Wednesday, October 25, 2023
1 Chronicles 6:61–81
61The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten
towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.
62The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were
allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and
from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.
63The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were
allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
64So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and
their pasturelands. 65From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin
they allotted the previously named towns.
66Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their
territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
67In the hill country of Ephraim they were given
Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer, 68Jokmeam, Beth Horon, 69Aijalon
and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
70And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites
gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the
Kohathite clans.
71The Gershonites received the following: From the
clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in Bashan and also
Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;
72from the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh,
Daberath, 73Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;
74from the tribe of Asher they received Mashal, Abdon,
75Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasturelands;
76and from the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh
in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
77The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the
following: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and
Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
78from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of
Jericho they received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, 79Kedemoth and
Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;
80and from the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in
Gilead, Mahanaim, 81Heshbon and Jazer, together with their
pasturelands.
Psalm
108
1A song. A
psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with
all my soul. 2Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. 3I
will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the
peoples. 4For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your
faithfulness reaches to the skies. 5Be exalted, O God, above the
heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. 6Save us and help
us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. 7God
has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and
measure off the Valley of Succoth. 8Gilead is mine, Manasseh is
mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter. 9Moab is my washbasin,
upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph." 10Who
will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? 11Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our
armies? 12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is
worthless. 13With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample
down our enemies.
Mark
9:38–50
38"Teacher," said John, "we saw a man
driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one
of us."
39"Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No
one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about
me, 40for whoever is not against us is for us. 41I tell
you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you
belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
42"And if anyone causes one of these little ones
who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea
with a large millstone tied around his neck. 43If your hand causes
you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two
hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. (44) 45And
if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life
crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. (46) 47And
if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48where
" 'their worm
does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'
49Everyone will be salted with fire.
50"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness,
how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with
each other."
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