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Listen to today's reading by Tom Dooley Š MasterMedia Ministries/Tyndale.
This content from World English Bible (public domain)
Then David said, âThis is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.â
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build Godâs house. David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight, and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David. David said, âSolomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.â So David prepared abundantly before his death. Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel. David said to Solomon his son, âAs for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God. But Yahwehâs word came to me, saying, âYou have shed blood abundantly and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.â Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you. May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God. Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Donât be afraid and donât be dismayed. Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahwehâs house one hundred thousand talents [A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 100,000 talents is about 3 metric tons ]of gold, one million talents [about 30,000 metric tons ]of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them. There are also workmen with you in abundance âcutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work; of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you.â
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, âIsnât Yahweh your God with you? Hasnât he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh and before his people. Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahwehâs covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahwehâs name.â
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel. He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. David said, âOf these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahwehâs house, six thousand were officers and judges, four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.â
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three. The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathersâ households of Ladan. The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didnât have many sons; therefore they became a fathersâ house in one reckoning.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever. But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
These were the sons of Levi after their fathersâ houses, even the heads of the fathersâ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahwehâs house, from twenty years old and upward. For David said, âYahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.â For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward. For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahwehâs house â in the courts, in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of Godâs house; for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all measurements of quantity and size; and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening; and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh; and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers for the service of Yahwehâs house. (WEB)
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What follows, then? Are we Jews in any way superior to others? Not at all. Our indictment against both Jews and Greeks was that all alike were in subjection to sin. As scripture says â
âThere is not even one who is righteous,
not one who understands,
not one who is searching for God!
They have all gone astray;
they have one and all become depraved;
there is no one who is doing good â no, not one!â
âTheir throats are like opened graves;
they deceive with their tongues.â
âThe venom of snakes lies behind their lips,â
âAnd their mouths are full of bitter curses.â
âSwift are their feet to shed blood.
Distress and trouble dog their steps,
and the path of peace they do not know.â
âThe fear of God is not before their eyes.â
Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and to bring the whole world under Godâs judgment. For no human being will be pronounced righteous before God as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.
But now, quite apart from Law, the divine righteousness stands revealed, and to it the Law and the prophets bear witness â the divine righteousness which is bestowed, through faith in Jesus Christ, on all, without distinction, who believe in him. For all have sinned, and all fall short of Godâs glorious ideal, but, in his loving kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus. For God set him before the world, to be, by the shedding of his blood, a means of reconciliation through faith. And this God did to prove his righteousness, and because, in his forbearance, he had passed over the sins that people had previously committed; as a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the person who takes their stand on faith in Jesus.
What, then, becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what sort of Law? A Law requiring obedience? No, a Law requiring faith.
For we conclude that a person is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law. Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Isnât he also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.
Do we, then, use this faith to abolish Law? Heaven forbid! No, we establish Law. (OEB)
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Help, Lá´Ęá´ , for the good are all gone,
faithful people have vanished.
One lies to another, speaking empty lies,
with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
May the Lá´Ęá´ cut off all the flattering lips,
and the tongue that utters arrogance,
they declare, âOur tongue is our strength,
our allies our lips: who is lord over us?â
âThe poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing;
so now I will act,â the Lá´Ęá´ declares
âAnd place them in the safety they long for.â
The words of the Lá´Ęá´ are words that are pure,
silver smelted, seven times refined.
You will keep us, Lá´Ęá´ ,
and guard us from this generation forever,
in a world where the wicked prowl,
and worthless people exalted.
(OEB)
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wifeâs quarrels are a continual dripping.
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
(WEB)