21	And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22	And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23	And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24	And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
25	But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
26	But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27	And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
28	And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29	And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
30	But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
31	And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32	And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.