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Friday, May 22, 2026

THEinc-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - May 21 - Full Test! - Celebrating Shavuot / Pentecost!

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 


















MAY 21


PSALMS:   21, 51, 81, 111, 141

PROVERBS:  21

OLD TESTAMENT:  EZRA 10:1 - 44

NEW TESTAMENT:  1 CORINTHIANS 6:1 - 20


PSALMS:  21

1 The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! 
How greatly he rejoices in your yeshu`ah! 
2 You have given him his heart's desire, 
And have not withheld the request of his lips. 
Selah. 
3 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness; 
You set a crown of fine gold on his head. 
4 He asked life of you, you gave it to him, 
Even length of days forever and ever. 
5 His glory is great in your salvation. 
You lay honor and majesty on him. 
6 For you make him most blessed forever. 
You make him glad with joy in your presence. 
7 For the king trusts in the LORD. 
Through the loving kindness of Ha`Elyon, 
he shall not be moved. 
8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies. 
Your right hand will find out those who hate you. 
9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. 
The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. 
The fire shall devour them. 
10 You will destroy their descendants from the eretz, 
Their posterity from among the children of men. 
11 For they intended evil against you. 
They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. 
12 For you will make them turn their back, 
When you aim drawn bows at their face. 
13 Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, 
So we will sing and praise your power.


PSALMS:  51

1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. 
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. 
Cleanse me from my sin. 
3 For I know my transgressions. 
My sin is constantly before me. 
4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, 
And done that which is evil in your sight; 
That you may be proved right when you speak, 
And justified when you judge. 
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. 
In sin did my mother conceive me. 
6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. 
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. 
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 
8 Let me hear joy and gladness, 
That the bones which you have broken may rejoice. 
9 Hide your face from my sins, 
And blot out all of my iniquities. 
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. 
Renew a right spirit within me. 
11 Don't throw me from your presence, 
And don't take your holy Spirit from me. 
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. 
Uphold me with a willing spirit. 
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways. 
Sinners shall be converted to you.
14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, 
O God, the God of my salvation. 
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. 
15 Lord, open my lips. 
My mouth shall declare your praise. 
16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. 
You have no pleasure in burnt offering. 
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. 
A broken and contrite heart, 
O God, you will not despise. 
18 Do well in your good pleasure to Tziyon. 
Build the walls of Yerushalayim. 
19 Then will you delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, 
In burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. 
Then they will offer bulls on your altar.


PSALMS:  81

1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! 
Make a joyful noise to the God of Ya`akov! 
2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, 
The pleasant lyre with the harp. 
3 Blow the shofar at the New Moon, 
At the full moon, on our feast day. 
4 For it is a statute for Yisra'el, 
An ordinance of the God of Ya`akov. 
5 He appointed it in Yosef for a testimony, 
When he went out over the land of Mitzrayim, 
I heard a language that I didn't know. 
6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. 
His hands were freed from the basket. 
7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you. 
I answered you in the secret place of thunder. 
I tested you at the waters of Merivah." 
Selah. 
8 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. 
Yisra'el, if you would listen to me! 
9 There shall be no strange god in you, 
Neither shall you worship any foreign god. 
10 I am the LORD, your God, 
Who brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim. 
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 
11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. 
Yisra'el desired none of me.
12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, 
That they might walk in their own counsels. 
13 Oh that my people would listen to me, 
That Yisra'el would walk in my ways! 
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
 And turn my hand against their adversaries. 
15 The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, 
And their punishment would last forever. 
16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. 
I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."


PSALMS:  111

1 Praise the LORD! 
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, 
In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 
2 The works of the LORD are great, 
Pondered by all those who delight in them. 
3 His work is honor and majesty. 
His righteousness endures forever. 
4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. 
The LORD is gracious and merciful. 
5 He has given food to those who fear him. 
He always remembers his covenant. 
6 He has shown his people the power of his works, 
In giving them the heritage of the nations. 
7 The works of his hands are truth and justice. 
All his precepts are sure. 
8 They are established forever and ever. 
They are done in truth and uprightness. 
9 He has sent redemption to his people. 
He has ordained his covenant forever. 
His name is holy and awesome! 
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. 
All those who do his work have a good understanding. 
His praise endures forever!


PSALMS:  141

1 LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! 
Listen to my voice when I call to you. 
2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; ‘
The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 
3 Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. 
Keep the door of my lips. 
4 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, ‘
To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. 
Don't let me eat of their delicacies. 
5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; 
Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; 
Don't let my head refuse it; 
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. 
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. 
They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. 
7 "As when one plows and breaks up the eretz, 
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of She'ol." 
8 For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. 
In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. 
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, 
From the traps of the workers of iniquity. 
10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, 
While I pass by.


PROVERBS:  21

1 The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. 
He turns it wherever he desires. 
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, 
But the LORD weighs the hearts. 
3 To do righteousness and justice 
Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 
4 A high look, and a proud heart, 
The lamp of the wicked, is sin. 
5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; 
And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. 
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue 
Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 
7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, 
Because they refuse to do what is right. 
8 The way of the guilty is devious, 
But the conduct of the innocent is upright. 
9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, 
Than to share a house with a contentious woman. 
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; 
His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 
11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom; 
When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 
12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, 
And brings the wicked to ruin. 
13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, 
He will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
14 A gift in secret pacifies anger; 
And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 
15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; 
But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. 
16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding 
Shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 
17  He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man: 
He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. 
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; 
The treacherous for the upright. 
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, 
Than with a contentious and fretful woman. 
20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; 
But a foolish man swallows it up. 
21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness 
Finds life, righteousness, and honor. 
22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, 
And brings down the strength of its confidence. 
23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue 
Keeps his soul from troubles. 
24 The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; 
He works in the arrogance of pride. 
25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, 
For his hands refuse to labor. 
26 There are those who covet greedily all the day long; 
But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: 
How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! 
28 A false witness will perish, 
And a man who listens speaks to eternity. 
29 A wicked man hardens his face; 
But as for the upright, he establishes his ways. 
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding 
Nor counsel against the LORD. 
31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle; 
But victory is with the LORD.


