Judges 6-7 Midian Oppresses Israel 6 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. 3 For whenever the Israelites planted …
April 29 – Judges 4-5, John 7:1-52, Psalm 108, Proverbs 14:34-35
Judges 4-5 Deborah and Barak 4 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lordafter Ehud died. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. 3 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed …
April 28 – Judges 2-3, John 6:22-71, Psalm 107:23-43, Proverbs 14:32-33
Judges 2-3 Israel’s Disobedience 2 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, 2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their …
April 27 – Judges 1, John 6:1-21, Psalm 107:1-22, Proverbs 14:30-31
Judges 1 The Continuing Conquest of Canaan 1 After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2 The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”3 And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, …
April 26 – Joshua 23-24, John 5:19-47, Psalm 106:24-48, Proverbs 14:28-29
Joshua 23-24 Joshua’s Charge to Israel’s Leaders 23 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has …
April 25 – Joshua 21-22, John 4:43-5:18, Psalm 106:1-23, Proverbs 14:26-27
Joshua 21-22 Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi 21 Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. 2 And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be …
April 24 – Joshua 19-20, John 4:1-42, Psalm 105:26-45, Proverbs 14:25
Joshua 19-20 The Inheritance for Simeon 19 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. 2 And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, 3 Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, 6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities with their villages; 7 Ain, Rimmon, …
April 23 – Joshua 16-18, John 3:22-36, Psalm 105:1-25, Proverbs 14:24
Joshua 16-18 The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh 16 The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. 2 Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. 3 Then it goes down westward to the territory …
April 22 – Joshua 14-15, John 3:1-21, Psalm 104, Proverbs 14:22-23
Joshua 14-15 The Inheritance West of the Jordan 14 These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2 Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the …
April 21 – Joshua 12-13, John 2:13-25, Psalm 103, Proverbs 14:20-21
Joshua 12-13 Kings Defeated by Moses 12 Now these are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel defeated and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward:2 Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the …