28, Psalm 147; Numbers 33:1-49; Joel 2:1-17; 1 Timothy 4
Psalm 147
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Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
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The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
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He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
Numbers 33
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These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
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And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
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For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments.
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And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
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And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
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And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
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And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
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And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
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And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
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And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
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And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
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And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
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And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
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And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
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And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
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And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
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And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
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And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
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And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
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And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
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And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
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And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
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And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
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And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
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And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
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And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
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And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
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And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
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And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
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And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
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And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
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And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
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And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
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And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
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And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
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And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
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And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
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And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
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And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
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And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
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And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
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And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
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And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
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And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
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And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
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And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
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Joel 2
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Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
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A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
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A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
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Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
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Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
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They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
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Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
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They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
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The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
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And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
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Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
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Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
1 Timothy 4
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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
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Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
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These things command and teach.
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Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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