OLD TESTAMENT:  EZRA 10:1 - 44

10:1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Yisra'el a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore. 
2 Shekhanyahu the son of Yechi'el, one of the sons of `Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Yisra'el concerning this thing. 
3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the mitzvah of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 
4 Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the Kohanim, the Levites, and all Yisra'el, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore. 
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Yehochanan the son of Elyashiv: and [when] he came there, he ate no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. 
7  They made proclamation throughout Yehudah and Yerushalayim to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Yerushalayim; 
8 and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the Zakenim, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity. 
9 Then all the men of Yehudah and Binyamin gathered themselves together to Yerushalayim within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. 
10 Ezra the Kohen stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Yisra'el. 
11 Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women. 
12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do. 
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. 
14 Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the Zakenim of every city, and the judges of it, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be dispatched. 
15 Only Yonatan the son of `Asa'el and Yachzeyah the son of Tikvah stood up against this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbetai the Levite helped them. 
16 The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the Kohen, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 
17  They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. 
18 Among the sons of the Kohanim there were found who had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Yeshua, the son of Yotzadak, and his brothers, Ma`aseyah, and Eli`ezer, and Yariv, and Gedalyahu. 
19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt. 
20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zevadyah. 
21 Of the sons of Harim: Ma`aseyah, and Eliyah, and Shemayah, and Yechi'el, and `Uzziyah.
22 Of the sons of Pashchur: Elyo`enai, Ma`aseyah, Yishma'el, Netan'el, Yozavad, and El`asah. 
23 Of the Levites: Yozavad, and Shim`i, and Kelayah (the same is Kelita), Petachyah, Yehudah, and Eli`ezer. 
24 Of the singers: Elyashiv. Of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 
25 Of Yisra'el: Of the sons of Par`osh: Ramyah, and Yizziyah, and Malkiyah, and Miyamin, and El`azar, and Malkiyah, and Benayah. 
26 Of the sons of `Elam: Mattanyah, Zekharyah, and Yechi'el, and `Avdi, and Yeremot, and Eliyah. 
27  Of the sons of Zattu: Elyo`enai, Elyashiv, Mattanyah, and Yeremot, and Zavad, and Aziza. 
28 Of the sons of Bevai: Yehochanan, Hananyah, Zakkai, `Atlai. 
29 Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Mallukh, and `Adayah, Yashuv, and She'al, Ramot. 
30 Of the sons of Pachat-Mo'av: `Adna, and Kelal, Benayah, Ma`aseyah, Mattanyah, Betzal'el, and Binnui, and Menashsheh. 
31 [of] the sons of Harim: Eli`ezer, Yishshiyah, Malkiyah, Shemayah, Shim`on, 
32 Binyamin, Mallukh, Shemaryahu.
33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zavad, Elifelet, Yeremai, Menashsheh, Shim`i. 
34 Of the sons of Bani: Ma`adai, `Amram, and U'el, 
35 Benayah, Bedeyah, Keluhu, 
36 Vanyah, Meremot, Elyashiv, 
37 Mattanyah, Mattenai, and Ya`asai, 
38 and Bani, and Binnui, Shim`i, 
39 and Shelemyahu, and Natan, and `Adayah, 
40 Makhnadvai, Shashai, Sharai, 
41 `Azar'el, and Shelemyahu, Shemaryahu, 
42 Shallum, Amaryah, Yosef. 
43 Of the sons of Nevo: Ye`i'el, Mattityah, Zavad, Zevina, Yaddai, and Yo'el, Benayah. 
44 All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.


NEW TESTAMENT:  1 CORINTHIANS 6:1 - 20

6  1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the holy ones? 2 Don’t you know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly? 5 I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers? 6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers! 7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.
9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom. 11 Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Yeshua, and in the Spirit of our God.
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything. 13 “Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Messiah? Shall I then take the members of Messiah and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! 16 Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”✡ 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.


21 במאי

תהילים: כא, נא, פא, קיא, מקמא

משלי: כא

ברית הישנה: עזרא י':1 - 44

ברית חדשה: קורינתים א' ו':1 - 20

תהילים: כא

1 ה' ישמח המלך בעוזך!
מה ישמח בישועך!
2 נתת לו משאלת ליבו,
ומשאלת שפתיו לא מנעת.
סלה.
3 כי בברכות טובות פגשת אותו;
כתר זהב על ראשו.
4 שאל ממך חיים, נתת לו,
וארך ימים לעולם ועד.
5 גדול כבודו בישועתך.
כבוד והוד נתת עליו. 6 כי אתה מבורך אותו לנצח. אתה משמח אותו בשמחה לפניך. 7 כי על ה' בטח מלך. בחסד האליון לא יזוז. 8 ידך תמצא את כל אויביך. ימינך תמצא את שונאיך. 9 תעשה אותם ככבשן אש בעת אףך. ה' יבלע אותם בחמתו. אש תאכל אותם. 10 תשמיד את צאצאיהם מן הארץ,
את צאצאיהם מבני אדם. 11 כי חשבו עליך רעה. זממו עליך רעה אשר לא תצליח. 12 כי תסובב עורף,
כי תכוון קשתות שלופות אל פניהם.
13 התרוממה ה' בעוצמתך,
אז נשיר ונשבח את כוחך.

