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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="DEU.32.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">On that same day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="DEU.32.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="DEU.32.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="DEU.32.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="DEU.32.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came from Sinai</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">and dawned over them from Seir;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">he shone forth from Mount Paran.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">He came with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> myriads of holy ones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">from the south, from his mountain slopes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:2 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely it is you who love the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.33.3"><span class="content">all the holy ones are in your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.33.3"><span class="content">At your feet they all bow down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.33.3"><span class="content">and from you receive instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the law that Moses gave us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.33.4"><span class="content">the possession of the assembly of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He was king over Jeshurun</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:5 </span><span class="fq">Jeshurun </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the upright one, </span><span class="ft">that is, Israel; also in verse 26.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.33.5"><span class="content">when the leaders of the people assembled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.33.5"><span class="content">along with the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let Reuben live and not die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.33.6"><span class="content">nor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but let</span></span></span><span class="content"> his people be few.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And this he said about Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the cry of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="content">bring him to his people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="content">With his own hands he defends his cause.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="content">Oh, be his help against his foes!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">About Levi he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Your Thummim and Urim belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="content">to your faithful servant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="content">You tested him at Massah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="content">you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He said of his father and mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">&#8216;I have no regard for them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">He did not recognize his brothers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">or acknowledge his own children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">but he watched over your word</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">and guarded your covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He teaches your precepts to Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.33.10"><span class="content">and your law to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.33.10"><span class="content">He offers incense before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.33.10"><span class="content">and whole burnt offerings on your altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Bless all his skills, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.33.11"><span class="content">and be pleased with the work of his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.33.11"><span class="content">Strike down those who rise against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.33.11"><span class="content">his foes till they rise no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">About Benjamin he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.33.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Let the beloved of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rest secure in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.33.12"><span class="content">for he shields him all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.33.12"><span class="content">and the one the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves rests between his shoulders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The King&#8217;s Edict in Behalf of the Jews</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EST.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EST.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman&#8217;s estate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EST.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EST.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EST.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EST.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EST.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If it pleases the king,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king&#8217;s provinces. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EST.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EST.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EST.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, &#8220;Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled him on the pole he set up. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EST.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now write another decree in the king&#8217;s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king&#8217;s signet ring&#8212;for no document written in the king&#8217;s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EST.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EST.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">At once the royal secretaries were summoned&#8212;on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai&#8217;s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EST.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king&#8217;s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EST.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EST.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The king&#8217;s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to plunder the property of their enemies. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EST.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EST.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EST.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EST.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king&#8217;s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Triumph of the Jews</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EST.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EST.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Mordecai left the king&#8217;s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EST.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">147</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 147</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">147:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">How good it is to sing praises to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">how pleasant and fitting to praise him!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> builds up Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">he gathers the exiles of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He heals the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">and binds up their wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He determines the number of the stars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">and calls them each by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Great is our Lord and mighty in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">his understanding has no limit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains the humble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">but casts the wicked to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with grateful praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">make music to our God on the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He covers the sky with clouds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">he supplies the earth with rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">and makes grass grow on the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provides food for the cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">and for the young ravens when they call.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delights in those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">who put their hope in his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">praise your God, Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He strengthens the bars of your gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">and blesses your people within you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He grants peace to your borders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He sends his command to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">his word runs swiftly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He spreads the snow like wool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">and scatters the frost like ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He hurls down his hail like pebbles.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">Who can withstand his icy blast?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He sends his word and melts them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has revealed his word to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">his laws and decrees to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He has done this for no other nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">they do not know his laws.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">147:20 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">nation; / he has not made his laws known to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAL">
        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="MAL.2.1+MAL.2.2+MAL.2.3+MAL.2.4+MAL.2.5+MAL.2.6+MAL.2.7+MAL.2.8+MAL.2.9+MAL.2.10+MAL.2.11+MAL.2.12+MAL.2.13+MAL.2.14+MAL.2.15+MAL.2.16">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now, you priests, this warning is for you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of you I will rebuke your descendants</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will blight your grain</span></span></span><span class="content">; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do we not all have one Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content">? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remove him from the tents of Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">12 </span><span class="fqa">May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony in behalf of the man who does this</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;even though he brings an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Another thing you do: You flood the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You ask, &#8220;Why?&#8221; It is because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;The man who hates and divorces his wife,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, &#8220;does violence to the one he should protect,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I hate divorce,&#8221; says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, &#8220;because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="content">So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJHN">
        <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="JHN.20.19+JHN.20.20+JHN.20.21+JHN.20.22+JHN.20.23+JHN.20.24+JHN.20.25+JHN.20.26+JHN.20.27+JHN.20.28+JHN.20.29+JHN.20.30+JHN.20.31">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And with that he breathed on them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Receive the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you forgive anyone&#8217;s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to Thomas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now Thomas (also known as Didymus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:24 </span><span class="fq">Thomas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Didymus </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">twin.</span></span></span><span class="content">), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So the other disciples told him, &#8220;We have seen the Lord!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="content">But he said to them, &#8220;Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he said to Thomas, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Thomas said to him, &#8220;My Lord and my God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Purpose of John&#8217;s Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But these are written that you may believe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">may continue to believe</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkREV">
        <div class="chapter ch22" data-usfm="REV.22.1+REV.22.2+REV.22.3+REV.22.4+REV.22.5+REV.22.6">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John and the Angel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel said to me, &#8220;These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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