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from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the For the help of His countenance.
waters of the Jordan returned to their place and Proverbs 13:17–18
overflowed all its banks as before.
19 Now the people came up from the Jordan 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
on the tenth day of the first month, and they But a faithful ambassador brings
camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. health.
20 And those twelve stones which they took out 18
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of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. Then Poverty and shame will come to him
who disdains correction,
he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: But he who regards a rebuke will be
“When your children ask their fathers in time honored.
to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’
22 then you shall let your children know, saying, Luke 9:1–17
‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’;
23 for the LORD your God dried up the waters of Then He called His twelve disciples
the Jordan before you until you had crossed 9 together and gave them power and author-
ity over all demons, and to cure diseases. He
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over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, sent them to preach the kingdom of God and
which He dried up before us until we had to heal the sick. And He said to them, “Take
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crossed over, that all the peoples of the earth nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag
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may know the hand of the LORD, that it is nor bread nor money; and do not have two
mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God tunics apiece.
forever.”
Psalm 42:1–5
To the Chief Musician.
A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
9:3 Take nothing. Slight differences between
A s the deer pants for the Matthew, Mark, and Luke have troubled some.
water brooks,
Matthew 10:9,10 and this text say the disciples
So pants my soul for You, O God. were not to take staffs,but Mark 6:8 prohibited
My soul thirsts for God, for the living everything “except a staff.” Mark 6:9 also
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God. instructed them to “wear sandals,” but in
When shall I come and appear before Matthew 10:10 sandals were included in the
God? things they were not to carry.Actually,however,
3 My tears have been my food day and what Matthew 10:10 and this verse prohibited
night, was the packing of extra staffs and sandals.
While they continually say to me, The disciples were not to be carrying baggage
“Where is your God?” for the journey, but merely to go with the
clothes on their backs.
4 When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
4 “Whatever house you enter, stay there, and
I went with them to the house of God, 5
With the voice of joy and praise, from there depart. And whoever will not receive
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim you, when you go out of that city, shake off the
feast. very dust from your feet as a testimony
against them.”
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? 6 So they departed and went through the
And why are you disquieted within me? towns, preaching the gospel and healing
everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was
done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it
42:4 When I remember these things, I pour was said by some that John had risen from the
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out my soul. Such language also characterizes dead, and by some that Elijah had appeared,
Jeremiah’s Lamentations, indicating a heavy and by others that one of the old prophets had
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dirge. On “pouring out one’s soul” or “heart,” risen again. Herod said, “John I have behead-
see 1 Samuel 1:15; Psalm 62:8; Lamentations ed, but who is this of whom I hear such
2:19.These are attempts at trying to unburden things?” So he sought to see Him.
oneself from intolerable pain,grief,and agony. 10 And the apostles, when they had returned,
told Him all that they had done. Then He took

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