תהילים: 51

1 חנני אלוהים, כחסדך. כרב רחמיך, מחק פשעיי.
2 רחצני היטב מעוני. טהרני מחטאי.
3 כי ידעתי פשעיי. חטאתי תמיד לפני.
4 לך ולך בלבד חטאתי,
ואשר הרע בעיניך עשיתי; למען תוכח צדק בדברך,
וצדק במשפט.
5 הנה, בעון ילדתי. בחטא הרתה אותי אמי.
6 הנה, אמת חפצת בפנימיות. תלמדני חכמה בתוך פנימיות.
7 בטהרני באזוב, ואהיה טהור. רחצני, ואהיה לבן משלג.
8 אשמעי שִׂשׂוֹן ושׂשׂון,
למען ישמחו עצמות שברת.
9 הסתר פניך מחטאי,
ומחה כל עוונותיי.
10 ברא בי לב נקי, אלוהים. חדש רוח ישרה בקרבי.
11 אל תשליכני מפניך,
ואת רוח קדשך אל תקח ממני.
12 השב לי שמחת ישועתך. תמכני ברוח חפצה.
13 אז אלמד פושעים דרכיך.
וחטאים ישובו אליך. 14 הצילני מדם,
אלוהים, אלוהי ישעיתי. לשוני תשיר בצדקתך.
15 אדוני, פתח שפתיי. פי יגיד תהילתך.
16 כי לא חפצת זבח, פן אתנה.
לא חפצתך בעולה.
17 זבחי אלוהים רוח שבורה. לב שבור ונדחה,
אלוהים, לא תבזה.
18 הטיב לציון ברצון טוב. בנה חומות ירושלים.
19 אז תשמח בזבחי צדק,
בעולה ובשלמים. אז יקריב פרים על מזבחך.

תהילים: 81

1 שירו ​​לאלהים מעוזנו!
הריעו לאלהי יעקב!
2 הרימו שיר והביאו תוף,
כינור נעים בכינור.
3 תקעו בשופר בראש חודש,
במלא ירח בחגנו.
4 כי חוק הוא לישראל,
משפט לאלהי יעקב.
5 הוא קבע זאת ביוסף לעדות,
בצאתו על ארץ מצרים,
שפה לא ידעתי.
6 "הורדתי את כתפו מהמשא,
ידיו שחררו מהסלסלה.
7 קראת בצרה, ואצילך,
אענתך בסתר רעם,
אנסה אותך במי מריבה."
סלה. ח "שמע עמי ואעיד אותך.
ישראל, אם תשמע לי!
ט לא יהיה בך אלהי זר,
ולא תשתחווה לאלי נכרי.
10 אני ה' אלוהיך,
אשר העליתך מארץ מצרים.
פתח פיך רחב ואמלאו.
11 ולא שמע עמי בקולי.
ישראל לא חפץ בי.
12 ואשלח אותם אחרי עקשנות ליבם,
למען ילכו בעצותיהם.
13 מי ייתן ועמי ישמע לי,
מי ייתן ישראל בדרכי!
14 מהרה אכניע את אויביהם,
ואפנה את ידי אל אויביהם.
15 שונאי ה' יתכווצו לפניו,
ועונשם יהיה לעולם.
16 וגם הוא היה מאכיל אותם "מטובת החיטה.
אשביעך בדבש מן הסלע."

תהילים: קי"א

1 הללו את ה'!
אודה לה' בכל לבי,
במועצת ישרים ובקהל.
2 גדולות מעשי ה',
הרהרו עליהם כל חפציהם.
3 כבוד והוד מעשיו.
צדקתו לעולם.
4 זכר נפלאותיו.
חן ורחום ה'.
5 נתן מזון ליראיו.
זכר תמיד בריתו.
6 הראה לעמו את כוח מעשיו,
בנתן להם נחלת גויים.
7 אמת ומשפט מעשי ידיו.
כל מצותיו נאמנות.
8 כוננו לעולם ועד.
אמת ובתוקף נעשו.
9 שלח גאולה לעמו.
לעולם קבע בריתו.
קדוש ונורא שמו.
10 יראת ה' ראשית חכמה.
כל עושי מעשיו תבונה. לעולם תהילתו!

תהילים: קמא

1 ה', קראתיך, בוא אליי מהרה! שמע קולי כי אקרא לך. 2 תִשְׁמַע תְּפִלִּי לְפָנֶיךָ כְּקֶטֶר; '
הרמת ידיי כְּזבח ערב.

3 שים משמר, ה', לפני פי. שמור דלת שפתיי.

4 אל תטה לבי לכל דבר רע, '
לעשות מעשי רשע עם אנשי עושי עוול. אל תאכל ממעדיהם.

5 יכהני צדיק, חסד הוא; יוכיחני, כשמן על הראש הוא; אל יסרב ראשי; אך תְּפִלִּיתי תמיד נגד מעשים רעים.

6 שופטיהן נפלו על צדי הסלע. ישמעו דברי, כי טוב נאמרו. 7 "כְּחֹרֵשׁ וְשָׁבֵר אֶרֶץ,
עַצְמָתֵינוּ פזורות עַל פַּח שָאוּל."

