Sunday, November 22, 2020

 1 Chronicles 25

¹David, together with the commanders of the army, set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:

²From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were under the supervision of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.

³As for Jeduthun, from his sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six in all, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied, using the harp in thanking and praising the LORD.

⁴As for Heman, from his sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer; Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. ⁵All these were sons of Heman the king's seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these men were under the supervision of their fathers for the music of the temple of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the supervision of the king. ⁷Along with their relatives--all of them trained and skilled in music for the LORD--they numbered 288. ⁸Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.

⁹The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons and relatives, 12 the second to Gedaliah, he and his relatives and sons, 12

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and relatives, 12

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and relatives, 12

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and relatives, 12

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁴the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and relatives, 12

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁰the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons and relatives, 12

²¹the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and relatives, 12

²²the fifteenth to Jerimoth, his sons and relatives, 12

²³the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁴the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁵the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁶the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁷the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁸the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and relatives, 12

²⁹the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and relatives, 12

³⁰the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and relatives, 12

³¹the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and relatives, 12

 

 

Psalm 119:137–144

¹³⁷Righteous are you, O LORD, and your laws are right. ¹³⁸The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. ¹³⁹My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words. ¹⁴⁰Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ¹⁴¹Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts. ¹⁴²Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true. ¹⁴³Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight. ¹⁴⁴Your statutes are forever right; give me understanding that I may live.

 

 

1 Corinthians 9:1–14

¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? ²Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. ⁴Don't we have the right to food and drink? ⁵Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? ⁶Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living?

⁷Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk? ⁸Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Doesn't the Law say the same thing? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it about oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. ¹¹If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? ¹²If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more?

But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. ¹³Don't you know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? ¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.