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Joshua chapter 21

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The leaders of the Levite families went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of all the tribes of Israel.
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There at Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we were to be given cities to live in, as well as pasture land around them for our livestock."
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So in accordance with the LORD's command the people of Israel gave the Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories.
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The families of the Levite clan of Kohath were the first to be assigned cities. The families who were descended from Aaron the priest were assigned thirteen cities from the territories of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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The rest of the clan of Kohath was assigned ten cities from the territories of Ephraim, Dan, and West Manasseh.
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The clan of Gershon was assigned thirteen cities from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and East Manasseh.
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The families of the clan of Merari were assigned twelve cities from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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By drawing lots, the people of Israel assigned these cities and their pasture lands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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These are the names of the cities from the territories of Judah and Simeon which were given
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to the descendants of Aaron who were of the clan of Kohath, which was descended from Levi. Their assignment was the first to be made.
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They were given the city of Arba (Arba was Anak's father), now called Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture land surrounding it.
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However, the fields of the city, as well as its towns, had already been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
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In addition to Hebron (one of the cities of refuge), the following cities were assigned to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Libnah,
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Jattir, Eshtemoa,
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Holon, Debir,
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Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands: nine cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon.
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From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
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Anathoth, and Almon, with their pasture lands.
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Thirteen cities in all, with their pasture lands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
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The other families of the Levite clan of Kohath were assigned some cities from the territory of Ephraim.
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They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer,
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Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Dan they were given four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
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Aijalon, and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of West Manasseh they were given two cities: Taanach and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands.
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These families of the clan of Kohath received ten cities in all, with their pasture lands.
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Another group of Levites, the clan of Gershon, received from the territory of East Manasseh two cities: Golan in Bashan (one of the cities of refuge) and Beeshterah, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Issachar they received four cities: Kishion, Daberath,
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Jarmuth, and Engannim, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Asher they received four cities: Mishal, Abdon,
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Helkath, and Rehob, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pasture lands.
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The various families of the clan of Gershon received a total of thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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The rest of the Levites, the clan of Merari, received from the territory of Zebulun four cities: Jokneam, Kartah,
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Dimnah, and Nahalal, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz,
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Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pasture lands.
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From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim,
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Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pasture lands.
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So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.
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From the land that the people of Israel possessed, a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them, was given to the Levites.
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(SEE 21:41)
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So the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he had solemnly promised their ancestors he would give them. When they had taken possession of it, they settled down there.
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The LORD gave them peace throughout the land, just as he had promised their ancestors. Not one of all their enemies had been able to stand against them, because the LORD gave the Israelites the victory over all their enemies.
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The LORD kept every one of the promises that he had made to the people of Israel.