8 כִּי עֵינֵי עָלֶיךָ יְהוָה יְהוָה.
בָּךְ אֶחֱסֶת, אַל תַּשְׁמִיר נַפְשִׁי חֲסִיתָ.

9 שָׁמְרֵנִי מִמַּלְכוּד אֲשֶׁר טָנוּ לִי,
מִמְכוּדִים פֹעֲשֵׂי עָוֶל.

10 יַפְלוּ רָשָׁעִים יַחְדָּם בְּמַרְשָׁלָם,
בְּעוֹבֵרְצוֹ.

משלי 21

1 לֵב מֶלֶךְ בִּיד יְהוָה כַּנְחָלִים,
כָּל חָפֹץ יְהוֹפֵנוֹ.

2 כָּל דֶּרֶךְ אִישׁ יְשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו,
וְה' יַשְׁקֹל לֵב.

3 לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וְצַדָּק רָצוֹב לְיְהוָה מִזְבַּח.

4 גָּהֲרוֹת מַרְאֻמָּה וְגָאֲרוֹן לֵב,
נֵר רָשָׁעִים חַטָּא. 5 תוכניות חרוצים יובילו לרווח;
וכל נמהר ירדה לעני.
6 רכישת אוצרות בלשון שקר
אדים חולפים למחפשי מוות.
7 אלימות רשעים תבריחם,
כי יסרבו לעשות צדק.
8 דרך אשם עקלה,
והתנהגות תם ישרה.
9 טוב לשבת בפינת גג,
מחלוקת בית עם אשה ריבנית.
10 נפש רשע חפצה רעה;
רעהו לא ימצא חן בעיניו.
11 כי נענש לעץ, פשטן יקבל חכמה;
כי חכם ילמד, יקבל דעת.
12 צדיק יחשוב על בית רשע,
והרעה תביא.
13 מי שאטם את אוזניו לצעקת עני,
גם יצעק ולא יישמע.
14 מתנה בסתר מרגיעה כעס;
ושוחד בגלימה, חמה עזה.
15 שמחה לצדיק לעשות משפט;
והרס הוא לעושי עוולות.
16 איש התועה מדרך תבונה
ינוח בקהל מתים.
17 אוהב תענוגות יהיה עני;
אוהב יין ושמן לא יעשיר.
18 רשע כופר לצדיק;
בוגד לישרים.
19 טוב לשבת בארץ מדבר,
מאת אישה ריבנית וסוערת.
20 אוצר יקר ושמן בבית חכמים;
וכסיל בולע אותו. 21 רודף צדק וחסד
מוצא חיים, צדק וכבוד.
22 חכם מטפס על עיר גיבורים,
והוריד את גבורת בטחונה.
23שומר פיו ולשונו
ישמור מצרות נפשו.
24 גאה וגאה שמו,
בגאווה גאה יפעל.
25 תשוקת עצלן תמית אותו,
כי ידיו מאנות לעבוד.
26 יש חמדנים כל היום;
וצדיק נותן ולא ימנע.
27 זבח רשעים תועבה:
מה עוד, כי בלב רע יביא!
28 עד שקר יאבד,
ואיש שומע ידבר לנצח.
29 רשע יקשה פניו;
וְיָשָׁר, דְּרָכָיו יְכוֹן.
30 אין חכמה ואין תבונה
ואין עצה נגד ה'.
31 סוס מוכן ליום מלחמה;
וְעַל ה' תְּשׁוּעָה.

הברית הישנה: עזרא י':1 - 44

י':1 וְהִתְפַּלֵּל וְהִתְוַדֵּה, בֹּכֶה וְהִשְׁפָּחָה לִפְנֵי בֵּית אֱלֹהִים, וְנִקְסוּ אֵלָיו מֵיִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָם מִמִּי שְׁמוֹת גָּדוֹל מְאֹד, גַּבְרֵי נִשְׁאֵלִים נָשָׂא נָשָׁה נָכְרוֹת מֵעַמִּי הָאָרֶץ, וְעַתָּה יֵשׁ תְקוֹוָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה.

גְעַתָּה נִכְרֹת בְּרִית אֶת אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְגַרש אֶת כָּל הַנָּשִׁים וְהַיּוֹלָדִים מֵעַצְתָּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, וְעַל תּוֹרָה יִהְיֶה.

דְקוּמוּ כִּי לָךְ הַדָּבָר וְאֶתְךָ אֲנַחְנוּ, הָיָה עָזוּר וְעֲשֶׂה.

דְקוּמוּ כִּי לָךְ הַדָּבָר וְאֶתְךָ אֲדֹנָי; הָיָה עָזוּר וְעֲשֶׂה. ה וַיָּקָם עזרא וַיַּשְׁבַּע אֶת־רֹאשִׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלֵּוִיִים וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעֹשְׂא כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיִּשְׁבַּעוּ.
וַיַּקָּם עזרא מִפְּנֵי בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים וַיָּבֹא שָׁם לֹא־אֹכֵל לֶחֶם וְלֹא־שְׁתֶּה מִמָּה כִּי־הִתְאֲבַל עַל־פַּעֲלֵי הַגּוֹלָה.
ז וַיַּקְרָאוּ בְּיַהֲדָה וְיָרוּשָׁלַיִם לְכָל־בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה לְהַקְהֲבֹד אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.
ח וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר לֹא־בֹא עַל־שְׁלֹשֶׁת־יָמִים כְּעֶצַת הַשָּׂרִים וְהַזְקֵנִים יְחָרֵם וְהוּא־יְבָדֵר מֵעֲצַת הַגּוֹלָה.
ט וַיְקָמוּ כָּל־אֲנָשִׁי יְהוּדָה וְבִנְיָמִין אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם בְּשְׁלֹשֶׁת־יָמִים הַיְהִי הַחֹדֶשׁ הַתִּשְׁשִּׁי בְּעֶשְׂרִים לָחֹדֶשׁ וַיֵּשְׁבוּ כָּל־הָעָם בַּרְחָבָה פְּנֵי בֵּית־אֱלֹהִים וְחָרְדוּ בְּגַן־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וּבְגַן־הַגָּשָׁם.

