Monday, November 23, 2020
1 Chronicles 26
1The divisions of the gatekeepers:
From the Korahites:
Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
2Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3Elam
the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth and Eliehoenai the seventh.
4Obed-Edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5Ammiel
the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth. (For God had blessed
Obed-Edom.)
6His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in
their father's family because they were very capable men. 7The sons
of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah
were also able men. 8All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they
and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the
work--descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.
9Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, who were able
men--18 in all.
10Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first
(although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first), 11Hilkiah
the second, Tabaliah the third and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives
of Hosah were 13 in all.
12These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their
chief men, had duties for ministering in the temple of the LORD, just as their
relatives had. 13Lots were cast for each gate, according to their
families, young and old alike.
14The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then
lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the
North Gate fell to him. 15The lot for the South Gate fell to
Obed-Edom, and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons. 16The
lots for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road fell to
Shuppim and Hosah.
Guard was alongside
of guard: 17There were six Levites a day on the east, four a day on
the north, four a day on the south and two at a time at the storehouse. 18As
for the court to the west, there were four at the road and two at the court
itself.
19These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were
descendants of Korah and Merari.
20Their fellow Levites were in charge of the
treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.
21The descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites
through Ladan and who were heads of families belonging to Ladan the Gershonite,
were Jehieli, 22the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel.
They were in charge of the treasuries of the temple of the LORD.
23From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites
and the Uzzielites:
24Shubael, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was
the officer in charge of the treasuries. 25His relatives through
Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zicri his son and
Shelomith his son. 26Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of
all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of
families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and
by the other army commanders. 27Some of the plunder taken in battle
they dedicated for the repair of the temple of the LORD. 28And
everything dedicated by Samuel the seer and by Saul son of Kish, Abner son of
Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah, and all the other dedicated things were in the
care of Shelomith and his relatives.
29From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were
assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.
30From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his
relatives--seventeen hundred able men--were responsible in Israel west of the
Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king's service. 31As
for the Hebronites, Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical
records of their families. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was
made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer
in Gilead. 32Jeriah had twenty-seven hundred relatives, who were
able men and heads of families, and King David put them in charge of the
Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter
pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
Psalm
119:145–152
145I
call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will obey your decrees. 146I
call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes. 147I rise
before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. 148My
eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your
promises. 149Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my
life, O LORD, according to your laws. 150Those who devise wicked
schemes are near, but they are far from your law. 151Yet you are
near, O LORD, and all your commands are true. 152Long ago I learned
from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
1
Corinthians 9:15–27
15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am
not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would
rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast. 16Yet when I
preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I
do not preach the gospel! 17If I preach voluntarily, I have a
reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. 18What
then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free
of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself
a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I
became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one
under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under
the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having
the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as
to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win
the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I
might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I
may share in its blessings.
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,
but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone
who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown
that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore
I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating
the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I
have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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