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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><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.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 11</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">How then can you say to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Flee like a bird to your mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For look, the wicked bend their bows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">they set their arrows against the strings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">to shoot from the shadows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">at the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the foundations are being destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">what can the righteous do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on his heavenly throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">He observes everyone on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">his eyes examine them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> examines the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked, those who love violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">he hates with a passion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the wicked he will rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">fiery coals and burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">a scorching wind will be their lot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">he loves justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">the upright will see his face.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 14</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All have turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">they never call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">for God is present in the company of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is their refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Vine and the Branches</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">he prunes </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">he cleans.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">so that it will be even more fruitful.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is to my Father&#8217;s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father&#8217;s commands and remain in his love.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one&#8217;s life for one&#8217;s friends.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You are my friends if you do what I command.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master&#8217;s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit&#8212;fruit that will last&#8212;and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is my command: Love each other.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The World Hates the Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Remember what I told you: &#8216;A servant is not greater than his master.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">John 13:16</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: &#8216;They hated me without reason.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:25 </span><span class="ft">Psalms 35:19; 69:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father&#8212;the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father&#8212;he will testify about me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To God&#8217;s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 4:15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Father and the Lord Jesus Christ</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="COL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="COL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God&#8217;s people&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="COL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world&#8212;just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God&#8217;s grace. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">slave</span></span></span><span class="content"> who is a faithful minister of Christ on our</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">your</span></span></span><span class="content"> behalf, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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