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                   MARCH 18
                     10 ‘You shall mark out your eastern border
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                   from Hazar Enan to Shepham;  the border
                   shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the
                   east side of Ain; the border shall go down and  35:10 LORD,who  is  like You…? This had
                   reach to the eastern side of the Sea of  become a canonized expression of awe at the
                   Chinnereth;  the border shall go down along  uniqueness of Israel’s great God (see Ex.15:11;
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                   the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This  Mic. 7:18).
                   shall be your land with its surrounding bound-
                   aries.’ ”
                     13 Then Moses commanded the children of   Yes, the poor and the needy from him
                   Israel, saying: “This  is the land which you  who plunders him?”
                   shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has com-  11  Fierce witnesses rise up;
                   manded to give to the nine tribes and to the  They ask me things that I do not know.
                   half-tribe.  For the tribe of the children of Reu-  12  They reward me evil for good,
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                   ben according to the house of their fathers,  To the sorrow of my soul.
                   and the tribe of the children of Gad according  13  But as for me, when they were sick,
                   to the house of their fathers, have received  My clothing was sackcloth;
                   their inheritance; and the half-tribe of    I humbled myself with fasting;
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                   Manasseh has received its inheritance.  The  And my prayer would return to my
                   two tribes and the half-tribe have received their  own heart.
                   inheritance on this side of the Jordan,  across  14  I paced about as though he were my
                   from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”   friend or brother;
                     16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,   I bowed down heavily, as one who
                   17 “These are the names of the men who shall  mourns for his mother.
                   divide the land among you as an inheritance:  15  But in my adversity they rejoiced
                   Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
                   18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe  And gathered together;
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                   to divide the land for the inheritance.  These  Attackers gathered against me,
                                                               And I did not know it;
                   are the names of the men: from the tribe of Ju-  They tore at me and did not cease;
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                   dah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;  from the  16  With ungodly mockers at feasts
                   tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the  They gnashed at me with their teeth.
                   son of Ammihud;  from the tribe of Benjamin,
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                   Elidad the son of Chislon;  a leader from the  Proverbs 12:2
                   tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of  2
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                   Jogli;  from the sons of Joseph: a leader from  A good man obtains favor from the
                   the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel  LORD,
                   the son of Ephod,  and a leader from the tribe  But a man of wicked intentions He will
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                   of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of  condemn.
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                   Shiphtan;  a leader from the tribe of the chil-  Mark 15:1–24
                   dren of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of
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                   Parnach;  a leader from the tribe of the chil-  Immediately, in the morning, the chief
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                   dren of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan;  a 15 priests held a consultation with the el-
                   leader from the tribe of the children of Asher,  ders and scribes and the whole council; and
                   Ahihud the son of Shelomi;  and a leader from  they bound Jesus, led  Him away, and deliv-
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                   the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel  ered  Him to Pilate.  Then Pilate asked Him,
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                   the son of Ammihud.”                   “Are You the King of the Jews?”
                     29 These are the ones the LORD commanded  He answered and said to him, “It is as you
                   to divide the inheritance among the children  say.”
                   of Israel in the land of Canaan.        3 And the chief priests accused Him of many
                                                          things, but He answered nothing. Then Pilate
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                   Psalm 35:9–16
                                                          asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer
                   9    And my soul shall be joyful in the  nothing? See how many things they testify
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                           LORD;                          against You!”  But Jesus still answered noth-
                        It shall rejoice in His salvation.  ing, so that Pilate marveled.
                   10   All my bones shall say,            6 Now at the feast he was accustomed to
                       “LORD, who is like You,            releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they
                        Delivering the poor from him who is  requested.  And there was one named
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                           too strong for him,            Barabbas,  who was chained with his fellow
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