Friday, December 26, 2014

Judges 1:11-15 and I Corinthians 16:1-4 (The Message Translation)

JUDGES 1:11-15
OTHNIEL CONQUERS THE CITY OF DEBIR
11-12  From there they had marched against the population of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). Caleb had said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I’ll give my daughter Acsah to him as his wife.”
13    Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as his wife.
14-15  When she arrived she got him to ask for farmland from her father.  As she dismounted from her donkey Caleb asked her, “What would you like?”  She said, “Give me a marriage gift. You’ve given me desert land; Now give me pools of water!”  And he gave her the upper and the lower pools.

I CORINTHIANS 16:1-4
THE OFFERING FOR FELLOW BELIEVERS
1-4  Regarding the relief offering for poor Christians that is being collected, you get the same instructions I gave the churches in Galatia. Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you’ll have it ready, and I won’t have to make a special appeal. Then after I arrive, I’ll write letters authorizing whomever you delegate, and send them off to Jerusalem to deliver your gift. If you think it best that I go along, I’ll be glad to travel with them.

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