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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:27 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday February 19 > Numbers 34-36 (The Message) > > Numbers 34 > > Land Inheritance > 1-2 God spoke to Moses: "Command the People of Israel. Tell them, When you > enter Canaan, these are > the borders of the land you are getting as an inheritance: > > 3-5 "Your southern border will take in some of the Wilderness of Zin where > it touches Edom. It > starts in the east at the Dead Sea, curves south of Scorpion > Pass and on to Zin, continues south of Kadesh Barnea, then to Hazar Addar > and on to Azmon, where it > takes a turn to the northwest to the Brook of Egypt > and on to the Mediterranean Sea. > > 6 "Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. > > 7-9 "Your northern border runs on a line from the Mediterranean Sea to > Mount Hor, and from Mount > Hor to Lebo Hamath, connects to Zedad, continues to Ziphron, > and ends at Hazar Enan. This is your northern border. > > 10-12 "Your eastern border runs on a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. The > border goes south from > Shepham to Riblah to the east of Ain, and continues along > the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. The border then follows the Jordan > River and ends at the Dead > Sea. > > "This is your land with its four borders." > > 13-15 Moses then commanded the People of Israel: "This is the land: Divide > up the inheritance by > lot. God has ordered it to be given to the nine and a > half tribes. The tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of > Manasseh have already > received their inheritance; the two tribes and the half-tribe > got their inheritance east of Jordan-Jericho, facing the sunrise." > > 16-19 God spoke to Moses: "These are the men who will be in charge of > distributing the inheritance > of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. > Assign one leader from each tribe to help them in distributing the land. > Assign these: > > 19-28 Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; > > Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon; > > Elidad son of Kislon from the tribe of Benjamin; > > Bukki son of Jogli, leader from the tribe of Dan; > > Hanniel son of Ephod, leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; > > Kemuel son of Shiphtan, leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph; > > Elizaphan son of Parnach, leader from the tribe of Zebulun; > > Paltiel son of Azzan, leader from the tribe of Issachar; > > Ahihud son of Shelomi, leader from the tribe of Asher; > > Pedahel son of Ammihud, leader from the tribe of Naphtali." > > 29 These are the men God commanded to hand out the assignments of > land-inheritance to the People of > Israel in the country of Canaan. > > Numbers 35 > > Cities for Levites and Asylum-Cities > 1-3 Then God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: > "Command the People of Israel > to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance > towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. > Then they will be well > taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their > cattle, flocks, and other livestock. > > 4-5 "The pasture surrounding the Levites' towns is to extend 1,500 feet in > each direction from the > city wall. The outside borders of the pasture are to > measure three thousand feet on each of the four sides-east, south, west, > and north-with the town at > the center. Each city will be supplied with pasture. > > 6-8 "Six of these towns that you give the Levites will be asylum-cities to > which anyone who > accidentally kills another person may flee for asylum. In addition, > you will give them forty-two other towns-forty-eight towns in all, > together with their pastures. The > towns that you give the Levites from the common inheritance > of the People of Israel are to be taken in proportion to the size of each > tribe-many towns from a > tribe that has many, few from a tribe that has few." > > 9-15 God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When > you cross the River Jordan > into the country of Canaan, designate your asylum-cities, > towns to which a person who accidentally kills someone can flee for > asylum. They will be places of > refuge from the avenger so that the alleged murderer > won't be killed until he can appear before the community in court. Provide > six asylum-cities. > Designate three of the towns to the east side of the Jordan, > the other three in Canaan proper-asylum-cities for the People of Israel, > for the foreigner, and for > any occasional visitors or guests-six asylum-cities > to run to for anyone who accidentally kills another. > > 16 "But if the killer has used an iron object, that's just plain murder; > he's obviously a murderer > and must be put to death. > > 17 "Or if he has a rock in his hand big enough to kill and the man dies, > that's murder; he's a > murderer and must be put to death. > > 18 "Or if he's carrying a wooden club heavy enough to kill and the man > dies, that's murder; he's a > murderer and must be put to death. > > 19 "In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he > meets him-he can kill him on > the spot. > > 20-21 "And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush > throws something at him and > he dies, or angrily hits him with his fist and kills > him, that's murder-he must be put to death. The avenger has a right to > kill him when he gets him. > > 22-27 "If, however, he impulsively pushes someone and there is no history > of hard feelings, or he > impetuously picks up something and throws it, or he accidentally > drops a stone tool-a maul or hammer, say-and it hits and kills someone he > didn't even know was > there, and there's no suspicion that there was bad blood > between them, the community is to judge between the killer and the avenger > following these > guidelines. It's the task of the community to save the killer > from the hand of the avenger-the community is to return him to his > asylum-city to which he fled. He > must stay there until the death of the High Priest > who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the murderer leaves the > asylum-city to which he has fled, > and the avenger finds him outside the borders of his > asylum-city, the avenger has a right to kill the murderer. And he's not > considered guilty of murder. > > 28 "So it's important that he stay in his asylum-city until the death of > the High Priest. After the > death of the High Priest he is free to return to his > own place. > > 29 "These are the procedures for making judgments from now on, wherever > you live. > > 30 "Anyone who kills another may be executed only on the testimony of > eyewitnesses. But no one can > be executed on the testimony of only one witness. > > 31 "Don't accept bribe money in exchange for the life of a murderer. He's > guilty and deserves the > death penalty. Put him to death. > > 32 "And don't accept bribe money for anyone who has fled to an asylum-city > so as to permit him to > go back and live in his own place before the death of > the High Priest. > > 33 "Don't pollute the land in which you live. Murder pollutes the land. > The land can't be cleaned > up of the blood of murder except through the blood of > the murderer. > > 34 "Don't desecrate the land in which you live. I live here, too-I, God, > live in the same > neighborhood with the People of Israel." > > Numbers 36 > > The Daughters of Zelophehad > 1 The heads of the ancestral clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of > Manasseh-they were from the > clans of the descendants of Joseph-approached Moses and > the leaders who were heads of the families in the People of Israel. > > 2-4 They said, "When God commanded my master to hand over the > inheritance-lands by lot to the > People of Israel, my master was also commanded by God to > hand over the inheritance-land of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. > But what happens if they > marry into another tribe in the People of Israel? Their > inheritance-land will be taken out of our ancestral tribe and get added > into the tribe into which > they married. And then when the year of Jubilee comes > for the People of Israel their inheritance will be lumped in with the > inheritance of the tribe into > which they married-their land will be removed from > our ancestors' inheritance!" > > 5-9 Moses, at God's command, issued this order to the People of Israel: > "What the tribe of the sons > of Joseph says is right. This is God's command to Zelophehad's > daughters: They are free to marry anyone they choose as long as they marry > within their ancestral > clan. The inheritance-land of the People of Israel must > not get passed around from tribe to tribe. No, keep the tribal > inheritance-land in the family. Every > daughter who inherits land, regardless of the tribe > she is in, must marry a man from within her father's tribal clan. Every > Israelite is responsible for > making sure the inheritance stays within the ancestral > tribe. No inheritance-land may be passed from tribe to tribe; each tribe > of the People of Israel > must hold tight to its own land." > > 10-12 Zelophehad's daughters did just as God commanded Moses. Mahlah, > Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and > Noah, Zelophehad's daughters, all married their cousins > on their father's side. They married within the families of Manasseh son > of Joseph and their > inheritance-lands stayed in their father's family. > > 13 These are the commands and regulations that God commanded through the > authority of Moses to the > People of Israel on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho. > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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