Today’s
Reading : Numbers 32 – 33 and John 5
(KJV)
Numbers 32
Num
32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Num 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of
Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the
priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
Num 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo,
and Beon,
Num 32:4 Even
the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have
cattle:
Num 32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace
in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Num 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and
to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit
here?
Num 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the
children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given
them?
Num 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Num 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the
children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had
given them.
Num 32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same
time, and he swore, saying,
Num 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of
Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Num 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have
wholly followed the LORD.
Num 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against
Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the
generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
Num 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers'
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD
toward Israel.
Num 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will
yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
Num 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We
will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Num 32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before
the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our
little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the
land.
Num 32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the
children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Num 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder
side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side
Jordan eastward.
Num 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this
thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Num 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan
before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Num 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then
afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel;
and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
Num 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have
sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Num 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and
folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Num 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Num 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and
all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Num 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man
armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Num 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the
chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Num 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of
Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed
to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye
shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
Num 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you
armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Num 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we
do.
Num 32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into
the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be
ours.
Num 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the
coasts, even the cities of the country
round about.
Num 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Num 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Num 32:36 And Beth-nimrah,
and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Num 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Num 32:38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon,
(their names being changed), and Shibmah: and gave
other names unto the cities which they built.
Num 32:39 And the children of Machir
the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite
which was in it.
Num 32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
Num 32:41 And Jair the son of
Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
Num 32:42 And Nobah went and
took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers 33
Num
33:1 These are
the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of
Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Num 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to
their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Num 33:3 And they departed from Rameses
in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow
after the passover the children of Israel went out
with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Num 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among
them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Num 33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Num 33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched
in Etham, which is
in the edge of the wilderness.
Num 33:7 And they removed from Etham,
and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon:
and they pitched before Migdol.
Num 33:8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the
wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Num 33:9 And they removed from Marah,
and came unto Elim: and in Elim
were twelve fountains of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Num 33:10 And they removed from Elim,
and encamped by the Red sea.
Num 33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and
encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Num 33:12 And they took their journey out of the
wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
Num 33:13 And they departed from Dophkah,
and encamped in Alush.
Num 33:14 And they removed from Alush,
and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the
people to drink.
Num 33:15 And they departed from Rephidim,
and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai,
and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Num 33:17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah,
and encamped at Hazeroth.
Num 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth,
and pitched in Rithmah.
Num 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah,
and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
Num 33:20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez,
and pitched in Libnah.
Num 33:21 And they removed from Libnah,
and pitched at Rissah.
Num 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah,
and pitched in Kehelathah.
Num 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah,
and pitched in mount Shapher.
Num 33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Num 33:25 And they removed from Haradah,
and pitched in Makheloth.
Num 33:26 And they removed from Makheloth,
and encamped at Tahath.
Num 33:27 And they departed from Tahath,
and pitched at Tarah.
Num 33:28 And they removed from Tarah,
and pitched in Mithcah.
Num 33:29 And they went from Mithcah,
and pitched in Hashmonah.
Num 33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah,
and encamped at Moseroth.
Num 33:31 And they departed from Moseroth,
and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
Num 33:32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan,
and encamped at Horhagidgad.
Num 33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad,
and pitched in Jotbathah.
Num 33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah,
and encamped at Ebronah.
Num 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah,
and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Num 33:36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber,
and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Num 33:37 And they removed from Kadesh,
and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of
Edom.
Num 33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the
fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the first day of the fifth month.
Num 33:39 And Aaron was
a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
Num 33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in
the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Num 33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Num 33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah,
and pitched in Punon.
Num 33:43 And they departed from Punon,
and pitched in Oboth.
Num 33:44 And they departed from Oboth,
and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
Num 33:45 And they departed from Iim,
and pitched in Dibon-gad.
Num 33:46 And they removed from Dibon-gad,
and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
Num 33:47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim,
and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
Num 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Num 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto
Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Num 33:50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains
of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Num 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Num 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all
their molten images and quite pluck down all their high places:
Num 33:53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants
of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Num 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an
inheritance among your families: and to
the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the
less inheritance: every man's inheritance
shall be in the place where his lot falleth;
according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Num 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants
of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye
let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides,
and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Num 33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto
them.
John 5
Joh 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Joh 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew
tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
Joh 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent
folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
Joh 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season
into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling
of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Joh 5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an
infirmity thirty and eight years.
Joh 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had
been now a long time in that case,
he saith unto him, Wilt
thou be made whole?
Joh 5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no
man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me.
Joh 5:8 Jesus saith unto
him, Rise, take up
thy bed, and walk.
Joh 5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and
took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Joh 5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was
cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for
thee to carry thy bed.
Joh 5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the
same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
Joh 5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which
said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Joh 5:13 And he that was healed wist
not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
Joh 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth
him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Joh 5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it
was Jesus, which had made him whole.
Joh 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,
and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Joh 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill
him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but
said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Joh 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth
him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth
whom he will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Joh 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Joh 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Joh 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of damnation.
Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Joh 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
Joh 5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Joh 5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
Joh 5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
Joh 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Joh 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Joh 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent
me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Joh 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
Joh 5:39 Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Joh 5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Joh 5:41 I receive not honour from men.
Joh 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Joh 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Joh 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
Joh 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Joh 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?