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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Census</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men who are to assist you:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">From the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">From the descendants of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Manasseh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel&#8217;s army were counted according to their families. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The total number was 603,550.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The Israelites did all this just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 30</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Or </span><span class="fqa">palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">for you lifted me out of the depths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">and did not let my enemies gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I called to you for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="content">and you healed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, brought me up from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="content">you spared me from going down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing the praises of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his faithful people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="content">praise his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For his anger lasts only a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but his favor lasts a lifetime;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">weeping may stay for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but rejoicing comes in the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I felt secure, I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I will never be shaken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when you favored me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">you made my royal mountain</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Zion</span></span></span><span class="content"> stand firm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">but when you hid your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">I was dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I called;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="content">to the Lord I cried for mercy:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is gained if I am silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">if I go down to the pit?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will the dust praise you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will it proclaim your faithfulness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and be merciful to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be my help.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You turned my wailing into dancing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I will praise you forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus at a Pharisee&#8217;s House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If one of you has a child</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">donkey</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And they had nothing to say.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, &#8216;Give this person your seat.&#8217; Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, &#8216;Friend, move up to a better place.&#8217; Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his host, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Great Banquet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, &#8220;Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus replied: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, &#8216;Come, for everything is now ready.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, &#8216;I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Another said, &#8216;I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I&#8217;m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Still another said, &#8216;I just got married, so I can&#8217;t come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, &#8216;Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Sir,&#8217; the servant said, &#8216;what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the master told his servant, &#8216;Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Being a Disciple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters&#8212;yes, even their own life&#8212;such a person cannot be my disciple.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won&#8217;t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">saying, &#8216;This person began to build and wasn&#8217;t able to finish.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won&#8217;t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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