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16 And the lot fell to the children of Joseph, from Jordan by Jericho to the water of Jericho, eastward, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho by Mount Bethel
2 and goes out from Bethel to Luz and runs along to the borders of Archi Ataroth
3 and goes down westward to the territory of Japhlet, to the territory of Beth Horon (the lower) and to Gezer. And its ends are at the Sea.
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5 Also, the borders of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, the borders of their inheritance on the East Side, were Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon (the upper).
6 And this border goes out to the Sea, to Michmethath on the North Side. And this border returns eastward to Taanath Shiloh and passes it on the East Side, to Janohah,
7 and goes down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah and comes to Jericho and goes out at Jordan.
8 And this border goes from Tappuah, westward, to the river, Kanah. And its ends are at the Sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, by their families.
9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 And they did not cast out the Canaanite who dwelt in Gezer. But the Canaanite dwells among the Ephraimites to this day and serves under tribute.
17 This, also, was the lot of the tribe of Manasseh. For he was the firstborn of Joseph. Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
2 And these are of the rest of the sons of Manasseh, by their families, of the sons of Abiezer and of the sons of Helek and of the sons of Asriel and of the sons of Shechem and of the sons of Hepher and of the sons of Shemida. These were the males of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, according to their families.
3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah,
4 who came before Eleazar the Priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, “The LORD Commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.” Therefore, according to the Commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan which is on the other side of Jordan,
6 because the daughters of Manasseh also inherited among his sons. And Manasseh’s other sons had the land of Gilead.
7 So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethath, that lies before Shechem. And on the right hand, this border goes to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah beside the border of Manasseh belongs to the sons of Ephraim.
9 Also, this border goes down to the river Kanah, southward, to the river. These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh. And the border of Manasseh is on the north side of the river. And the ends of it are at the Sea.
10 The South pertains to Ephraim, and the North to Manasseh, and the sea is his border. And they met together in Asher, northward, and in Issachar, eastward.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth Shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor with its towns, and the inhabitants of En Dor with its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach with her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with the towns of the same, three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not destroy those cities; but the Canaanites still dwelt in that land.
13 Nevertheless, when the children of Israel were strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not wholly cast them out.
14 Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot, and one portion, to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD has blessed me until now?”
15 Then Joshua answered them, “If you are a numerous people, get up to the woods and cut trees for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites, and of the giants, if Mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
16 Then the children of Joseph said, “The mountain will not be enough for us. And all the Canaanites who dwell in the low country have chariots of iron, as well as those in Beth Shean and in the towns of the same, and those in the valley of Jezreel.”
17 And Joshua spoke to the House of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a great people, and have great power, and shall not have one lot.
18 “Therefore, the mountain shall be yours. For it is a wood; and you shall cut it down. And the ends of it shall be yours. And you shall cast out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.
18 And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh. For they set up the Tabernacle of the Congregation there, after the land was subdued by them.
2 Now there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes to whom they had not divided their inheritance.
3 Therefore, Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to enter and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers has given you?
4 “Give from among you three men from every tribe, so that I may send them; and so that they may rise and walk through the land and distribute it according to their inheritance and return to me;
5 “and so that they may divide it into seven parts for them, (Judah shall abide in his territory in the South, and the House of Joseph shall stay within their borders in the North).
6 “You shall, therefore, describe the land in seven parts and shall bring the descriptions here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7 “But the Levites shall have no part among you. For the Priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Also, Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan, eastward, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.”
8 Then the men arose and went their way. And Joshua charged them to go and describe the land, saying, “Depart and go through the land and describe it; and return to me, so that I may cast lots for you here in Shiloh, before the LORD.”
9 So the men departed and passed through the land and described it in a book, in seven parts, by cities, and returned to Joshua, into the camp at Shiloh.
10 Then Joshua cast lots for them before the LORD in Shiloh. And Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel, according to their portions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came forth, according to their families. And the territory of their lot lay between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the northern side was from Jordan. And the border went up to the side of Jericho on the northern part and went up through the mountains westward; and its ends are in the wilderness of Beth Aven.
13 And this border goes along from there to Luz, to the southern side of Luz (the same as Bethel); and this border descends to Ataroth Addar, near the mountain that lies on the southern side of Beth Horon the lower.
14 So the border turns, and surrounds the corner of the Sea, southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon, southward. And its ends are at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This is the West Quarter.
15 And the South Quarter is from the end of Kirjath Jearim; and this border goes out, westward, and comes to the fountain of waters of Nephtoah.
16 And this border descends at the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of Ben Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Giants, northward, and descends into the valley of Hinnom, by the side of Jebus, southward, and goes down to En Rogel
17 and goes around from the North, and goes forth to En Shemesh, and stretches to Geliloth (which is toward the ascent to Adummim) and goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben.
18 So it goes along to the side, toward the plain, northward, and goes down into the plain.
19 Afterward, this border goes along to the side of Beth Hoglah, northward. And its ends, those of the border, reach to the point of the Salt Sea, northward, to the end of Jordan, southward. This is the southern border.
20 Also, Jordan is the border of it on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its borders, all around, according to their families.
21 Now, the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, are Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
24 Chephar, Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba, twelve cities with their villages;
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26 Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath, fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to their families.
19 Now when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho,
2 behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief receiver of the tribute. And he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus (who He was) and could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4 Therefore he ran ahead and climbed up into a wild fig tree, so that he might see Him. For He would be coming that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus! Come down at once! For today I must stay at your house!”
6 Then he quickly came down and received Him joyfully.
7 And when they all saw it, they murmured, saying that He had gone to lodge with a sinful man.
8 But Zacchaeus, standing, said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have taken from anyone by false accusation, I restore it to him fourfold.”
9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house! Because he has also become the son of Abraham!
10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save those who have been lost.”
11 And while they heard these things, He continued and spoke a parable (because He was near Jerusalem, and also because they thought that the Kingdom of God would shortly appear).
12 Therefore, He said, “A certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then to return.
13 “And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business until I come.’
14 “Now, his citizens hated him, and sent ambassadors after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man reign over us!’
15 “And it happened that when he had returned (and had received his kingdom) he commanded the servants to whom he had given his money be called to him, so that he might know what each had gained.
16 “Then the first came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has increased to ten minas.’
17 “And he said to him, ‘Well, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little thing, take authority over ten cities!’
18 “And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has increased to five minas.’
19 “And to this one he said, ‘And you rule over five cities!’
20 “So the other came, and said, ‘Lord, behold your mina, which I have put away in a handkerchief.
21 ‘For I feared you because you are an exacting man. You take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’
22 “Then he said to him, ‘From your own mouth will I judge you, O evil servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.
23 ‘Why, then, did you not give my money to the bank, so that I might have required it with interest when I came?’
24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to him who has ten minas!’
25 “And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas.’
26 ‘For I say to you that to all those who have, it shall be given. And from the one who has not, even that he has shall be taken from him.
27 ‘Moreover, bring my enemies here who do not wish to have me reign over them and kill them before me!’”
87 God laid His foundations among the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion above all the habitations of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of You, O City of God! Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among those who know me. Behold Palestine and Tyre with Ethiopia. There He is born.
5 And it shall be said of Zion, “Many are born in her; and He, the Most High, shall establish her.”
6 The LORD shall count, when He writes the people, “He was born there.” Selah.
7 Both the singers and the players on instruments shall praise You, “All my springs are in You.” A song, or Psalm, of Heman the Ezrahite, to give instruction; committed to the sons of Korah for him who excels upon Mahalath Leannoth
11 The riches of vanity shall diminish. But he who gathers with the hand, shall increase.
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