Joshua chapter 22

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Then Joshua called together the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.
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He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses the LORD's servant ordered you to do, and you have obeyed all my commands.
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All this time you have never once deserted the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commands of the LORD your God.
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Now, as he promised, the LORD your God has given the other Israelites peace. So go back home to the land which you claimed for your own, the land on the east side of the Jordan, that Moses, the LORD's servant, gave you.
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Make sure you obey the law that Moses commanded you: love the LORD your God, do his will, obey his commandments, be faithful to him, and serve him with all your heart and soul."
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Joshua sent them home with his blessing and with these words: "You are going back home very rich, with a lot of livestock, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and many clothes. Share with your fellow tribesmen what you took from your enemies." Then they left for home. Moses had given land east of the Jordan to one half of the tribe of Manasseh, but to the other half Joshua had given land west of the Jordan, along with the other tribes.
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(SEE 22:6)
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(SEE 22:6)
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So the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh went back home. They left the rest of the people of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and started out for their own land, the land of Gilead, which they had taken as the LORD had commanded them through Moses.
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When the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh arrived at Geliloth, still on the west side of the Jordan, they built a large, impressive altar there by the river.
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The rest of the people of Israel were told, "Listen! The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh have built an altar at Geliloth, on our side of the Jordan!"
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When the people of Israel heard this, the whole community came together at Shiloh to go to war against the eastern tribes.
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Then the people of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
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Ten leading men went with Phinehas, one from each of the western tribes and each one the head of a family among the clans.
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They came to the land of Gilead, to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh,
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and speaking for the whole community of the LORD, they said to them, "Why have you done this evil thing against the God of Israel? You have rebelled against the LORD by building this altar for yourselves! You are no longer following him!
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Remember our sin at Peor, when the LORD punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Wasn't that sin enough?
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Are you going to refuse to follow him now? If you rebel against the LORD today, he will be angry with everyone in Israel tomorrow.
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Now then, if your land is not fit to worship in, come over into the LORD's land, where his Tent is. Claim some land among us. But don't rebel against the LORD or make rebels out of us by building an altar in addition to the altar of the LORD our God.
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Remember how Achan son of Zerah refused to obey the command about the things condemned to destruction; the whole community of Israel was punished for that. Achan was not the only one who died because of his sin."
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The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh answered the heads of the families of the western tribes:
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"The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled and did not keep faith with the LORD, do not let us live any longer!
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If we disobeyed the LORD and built our own altar to burn sacrifices on or to use for grain offerings or fellowship offerings, let the LORD himself punish us.
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No! We did it because we were afraid that in the future your descendants would say to ours, 'What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
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He made the Jordan a boundary between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have nothing to do with the LORD.' Then your descendants might make our descendants stop worshiping the LORD.
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So we built an altar, not to burn sacrifices or make offerings,
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but instead, as a sign for our people and yours, and for the generations after us, that we do indeed worship the LORD before his sacred Tent with our offerings to be burned and with sacrifices and fellowship offerings. This was to keep your descendants from saying that ours have nothing to do with the LORD.
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It was our idea that, if this should ever happen, our descendants could say, 'Look! Our ancestors made an altar just like the LORD's altar. It was not for burning offerings or for sacrifice, but as a sign for our people and yours.'
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We would certainly not rebel against the LORD or stop following him now by building an altar to burn offerings on or for grain offerings or sacrifices. We would not build any other altar than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of the Tent of his presence."
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Phinehas the priest and the ten leading men of the community who were with him, the heads of families of the western tribes, heard what the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh had to say, and they were satisfied.
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Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to them, "Now we know that the LORD is with us. You have not rebelled against him, and so you have saved the people of Israel from the LORD's punishment."
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Then Phinehas and the leaders left the people of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead and went back to Canaan, to the people of Israel, and reported to them.
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The Israelites were satisfied and praised God. They no longer talked about going to war to devastate the land where the people of Reuben and Gad had settled.
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The people of Reuben and Gad said, "This altar is a witness to all of us that the LORD is God." And so they named it "Witness."

Psalm chapter 47

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Clap your hands for joy, all peoples! Praise God with loud songs!
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The LORD, the Most High, is to be feared; he is a great king, ruling over all the world.
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He gave us victory over the peoples; he made us rule over the nations.
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He chose for us the land where we live, the proud possession of his people, whom he loves.
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God goes up to his throne. There are shouts of joy and the blast of trumpets, as the LORD goes up.
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Sing praise to God; sing praise to our king!
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God is king over all the world; praise him with songs!
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God sits on his sacred throne; he rules over the nations.
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The rulers of the nations assemble with the people of the God of Abraham. More powerful than all armies is he; he rules supreme.

1 Corinthians chapter 10

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I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea.
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In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized as followers of Moses.
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All ate the same spiritual bread
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and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.
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But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.
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Now, all of this is an example for us, to warn us not to desire evil things, as they did,
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nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, "The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex."
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We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were---and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead.
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We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did---and they were killed by snakes.
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We must not complain, as some of them did---and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.
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All these things happened to them as examples for others, and they were written down as a warning for us. For we live at a time when the end is about to come.
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If you think you are standing firm you had better be careful that you do not fall.
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Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.
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So then, my dear friends, keep away from the worship of idols.
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I speak to you as sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
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The cup we use in the Lord's Supper and for which we give thanks to God: when we drink from it, we are sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread we break: when we eat it, we are sharing in the body of Christ.
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Because there is the one loaf of bread, all of us, though many, are one body, for we all share the same loaf.
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Consider the people of Israel; those who eat what is offered in sacrifice share in the altar's service to God.
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Do I imply, then, that an idol or the food offered to it really amounts to anything?
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No! What I am saying is that what is sacrificed on pagan altars is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be partners with demons.
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You cannot drink from the Lord's cup and also from the cup of demons; you cannot eat at the Lord's table and also at the table of demons.
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Or do we want to make the Lord jealous? Do we think that we are stronger than he?
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"We are allowed to do anything," so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. "We are allowed to do anything"---but not everything is helpful.
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None of you should be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
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You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
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For, as the scripture says, "The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord."
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If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat what is set before you, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
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But if someone tells you, "This food was offered to idols," then do not eat that food, for the sake of the one who told you and for conscience' sake---
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that is, not your own conscience, but the other person's conscience. "Well, then," someone asks, "why should my freedom to act be limited by another person's conscience?
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If I thank God for my food, why should anyone criticize me about food for which I give thanks?"
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Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God's glory.
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Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.
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Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.

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