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         <div class="label">77</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 77</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cried out to God for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I cried out to God to hear me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">at night I stretched out untiring hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">and I would not be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I remembered you, God, and I groaned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">77:3 </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 verses 9 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You kept my eyes from closing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I was too troubled to speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I thought about the former days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I remembered my songs in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">My heart meditated and my spirit asked:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the Lord reject forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Will he never show his favor again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Has his unfailing love vanished forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Has his promise failed for all time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Has he in anger withheld his compassion?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I thought, &#8220;To this I will appeal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will remember the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will consider all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">and meditate on all your mighty deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your ways, God, are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">What god is as great as our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are the God who performs miracles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">you display your power among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The waters saw you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the waters saw you and writhed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the very depths were convulsed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clouds poured down water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">the heavens resounded with thunder;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">your arrows flashed back and forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">your lightning lit up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">the earth trembled and quaked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your path led through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">your way through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">though your footprints were not seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You led your people like a flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">by the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A gentle answer turns away wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">but a harsh word stirs up anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">keeping watch on the wicked and the good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The soothing tongue is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A fool spurns a parent&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The house of the righteous contains great treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">but the income of the wicked brings ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The lips of the wise spread knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">but the hearts of fools are not upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the sacrifice of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">but the prayer of the upright pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the way of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">but he loves those who pursue righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">the one who hates correction will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> lie open before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">how much more do human hearts!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Mockers resent correction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">so they avoid the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A happy heart makes the face cheerful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">but heartache crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The discerning heart seeks knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the days of the oppressed are wretched,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Better a little with the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">than great wealth with turmoil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Better a small serving of vegetables with love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">than a fattened calf with hatred.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">but the path of the upright is a highway.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">but a foolish man despises his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Folly brings joy to one who has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Plans fail for lack of counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">but with many advisers they succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A person finds joy in giving an apt reply&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">and how good is a timely word!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The path of life leads upward for the prudent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tears down the house of the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">but he sets the widow&#8217;s boundary stones in place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the thoughts of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">but gracious words are pure in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The greedy bring ruin to their households,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">but the one who hates bribes will live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">but he hears the prayer of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Light in a messenger&#8217;s eyes brings joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">and good news gives health to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds life-giving correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">will be at home among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom&#8217;s instruction is to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="content">and humility comes before honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him, &#8220;Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither this man nor his parents sinned,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man&#8217;s eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;wash in the Pool of Siloam&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (this word means &#8220;Sent&#8221;). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the same man who used to sit and beg?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Some claimed that he was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;No, he only looks like him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">But he himself insisted, &#8220;I am the man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then were your eyes opened?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is this man?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man&#8217;s eyes was a Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. &#8220;He put mud on my eyes,&#8221; the man replied, &#8220;and I washed, and now I see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees said, &#8220;This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">But others asked, &#8220;How can a sinner perform such signs?&#8221; So they were divided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they turned again to the blind man, &#8220;What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">The man replied, &#8220;He is a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man&#8217;s parents. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is this your son?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We know he is our son,&#8221; the parents answered, &#8220;and we know he was born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don&#8217;t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">That was why his parents said, &#8220;He is of age; ask him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. &#8220;Give glory to God by telling the truth,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We know this man is a sinner.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Whether he is a sinner or not, I don&#8217;t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they asked him, &#8220;What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they hurled insults at him and said, &#8220;You are this fellow&#8217;s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don&#8217;t even know where he comes from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;Now that is remarkable! You don&#8217;t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">To this they replied, &#8220;You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!&#8221; And they threw him out.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Blindness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe in the Son of Man?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is he, sir?&#8221; the man asked. &#8220;Tell me so that I may believe in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Lord, I believe,&#8221; and he worshiped him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Jesus said,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:38,39 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">Then the man said&#8230; </span><span class="fv">39 </span><span class="fqa">Jesus said,</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, &#8220;What? Are we blind too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">under the basic principles</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the world. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, &#8220;</span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Abba,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Aramaic for </span><span class="fqa">Father</span></span></span><span class="content"> Father.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So you are no longer a slave, but God&#8217;s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Concern for the Galatians</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But now that you know God&#8212;or rather are known by God&#8212;how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">principles</span></span></span><span class="content">? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hagar and Sarah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GAL.