18 verses
1These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. 3In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses told all the commandnents to the children of Israel that Yahweh had given to him for them, 4after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei. 5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying, 6"Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived long enough by this mountain. 7Turn, and make your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all [the places] near there. The Arabah, the hill country, the lowlands, the South, by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 8Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers- to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob- to give to them and to their offspring after them."
9I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I cannot bear [responsibility for] you all by myself. 10Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and see, today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky. 11[May] Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you! 12How can I bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife all by myself? 13Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."
14You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good to do." 15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. 16I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear [cases] between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. 17Don't show partiality in judgment; hear the small and the great alike. Don't be afraid of man, for the judgment is God's. Each case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it. 18I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
23 verses
11Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 12Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says LordOfMine Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created-from-nothing they were prepared. 14You were the anointed throne-angel who covers: and I set you, [so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created-from-nothing, until unrighteousness was found in you. 16By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore I have thrown you out of God's mountain as profane. I have destroyed you, covering throne-angel, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness. I have thrown you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you. 18By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I produced a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you. 19All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
20The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 21Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it, 22and say, Thus says LordOfMine Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 23For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword on her on every side; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
24There will no longer be a pricking brier for the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them. Then they will know that I am LordOfMine Yahweh.
25Thus says LordOfMine Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob. 26They shall dwell securely there; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.
1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 3Speak and say, 'Thus says LordOfMine Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.' 4I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales. 5I'll throw you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."
26 verses
1So you, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in AnointedOne Jesus. 2The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, present them to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 3So, you must endure hardship as a good soldier of AnointedOne Jesus. 4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. 5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules. 6The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops. 7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
8Remember Jesus AnointedOne, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News, 9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained. 10So I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in AnointedOne Jesus with eternal glory. 11This saying is trustworthy: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him. 12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us. 13If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."
14Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
15Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. 16But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness, 17and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus: 18men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some. 19However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "ForeverOne knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of ForeverOne depart from unrighteousness."
20Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. 21So if anyone purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.
22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, selfless-love, and peace with those who call on ForeverOne out of a pure heart. 23But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. 24The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient, 25in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, 26and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
