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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 25</span></span></span><span class="content"> spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover that with the durable leather and put the poles in place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays, and all its jars for the olive oil used to supply it. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then they are to wrap it and all its accessories in a covering of the durable leather and put it on a carrying frame.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth and cover that with the durable leather and put the poles in place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are to take all the articles used for ministering in the sanctuary, wrap them in a blue cloth, cover that with the durable leather and put them on a carrying frame.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then they are to place on it all the utensils used for ministering at the altar, including the firepans, meat forks, shovels and sprinkling bowls. Over it they are to spread a covering of the durable leather and put the poles in place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch28" data-usfm="ACT.28.1+ACT.28.2+ACT.28.3+ACT.28.4+ACT.28.5+ACT.28.6+ACT.28.7+ACT.28.8+ACT.28.9+ACT.28.10+ACT.28.11+ACT.28.12+ACT.28.13+ACT.28.14+ACT.28.15+ACT.28.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, &#8220;This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Arrival at Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island&#8212;it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There we found some brothers and sisters who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The brothers and sisters there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.</span></span></div>
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