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         <div class="pi1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.33.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">At the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.33.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.33.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.33.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.33.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.33.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.33.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.33.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.33.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.33.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">They left Punon and camped at Oboth.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.33.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.33.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.33.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.33.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.33.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.33.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.33.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.33.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.33.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.33.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.33.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.33.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.33.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.33.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">&#8220;Speak to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216;When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.33.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.33.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.33.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.33.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="NUM.33.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="NUM.33.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.34.1"><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, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Command the Israelites and say to them: &#8216;When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Kinnereth</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.34.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses commanded the Israelites: &#8220;Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 35</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Contend, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with those who contend with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">fight against those who fight against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take up shield and armor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">arise and come to my aid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brandish spear and javelin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and block the way</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">against those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">Say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am your salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May those who seek my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be disgraced and put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">may those who plot my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be turned back in dismay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May they be like chaff before the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> driving them away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">may their path be dark and slippery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pursuing them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since they hid their net for me without cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">and without cause dug a pit for me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">may ruin overtake them by surprise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may the net they hid entangle them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my soul will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">and delight in his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My whole being will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">the poor and needy from those who rob them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ruthless witnesses come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">they question me on things I know nothing about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">and leave me like one bereaved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">and humbled myself with fasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">When my prayers returned to me unanswered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I went about mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though for my friend or brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">I bowed my head in grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though weeping for my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">They slandered me without ceasing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew may mean </span><span class="fqa">Like an ungodly circle of mockers,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">they gnashed their teeth at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How long, Lord, will you look on?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">Rescue me from their ravages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">my precious life from these lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">among the throngs I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not let those gloat over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">who are my enemies without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">do not let those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">maliciously wink the eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They do not speak peaceably,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">but devise false accusations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">against those who live quietly in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They sneer at me and say, &#8220;Aha! Aha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">With our own eyes we have seen it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have seen this; do not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">Do not be far from me, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, and rise to my defense!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">Contend for me, my God and Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Vindicate me in your righteousness, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">do not let them gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let them think, &#8220;Aha, just what we wanted!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">or say, &#8220;We have swallowed him up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">May all who gloat over my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">may all who exalt themselves over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be clothed with shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May those who delight in my vindication</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">may they always say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">who delights in the well-being of his servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="content">your praises all day long.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 36</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I have a message from God in my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">There is no fear of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">before their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In their own eyes they flatter themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"><span class="content">too much to detect or hate their sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"><span class="content">they fail to act wisely or do good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even on their beds they plot evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="content">they commit themselves to a sinful course</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="content">and do not reject what is wrong.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reaches to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"><span class="content">your faithfulness to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="content">your justice like the great deep.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve both people and animals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"><span class="content">People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They feast on the abundance of your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"><span class="content">you give them drink from your river of delights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For with you is the fountain of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"><span class="content">in your light we see light.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Continue your love to those who know you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"><span class="content">your righteousness to the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the foot of the proud not come against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"><span class="content">nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">See how the evildoers lie fallen&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.36.12"><span class="content">thrown down, not able to rise!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As the crowds increased, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon&#8217;s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lamp of the Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">healthy </span><span class="ft">here implies generous.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">unhealthy </span><span class="ft">here implies stingy.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your body also is full of darkness.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.11.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.11.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then the Lord said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.11.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But now as for what is inside you&#8212;be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.11.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.11.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.11.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.11.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.11.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.11.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.11.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.11.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">One of the experts in the law answered him, &#8220;Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.11.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.11.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.11.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.11.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.11.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.11.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Because of this, God in his wisdom said, &#8216;I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.11.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.11.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.11.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.11.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.11.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.11.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.11.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">waiting to catch him in something he might say.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="TIT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God&#8217;s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="TIT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="TIT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="TIT.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="TIT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To Titus, my true son in our common faith:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="TIT.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="TIT.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="TIT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ordain</span></span></span><span class="content"> elders in every town, as I directed you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="TIT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">children are trustworthy</span></span></span><span class="content"> and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="TIT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since an overseer manages God&#8217;s household, he must be blameless&#8212;not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="TIT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="TIT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="TIT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="TIT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="TIT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach&#8212;and that for the sake of dishonest gain. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="TIT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">One of Crete&#8217;s own prophets has said it: &#8220;Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="TIT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="TIT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="TIT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="TIT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.</span></span></div>
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