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">&#8220;Be glad, barren woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">you who never bore a child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and cry aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">you who were never in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">because more are the children of the desolate woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">than of her who has a husband.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:27 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 54:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GAL.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GAL.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GAL.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But what does Scripture say? &#8220;Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman&#8217;s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman&#8217;s son.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:30 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 21:10</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GAL.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Vengeance on the Midianites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.31.1"><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, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Moses said to the people, &#8220;Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s vengeance on them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They fought against Midian, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses, and killed every man. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba&#8212;the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Moses was angry with the officers of the army&#8212;the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds&#8212;who returned from the battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you allowed all the women to live?&#8221; he asked them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;They were the ones who followed Balaam&#8217;s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, &#8220;This is what is required by the law that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dividing the Spoils</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Divide the spoils equally between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s part. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the Israelites&#8217; half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s tabernacle.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.31.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.31.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.31.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">72,000 cattle, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.31.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">61,000 donkeys </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.31.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.31.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.31.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The half share of those who fought in the battle was:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.31.36"><span class="content">337,500 sheep, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.31.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">of which the tribute for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was 675;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.31.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.31.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was 72;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.31.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.31.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was 61;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.31.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.31.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">16,000 people, of whom the tribute for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was 32.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.31.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.31.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s part, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.31.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.31.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.31.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">the community&#8217;s half&#8212;was 337,500 sheep, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.31.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">36,000 cattle, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.31.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">30,500 donkeys </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.31.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">and 16,000 people. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.31.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">From the Israelites&#8217; half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s tabernacle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.31.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.31.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Then the officers who were over the units of the army&#8212;the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds&#8212;went to Moses </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.31.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">and said to him, &#8220;Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.31.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">So we have brought as an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the gold articles each of us acquired&#8212;armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces&#8212;to make atonement for ourselves before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.31.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.31.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold&#8212;all the crafted articles. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.31.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> weighed 16,750 shekels.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:52 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 420 pounds or about 190 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.31.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.31.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Transjordan Tribes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> subdued before the people of Israel&#8212;are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If we have found favor in your eyes,&#8221; they said, &#8220;let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, &#8220;Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given them? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath: </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8216;Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wholeheartedly.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> even more angry with Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they came up to him and said, &#8220;We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But we will arm ourselves for battle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:17 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">will be quick to arm ourselves</span></span></span><span class="content"> and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Moses said to them, &#8220;If you will do this&#8212;if you will arm yourselves before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for battle </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> until he has driven his enemies out before him&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">then when the land is subdued before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you may return and be free from your obligation to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.32.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.32.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, &#8220;We your servants will do as our lord commands. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as our lord says.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.32.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.32.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The Gadites and Reubenites answered, &#8220;Your servants will do what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has said. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">We will cross over before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.32.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.32.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan&#8212;the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.32.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.32.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.32.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.32.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.32.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.32.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.32.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.32.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.32.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.32.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:41 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them the settlements of Jair</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.32.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Two Witnesses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, &#8220;Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are &#8220;the two olive trees&#8221; and the two lampstands, and &#8220;they stand before the Lord of the earth.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft">See Zech. 4:3,11,14.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city&#8212;which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt&#8212;where also their Lord was crucified. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But after the three and a half days the breath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit </span><span class="ft">(see Ezek. 37:5,14)</span></span></span><span class="content"> of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, &#8220;Come up here.&#8221; And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventh Trumpet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of the world has become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">and he will reign for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">&#8220;We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">the One who is and who was,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">because you have taken your great power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">and have begun to reign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The nations were angry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and your wrath has come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">The time has come for judging the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and for rewarding your servants the prophets</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and your people who revere your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">both great and small&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and for destroying those who destroy the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then God&#8217;s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.</span></span></div>
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