Ezekiel 48, Hebrews 11, Proverbs 16

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Ezekiel 48

48“Now ^athese are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, ¹beside the way of Hethlon to ²Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north ³beside Hamath, ⁴running from east to west, ^bDan, one portion. ²“And beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, ^aAsher, one portion. ³“And beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, ^aNaphtali, one portion. ⁴“And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, ^aManasseh, one portion. ⁵“And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, ^aEphraim, one portion. ⁶“And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, ^aReuben, one portion. ⁷“And beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, ^aJudah, one portion.

⁸“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the contribution which you shall contribute, 25,000 ¹cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the ^asanctuary shall be in the middle of it. ⁹“The contribution that you shall contribute to Yahweh shall be ¹25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. ¹⁰“And the holy contribution shall be for these, namely for the ^apriests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst. ¹¹“It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the ^asons of Zadok, who have kept the responsibility given by Me, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the ^bLevites went astray. ¹²“And it shall be a contribution to them from the contribution of the land, a Holy of Holies, by the border of the Levites. ¹³“Now alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000. ¹⁴“Moreover, they ^ashall not sell or exchange any of it, or let this ¹choice portion of land pass over to another; for it is holy to Yahweh.

¹⁵“And the remainder, ¹5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 ²in length, shall be for ^acommon use for the city, for places of habitation, and for ³open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. ¹⁶“And these shall be its measurements: the north side ¹4,500 cubits, the south side ^a4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. ¹⁷“And the city shall have ¹open spaces: on the north ²250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. ¹⁸“And the remainder of the length alongside the holy contribution shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be ¹alongside the holy contribution. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. ¹⁹“The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. ²⁰“The whole contribution shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall contribute the holy contribution, a ¹square, with the city’s possession of land.

²¹“And the ^aremainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy contribution and of the city’s possession of land; in front of the 25,000 cubits of the contribution toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. ²²“And apart from the Levites’ possession and the city’s possession, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince.

²³“Now as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, ^aBenjamin, one portion. ²⁴“And beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, ^aSimeon, one portion. ²⁵“And beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, ^aIssachar, one portion. ²⁶“And beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, ^aZebulun, one portion. ²⁷“And beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, ^aGad, one portion. ²⁸“And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from ^aTamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the ^bGreat Sea. ²⁹“This is the ^aland which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Yahweh Is There

³⁰“And these are the exits of the city: on the ^anorth side, 4,500 cubits by measurement. ³¹“And the gates of the city shall be ^1,anamed for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. ³²“And on the east side, 4,500 cubits, ¹shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. ³³“And on the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, ¹shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. ³⁴“On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. ³⁵“The city shall be ¹18,000 cubits round about; and the ^aname of the city from that day shall be, ‘^2,bYahweh is there.’”

Hebrews 11

By Faith

11Now faith is the ^1,aassurance of things ^2,bhoped for, the ³conviction of ^cthings not seen. ²For by it the ^1,amen of old ^2,bgained approval.

³By faith we understand that the ^1,aworlds were prepared ^bby the word of God, so that what is seen ^cwas not made out of things which are visible. ⁴By faith ^aAbel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he ^bwas approved as being righteous—God approving ¹his ^cgifts—and through ²faith, though ^dhe is dead, he still speaks. ⁵By faith ^aEnoch was taken up so that he would not ^bsee death; and he was not found because God took him up; for prior to being taken up, he was approved as being pleasing to God. ⁶And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who ^adraws near to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. ⁷By faith ^aNoah, being ^bwarned about ^cthings not yet seen, ^1,din reverence ^eprepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of ^fthe righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸By faith ^aAbraham, when he was called, obeyed ¹by going out to a place which he was to ^breceive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he sojourned in ^athe land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^bdwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^cfellow heirs of the same promise, ¹⁰for he was looking for ^athe city which has ^bfoundations, ^cwhose architect and builder is God. ¹¹By faith even ^aSarah herself ¹received ²ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she regarded Him ^bfaithful who had promised. ¹²Therefore there were born even of one man, and ^ahim as good as dead ¹at that, as many ^bas the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

^13aAll these died in faith, ^bwithout receiving the promises, but ^chaving seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and ^dhaving confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵And indeed if they had been remembering that country from which they went out, ^athey would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a ^aheavenly one. Therefore ^bGod is not ¹ashamed to be ^ccalled their God, for ^dHe prepared a city for them.

