Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Numbers 32:28-42 and Acts 4:13-22 (New Living Translation)

NUMBERS 32:28-42 
THE TRIBES EAST OF THE JORDAN (continued)
28  So Moses gave orders to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the clans of Israel.
29  He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the Lord. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.
30  But if they refuse to arm themselves and cross over with you, then they must accept land with the rest of you in the land of Canaan.”
31  The tribes of Gad and Reuben said again, “We are your servants, and we will do as the Lord has commanded!
32  We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the Lord, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”
33  So Moses assigned land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph. He gave them the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and the land of King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and surrounding lands.
34  The descendants of Gad built the towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35  Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36  Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran. These were all fortified towns with pens for their flocks.
37  The descendants of Reuben built the towns of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38  Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.
39  Then the descendants of Makir of the tribe of Manasseh went to Gilead and conquered it, and they drove out the Amorites living there.
40  So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
41  The people of Jair, another clan of the tribe of Manasseh, captured many of the towns in Gilead and changed the name of that region to the Towns of Jair.
42  Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.

ACTS 4:13-22
PETER AND JOHN BEFORE THE COUNCIL
13  The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.
14  But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.
15  So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.
16  “What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it.
17  But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”
18  So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.
19  But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?
20  We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.” 
21  The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God
22  for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

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