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August 15 - Old & New Testament
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1 Chronicles 13,14,15
David and the Ark
1 David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands. 2 Then he said to the whole assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if this is from the Lord our God, let us spread out and send the message to the rest of our relatives in all the districts of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands,(a) that they should gather together with us. 3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him(b) in Saul's days." 4 Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
5 So David assembled all Israel,(c) from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath,[a](d) to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.(e) 6 David(f) and all Israel went to Baalah(g) (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take the ark of God from there, which is called by the name of the Lord who dwells between the cherubim.(h) 7 At Abinadab's house(i) they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio[b] were guiding the cart.
8 David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.(j) 9 When they came to Chidon's threshing floor,(k) Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled. 10 Then the Lord 's anger burned against Uzzah, and He struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark.(l) So he died there in the presence of God.(m)
11 David was angry because of the Lord 's outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah,[c] as it is still named today. 12 David feared God that day and said, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?" 13 So David did not move the ark of God home[d] to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.(n) 14 The ark of God remained with Obed-edom's family in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his family and all that he had.
God's Blessing on David
1 King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David,(a) along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him. 2 Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been exalted for the sake of His people Israel.
3 David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters. 4 These(b) are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of David; when David heard of this, he went out to face them. 9 Now the Philistines had come and raided in the Valley of Rephaim,(c) 10 so David inquired of God, "Should I go to war against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?"
The Lord replied, "Go, and I will hand them over to you."
11 So the Israelites went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated the Philistines there. Then David said, "Like a bursting flood, God has used me to burst out against my enemies." Therefore, they named that place the Lord Bursts Out.[a] 12 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
13 Once again the Philistines raided in the valley. 14 So David again inquired of God, and God answered him, "Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees. 15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then march out to battle, for God will have marched out ahead of you to attack the camp of the Philistines." 16 So David did exactly as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. 17 Then David's fame spread throughout the lands, and the Lord caused all the nations to be terrified of him.(d)
The Ark Comes to Jerusalem
1 David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.(a) 2 Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before Him forever."(b)
3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem(c) to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.(d) 4 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
5 From the Kohathites, Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives; 6 from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives; 7 from the Gershomites,[a] Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives; 8 from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives; 9 from the Hebronites, Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives; 10 from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.
11 David summoned the priests Zadok(e) and Abiathar(f) and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves(g) so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.(h) 13 For the Lord our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn't inquire of Him about the proper procedures."(i) 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15 Then the Levites carried the ark of God the way Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord : on their shoulders with the poles.(j)
16 Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.(k) 17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah. 18 With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel,[b] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19 The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;[c] 21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith. 22 Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. 24 The priests, Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, were to blow trumpets(l) before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be gatekeepers for the ark.
25 David,(m) the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom.(n) 26 While the Levites were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord , with God's help, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.(o)
27 Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the music leader of the singers. David also wore a linen ephod. 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, the sound of the ram's horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres. 29 As the ark of the covenant of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David dancing[d] and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
1 Corinthians 9
Chapter 9
Paul's Example as an Apostle
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal(a) of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Don't we have the right to eat and drink?(b) 5 Don't we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife[a] like the other apostles,(c) the Lord's brothers, and Cephas?(d) 6 Or do Barnabas(e) and I alone have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who ever goes to war at his own expense?(f) Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock? 8 Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn't the law also say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox (g) while it treads out grain. (h)[b] Is God really concerned with oxen? 10 Or isn't He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us,(i) because he who plows ought to plow in hope,(j) and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop.(k) 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? 12 If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don't we even more?
However, we have not made use of this right; instead we endure everything(l) so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Don't you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar(m) share in the offerings of the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.(n)
15 But I have used none of these rights, and I have not written this to make it happen that way for me. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast! 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted(o) with a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my authority in the gospel.(p)
19 Although I am a free man and not anyone's slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win(q) more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law[c]—to win those under the law.(r) 21 To those who are without that law,(s) like one without the law—not being without God's law but within Christ's law—to win those without the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.(t) 23 Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits.[d]
24 Don't you know that the runners in a stadium all race,(u) but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.(v) 25 Now everyone who competes exercises self-control(w) in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown(x) that will fade away,(y) but we a crown that will never fade away. 26 Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air. 27 Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.(z)
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