¹⁷By faith ^aAbraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had ^breceived the promises was offering up his only son, ¹⁸to whom it was said, “^aIn Isaac your seed shall be called.” ¹⁹¹He considered that ^aGod is able to raise people even from the dead, from which, ^2,bfiguratively speaking, he also received him back. ²⁰By faith ^aIsaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. ²¹By faith ^aJacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and ^bworshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. ²²By faith ^aJoseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave commands concerning his bones.

²³By faith ^aMoses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the ^bking’s edict. ²⁴By faith Moses, ^awhen he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵choosing rather to ^abe mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, ^26aregarding the reproach of ¹Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the ^breward. ²⁷By faith he ^aleft Egypt, not ^bfearing the rage of the king; for he endured, as ^cseeing Him who is unseen. ²⁸By faith he ^1,akept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that ^bhe who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. ²⁹By faith they ^apassed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land, and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were ¹drowned.

³⁰By faith ^athe walls of Jericho fell down ^bafter they had been encircled for seven days. ³¹By faith ^aRahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after welcoming the spies ¹in peace.

³²And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I recount ^aGideon, ^bBarak, ^cSamson, ^dJephthah, as well as ^eDavid and ^fSamuel and the prophets, ³³who through faith ^aconquered kingdoms, ^bperformed righteousness, ^cobtained promises, ^dshut the mouths of lions, ^34aquenched the power of fire, ^bescaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, ^cbecame mighty in war, ^dput foreign armies to flight. ^35aWomen received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their ¹release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; ³⁶and others ¹experienced mockings and floggings, yes, also ^achains and imprisonment. ³⁷They were ^astoned, they were ^bsawn in two, ¹they were tempted, they were ^cput to death with the sword. They went about ^din sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ^emistreated ³⁸(of whom the world was not worthy), ^awandering in desolate places and mountains and caves and holes ¹in the ground.

³⁹And all these, having ^1,agained approval through their faith, ^bdid not receive ²what was promised, ⁴⁰because God had ¹provided ^asomething better for us, so that ^bapart from us they would not be made perfect.

Proverbs 16

16The ^1,aplans of the heart belong to man,But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.²All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,But ^aYahweh weighs the ¹motives.^31,aCommit your works to YahwehAnd your ²plans will be established.⁴Yahweh ^ahas made everything for ¹its own purpose,Even the ^bwicked for the day of evil.⁵Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.⁶By ^alovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,And by the ^1,bfear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.⁷When a man’s ways are pleasing to Yahweh,He ^amakes even his enemies to be at peace with him.⁸Better is a little with righteousnessThan great produce with injustice.⁹The heart of ^aman ¹plans his way,But ^bYahweh ²directs his steps.¹⁰A divine ^adecision is in the lips of the king;His mouth should not ¹err in judgment.¹¹A ^ajust balance and scales belong to Yahweh;All the ¹weights of the bag are His ²work.¹²It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,For in righteousness a ^athrone is established.¹³Righteous lips are the delight of kings,And he who speaks uprightly is loved.¹⁴The wrath of a king is like messengers of death,But a wise man will atone for it.¹⁵In the light of a king’s face is life,And his favor is like a cloud with the ^1,alate rain.¹⁶How much ^abetter it is to acquire wisdom than fine gold!And to acquire understanding is to be chosen above silver.¹⁷The ^ahighway of the upright is to turn away from evil;He who guards his way keeps his ¹soul.^18aPride goes before destruction,And a haughty spirit before stumbling.¹⁹It is better to be ^ahumble in spirit with the lowlyThan to ^bdivide the spoil with the proud.²⁰He who considers the word will ^afind good,And how ^bblessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.²¹The ^awise in heart will be called understanding,And sweetness of ¹lips ^bincreases learning.²²Insight is a fountain of life to one who has it,But the discipline of ignorant fools is ¹folly.²³The ^aheart of the wise gives insight to his mouthAnd increases learning to his lips.^24aPleasant words are a honeycomb,Sweet to the soul and ^bhealing to the bones.^25aThere is a way which seems right to a man,But its end is the way of death.²⁶A worker’s appetite works for him,For his mouth urges him on.²⁷A ^avile man digs up evil,And the words on his lips are like ^bscorching fire.²⁸A perverse man spreads strife,And a whisperer separates close companions.²⁹A man of violence ^aentices his neighborAnd leads him in a way that is not good.³⁰He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.^31aGray hair is a crown of beauty;It ^bis found in the way of righteousness.³²He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.³³The ^alot is cast into the lap,But its every ^bjudgment is from Yahweh.