י קָם עזרא הַכֹּהֵן וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ פַּעֲבָרְתֶּם וְנִשְׁאוּ נָכְרוֹת לְהַגִּרְבוּ אֶת־עַוָּם יִשְׂרָאֵל.

יא ועתה הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם וַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־חָפְצוֹ וְהִבְדְּלוּ מֵעַמִּי־הָאָרֶץ וּמֵן־נָכְרוֹת.

יב וַיַּעֲנֶה כָּל־הַקָּהָל קוֹל גָדוֹל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבְרַת עָלֵינוּ כֵּן נֶעֱשֶׂה.
יג וְהָעָם רַב וְעֵת־גָשָׁם הוּא וְלֹא נִכְנַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ וְלֹא־יוֹמָעַת־יוֹם־אֶחָד וְלֹא־יוֹמִים־יוֹם־כִּי־פָעֲבָר מְאֹד בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה. יד עַתָּה יְמוּנוּ נְשִׂיאֵינוּ עַל כָּל הַקָּהָל, וְיָבוּ כָּל אֲשֶׁר בְּעָרֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׂאוּ נָכָרוֹת בְּעֵתִים, וְעִמָּהֶם זְקֵנֵי עִיר וְשֹׁפְטֵיהּ, עַד שֶׁיּוֹתֵר חַרוֹן אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֵעָלֵינוּ, עַד כָּל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה.

טוֹ רַק יוֹנָתָן בֶּן־עֲשָׂאֵל וִיכַחְזִיָּה בֶּן־תִּקְמוּ עַל־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, וְמִשְׁלָם וְשַׁבְטַי הַלֵּוִי, עָשָׂו כֵּן. עזרא הַכֹּהֵן, וְרֹאשִׁי אֲבוֹתָם לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתָם, וְכָלָם עַל־שְׁמָם, נִבְדַּלוּ; וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּרֶשֶׁה עֶשְׂרִי לִדְרֹק אֶת־הַדָּבָר.

יְהֻמָּה אֶת־כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נִשְׂאוּ נָכָרוֹת עַד־רֶשָׁן לָחֹד בְּרָשָׁה ... יח מבני הכהנים נמצאו אשר נשאו נשים נכריות: מבני ישוע בן יוצדק ואחיו מעשיה ואליעזר ויריב וגדליהו.
יט נתנו את ידם לגרש את נשיהם, וכאשם הקריבו איל צאן על אשמתם.
20 מבני אמר חנני וזבדיה.
21 מבני הרים מעשיה ואליה ושמעיה ויחיאל ועוזיה.
22 מבני פשחור אליועני מעשיה וישמעאל נתנאל יוזבד ואלעשה.
23 מהלוים: יוזבד ושמעי וקלייה הוא קליטא, פתחיה, יהודה ואליעזר.
24 מהמשמרים: אלישיב. מהשוערים: שלום ותלם ואורי.
25 לישראל: מבני פרעוש: רמיה ויזיה ומלכייה ומימין ואלעזר ומלכייה ובניה.
26 לבני עילם: מתניה זכריה ויחיאל ואבדי וירמות ואליה.
27 לבני זטו: אליועני אלישיב מתניה וירמות וזבד ועזיזה.
28 מבני בבעי: יהוחנן, חנניה, זכאי, עתלאי.
29 מבני בני משולם מלוך ועדיה ישוב ושעל רמות.
30 מבני פחת-מואב: עדנה וקלל בניה מעשיה מתניה בצלאל ובינוי ומנששה.
31 מבני הרים אליעזר יששיה מלכיה שמעיה שמעון.
32 בנימין, מלוח, שמריהו.
33 מבני חסום: מתנאי, מתתח, זבד, אליפלט, ירמי, מנשה, שמעי.
34 מבני בני מעדי עמרם ועואל.
35 Benayah, Bedeyah, Keluhu,
36 וניה, ממות, אלישיב,
37 מתניה, מתנאי ויעשאי,
38 ובני, ובינוי, שמי,
39 ושלמיהו ונתן ועדיה.
40 מח'נדוואי, ששי, שראי,
41 'עזראל ושלמיהו שמריהו
42 שלום, אמריה, יוסף.
43 מבני נבו: יעאל, מתתיה, זבד, זווינה, ידעי ויואל, בניה.
44 כל אלה לקחו נשים נכריות; ולחלקם היו נשים שממנה היו ילדים.

הברית החדשה: קורינתים א' ו':1-20

6 1 האם מישהו מכם, שיש לו עניין נגד רעהו, מעז לדון בפני הרשעים ולא בפני הקדושים? 2 האם אינכם יודעים שהקדושים ישפטו את העולם? ואם העולם נשפט על ידכם, האם אינכם ראויים לשפוט את העניינים הקטנים ביותר? 3 האם אינכם יודעים שאנו נשפוט מלאכים? וכמה שכן, דברים הנוגעים לחיים האלה? 4 אם עליכם לשפוט דברים הנוגעים לחיים האלה, האם אתם ממנים לשפוט אותם שאינם נחשבים בקהל? 5 אני אומר זאת כדי לבייש אתכם. האין אפילו חכם אחד ביניכם שיכול להכריע בין אחיו? 6 אח הולך לדון עם אחיו, וזאת בפני כופרים! 7 לכן כבר פגם גמור בכם שיש לכם תביעות זה עם זה. מדוע לא יעוולו אתכם? מדוע לא ירמות אתכם? 8 לא, אלא אתם עצמכם עוולים ומרמים, וזאת נגד אחיכם.
9 או האם אינכם יודעים כי הרשעים לא יירשו את מלכות אלוהים? אל תטעו. לא זונים, לא עובדי עבודה זרה, לא נואפים, לא זונות, לא הומוסקסואלים, 10 לא גנבים, לא חמדנים, לא שיכורים, לא מוציאי דיבה, ולא סוחטים, יירשו את מלכות אלוהים. 11 היו מכם כאלה, אך רחצתם. קדשתם. צדקתם בשם האדון ישוע וברוח אלוהינו.
12 "הכל מותר לי", אך לא הכל מועיל. "הכל מותר לי", אך אני לא אהיה תחת שלטון שום דבר. 13 "מאכל לבטן, והבטן למאכלים", אך אלוהים יבטל גם אותו וגם אותם. אבל הגוף אינו מיועד לזנות, אלא לאדון, והאדון לגוף. 14 ואלוהים הקים את האדון, וגם אותנו יקים בגבורתו. 15 האם אינכם יודעים שגופכם הם איברי משיח? האם אקח אפוא את איברי משיח ואעשה אותם איברי זונה? לעולם לא! 16 או אינכם יודעים שמי שדבק בזונה הוא גוף אחד? כי "שניהם", הוא אומר, "יהפכו לבשר אחד". 17 אבל מי שדבק באדון הוא רוח אחת. 18 ברח מזנות! "כל חטא שאדם עושה הוא מחוץ לגוף", אבל מי שמבצע זנות חוטא לגופו. 19 או אינכם יודעים שגופכם הוא מקדש לרוח הקודש אשר בכם, אשר קיבלתם מאלוהים? אינכם שלכם, 20 כי נקניתם במחיר. לכן כבדו את אלוהים בגופכם וברוחכם, אשר לאלוהים.

John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H

Saturday, January 28, 2023

THEinc-HIM Daily Bible Meditation – January 28 – Full Text – Shabbat Shalom!

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 















JANUARY 28



PSALMS: 28, 58, 88, 118, 148


PROVERBS: 28


OLD TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 19:1 - 22:20


NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 19:28 - 48



PSALMS: 28


1 To you, LORD, I call.

My rock, don't be deaf to me;

Lest, if you are silent to me,

I would become like those who go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you,

When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. 

3 Don't draw me away with the wicked,

With the workers of iniquity who speak shalom with their neighbors,

But mischief is in their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their work,

and according to the wickedness of their doings.

Give them according to the operation of their hands.

Bring back on them what they deserve. 

5 Because they don't regard the works of the LORD,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He will break them down and not build them up. 

6 Blessed be the LORD,

Because he has heard the voice of my petitions. 

7  The LORD is my strength and my shield.

My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped.

Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.

With my song I will thank him. 

8 The LORD is their strength.

He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. 

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance.

Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.



PSALMS: 58


1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?

Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? 

2 No, in your heart you plot injustice.

You measure out the violence of your hands in the eretz. 

3 The wicked go astray from the womb.

They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 

4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake;

Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, 

5 Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers,

No matter how skillful the charmer may be. 

6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.

Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD. 

7 Let them vanish as water that flows away.

When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. 

8 Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away,

Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. 

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns,

He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.

He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 

11 So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous.

Most assuredly there is a God who judges the eretz."



PSALMS: 88


1 LORD, the God of my salvation,

I have cried day and night before you. 

2 Let my prayer enter into your presence.

Turn your ear to my cry. 

3 For my soul is full of troubles.

My life draws near to She'ol. 

4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit.

I am like a man who has no help, 

5 Set apart among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom you remember no more.

They are cut off from your hand. 

6 You have laid me in the lowest pit,

In the darkest depths. 

7  Your wrath lies heavily on me.

You have afflicted me with all your waves.

Selah. 

8 You have taken my friends from me.

You have made me an abomination to them.

I am confined, and I can't escape. 

9 My eyes are dim from grief.

I have called on you daily, LORD.

I have spread out my hands to you. 

10 Do you show wonders to the dead?

Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?

Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 

12 Are your wonders made known in the dark?

Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 

13 But to you, LORD, I have cried.

In the morning, my prayer comes before you. 

14 LORD, why do you reject my soul?

Why do you hide your face from me? 

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.

While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 

16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me.

Your terrors have cut me off. 

17 They came around me like water all day long.

They completely engulfed me. 

18 You have put lover and friend far from me,

And my friends into darkness.



PSALMS: 148


1 Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD from the heavens!

Praise him in the heights! 

2 Praise him, all his angels!

Praise him, all his host!

3 Praise him, sun and moon!

Praise him, all you shining stars! 

4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens,

You waters that are above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, ‘

For he commanded, and they were created. 

6 He has also established them forever and ever.

He has made a decree which will not pass away. 

7 Praise the LORD from the eretz,

You great sea creatures, and all depths! 

8 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds;

Stormy wind, fulfilling his word; 

9 Mountains and all hills;

Fruit trees and all cedars; 

10 Wild animals and all cattle;

Small creatures and flying birds; 

11 Kings of the eretz and all peoples;

Princes and all judges of the eretz; 

12 Both young men and maidens;

Old men and children: 

13 Let them praise the name of the LORD,

For his name alone is exalted.

His glory is above the eretz and the heavens. 

14 He has lifted up the horn of his people,

The praise of all his holy ones;

Even of the children of Yisra'el, a people near to him.

Praise the LORD!



PROVERBS: 28


1 The wicked flee when no one pursues;

But the righteous are as bold as a lion. 

2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers,

But order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge. 

3 A needy man who oppresses the poor

Is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 

4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked;

But those who keep the law contend with them. 

5 Evil men don't understand justice;

But those who seek the LORD understand it fully. 

6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,

Than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich. 

7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;

But he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father. 

8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest

Gathers it for one who has pity on the poor. 

9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law,

Even his prayer is an abomination. 

10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,

He will fall into his own trap;

But the blameless will inherit good. 

11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;

But the poor who has understanding sees through him. 

12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory;

But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. 

13 He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper,

But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. 

14 Blessed is the man who always fears;

But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble. 

15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear,

So is a wicked ruler over helpless people. 

16 The ruler who lacks judgment is a great tyrant.

One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death;

No one will support him. 

18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;

But one with perverse ways will fall suddenly. 

19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food;

But one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. 

20 A faithful man is rich with blessings;

But one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good;

Yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. 

22 A stingy man hurries after riches,

And doesn't know that poverty waits for him. 

23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

Than one who flatters with the tongue. 

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says,

"It's not wrong."

He is a partner with a destroyer. 

25 One who is greedy stirs up strife;

But one who trusts in the LORD will prosper. 

26 One who trusts in himself is a fool;

But one who walks in wisdom, he is kept safe. 

27 One who gives to the poor has no lack;

But one who closes his eyes will have many curses. 

28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;

But when they perish, the righteous thrive.



OLD TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 19:1 - 22:20


19:1 The second lot came out for Shim`on, even for the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Yehudah. 2 They had for their inheritance Be'er-Sheva, or Sheva, and Moladah, 3 and Hatzar-Shu`al, and Balah, and `Etzem, 4 and Eltolad, and Beitul, and Hormah, 5 and Tziklag, and Beit-Markavot, and Hatzar-Susah, 6 and Beit-Leva'ot, and Sharuchen; thirteen cities with their villages: 7 `Ayin, Rimmon, and `Eter, and `Ashan; four cities with their villages: 8 and all the villages that were round about these cities to Ba`alat-Be'er, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Shim`on according to their families. 9 Out of the part of the children of Yehudah was the inheritance of the children of Shim`on; for the portion of the children of Yehudah was too much for them: therefore the children of Shim`on had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. 10 The third lot came up for the children of Zevulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; 11 and their border went up westward, even to Mar`alah, and reached to Dabbeshet; and it reached to the brook that is before Yokne`am; 12 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Kislot-Tavor; and it went out to Daverat, and went up to Yafia; 13 and from there it passed along eastward to Gat-Hefer, to `Et-Katzin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Ne`ah; 14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannaton; and the goings out of it were at the valley of Yiftach-El; 15 and Kattat, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Yid'alah, and Beit-Lechem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zevulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17  The fourth lot came out for Yissakhar, even for the children of Yissakhar according to their families. 18 Their border was to Yizre`el, and Kesullot, and Shunem, 19 and Hafarayim, and Shi'on, and Anacharat, 20 and Rabbit, and Kishyon, and Evetz, 21 and Remet, and En-Gannim, and `En-Haddah, and Beit-Patztzetz, 22 and the border reached to Tavor, and Shachatzmah, and Beit-Shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Yarden: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar according to their families, the cities with their villages. 24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 Their border was Helkat, and Hali, and Beten, and Akhshaf, 26 and Allammelekh, and `Am`ad, and Mish'al; and it reached to Karmel westward, and to Shichor-Livnat; 27 and it turned toward the sunrise to Beit-Dagon, and reached to Zevulun, and to the valley of Yiftach-El northward to Beit-Ha`emek and Ne`i'el; and it went out to Kavul on the left hand, 28 and `Evron, and Rechov, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Tzidon; 29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tzor; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at the sea by the region of Akhziv; 30 `Ummah also, and Afek, and Rechov: twenty-two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naftali, even for the children of Naftali according to their families. 33 Their border was from Helef, from the oak in Tza`anannim, and Adami-Nekev, and Yavne'el, to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the Yarden; 34 and the border turned westward to Aznot-Tavor, and went out from there to Hukok; and it reached to Zevulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Yehudah at the Yarden toward the sunrise. 35 The fortified cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Hammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret, 36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hatzor, 37 and Kedesh, and Edre`i, and `En-Hatzor, 38 Yir`on, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beit-`Anat, and Beit-Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naftali according to their families, the cities with their villages. 40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 The border of their inheritance was Tzor`ah, and Eshta'ol, and `Ir-Shamesh, 42 and Sha`alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yitlah, 43 and Elon, and Timnata, and `Ekron, 44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbeton, and Ba`alat, 45 and Yehud, and Bene-berak, and Gat-Rimmon, 46 and Meyarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Yafo. 47  The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders of it; and the children of Yisra'el gave an inheritance to Yehoshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 50 according to the mitzvah of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnat-Serach in the hill-country of Efrayim; and he built the city, and lived therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which El`azar the Kohen, and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.


20:1 The LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by Moshe, 3 that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee there: and they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the Zakenim of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before. 6 He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the Kohen Gadol that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled. 7 They set apart Kedesh in the Galil in the hill-country of Naftali, and Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim, and Kiryat-Arba (the same is Hevron) in the hill-country of Yehudah. 8 Beyond the Yarden at Yericho eastward, they assigned Betzer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Re'uven, and Ramot in Gil`ad out of the tribe of Gad, and Galon in Bashan out of the tribe of Menashsheh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Yisra'el, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.


21:1 Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites to El`azar the Kohen, and to Yehoshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el; 2 and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Kana`an, saying, the LORD commanded Moshe to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for our cattle. 3 The children of Yisra'el gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the mitzvah of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs. 4 The lot came out for the families of the Kehati: and the children of Aharon the Kohen, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Shim`oni, and out of the tribe of Binyamin, thirteen cities. 5 The rest of the children of Kehat had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Efrayim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh, ten cities. 6 The children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Re'uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities. 8 The children of Yisra'el gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by Moshe. 9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name: 10 and they were for the children of Aharon, of the families of the Kehati, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 11 They gave them Kiryat-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of `Anak (the same is Hevron), in the hill-country of Yehudah, with the suburbs of it round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for his possession. 13 To the children of Aharon the Kohen they gave Hevron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Livna with its suburbs, 14 and Yattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 15 and Holon with its suburbs, and Devir with its suburbs, 16 and `Ayin with its suburbs, and Yuttah with its suburbs, [and] Beit-Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 Out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giv`on with its suburbs, Geva with its suburbs, 18 `Anatot with its suburbs, and `Almon with its suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aharon, the Kohanim, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 The families of the children of Kehat, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kehat, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Efrayim. 21 They gave them Shekhem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, 22 and Kivtza`im with its suburbs, and Beit-Horon with its suburbs; four cities. 23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbeton with its suburbs, 24 Ayalon with its suburbs, Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. 25 Out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh, Ta`nakh with its suburbs, and Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kehat were ten with their suburbs. 27 To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh [they gave] Galon in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be`eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 28 Out of the tribe of Yissakhar, Kishyon with its suburbs, Daverat with its suburbs, 29 Yarmut with its suburbs, `En-Gannim with its suburbs; four cities. 30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mish'al with its suburbs, `Avdon with its suburbs, 31 Helkat with its suburbs, and Rechov with its suburbs; four cities. 32 Out of the tribe of Naftali, Kedesh in the Galil with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammot-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershoni according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zevulun, Yokne`am with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 36 Out of the tribe of Re'uven, Betzer with its suburbs, and Yahatz with its suburbs, 37  Kedemot with its suburbs, and Mefa`at with its suburbs; four cities. 38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramot in Gil`ad with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Machanayim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Ya`zer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 40 All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. 41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Yisra'el were forty-eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities. 43 So the LORD gave to Yisra'el all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein. 44 The LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not anything of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Yisra'el; all came to pass.


22:1 Then Yehoshua called the Re'uveni, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh, 2 and said to them, You have kept all that Moshe the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 you have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the mitzvah of the LORD your God. 4 Now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moshe the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Yarden. 5 Only take diligent heed to do the mitzvah and the law which Moshe the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his mitzvot, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Yehoshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents. 7  Now to the one half-tribe of Menashsheh Moshe had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave Yehoshua among their brothers beyond the Yarden westward; moreover when Yehoshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers. 9 The children of Re'uven and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Menashsheh returned, and departed from the children of Yisra'el out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Kana`an, to go to the land of Gil`ad, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the mitzvah of the LORD by Moshe. 10 When they came to the region about the Yarden, that is in the land of Kana`an, the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Menashsheh built there an altar by the Yarden, a great altar to look on. 11 The children of Yisra'el heard say, Behold, the children of Re'uven and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Menashsheh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Kana`an, in the region about the Yarden, on the side that pertains to the children of Yisra'el. 12 When the children of Yisra'el heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Yisra'el gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. 13 The children of Yisra'el sent to the children of Re'uven, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Menashsheh, into the land of Gil`ad, Pinechas the son of El`azar the Kohen, 14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Yisra'el; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Yisra'el. 15 They came to the children of Re'uven, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Menashsheh, to the land of Gil`ad, and they spoke with them, saying, 16 Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Yisra'el, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD? 17 Is the iniquity of Pe`or too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD, 18 that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Yisra'el. 19 However, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD's tent dwells, and take possession among us: but don't rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Didn't `Akhan the son of Zerach commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Yisra'el? and that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.



NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 19:28 - 48


19:28 When he had thus spoken, he went on ahead, going up to Yerushalayim. 

29 It happened, when he drew near to Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his talmidim, 

30 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it. 

31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'" 

32 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them. 

33 As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?' 

34 They said, 'The Lord needs it.' 

35 They brought it to Yeshua. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Yeshua on them. 

36 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.

37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the talmidim began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Shalom in heaven, and glory in the highest!" 

39 Some of the Perushim from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your talmidim!" 

40 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out." 

41 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, 

42 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your shalom! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 

43 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, tzitzit you in on every side, 

44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation." 

45 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 

46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!" 

47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief Kohanim and the Sofrim and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 

48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.


John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H