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out?” (v. 19). There were Jewish exorcists who claimed power to cast out demons (Acts 19:13–15).
Jesus’ point was that if such exorcisms could be done via satanic power, the Pharisaical exorcists
must be suspect, as well. And in fact, the evidence in Acts 19 suggests that the sons of Sceva were
charlatans who employed fraud and trickery to fabricate phony exorcisms. “They will be your
judges” (v. 19), i.e., witnesses against you. This seems to suggest that the fraudulent exorcisms
(which had their approval) stood as a testimony against the Pharisees themselves,who disapproved
of Christ’s genuine exorcisms.
“But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon
you”(v.20).In Exodus 8:19,the phony magicians of Egypt were forced to confess that Moses’miracles
were genuine works of God,not mere trickery such as they had performed.Here Jesus made a similar
comparison between His exorcisms and the work of the Jewish exorcists.

April 13 Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side
of Mount Jearim on the north (which is
Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and
passed on to Timnah. And the border went
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Joshua 15:1–16:10
out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the
So this was the lot of the tribe of the chil- border went around to Shicron, passed along
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The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin and the border ended at the sea.
southward was the extreme southern bound- 12 The west border was the coastline of the
ary. And their southern border began at the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children
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shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces of Judah all around according to their families.
southward. Then it went out to the southern 13 Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he
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side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along gave a share among the children of Judah,
to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh according to the commandment of the LORD to
Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron
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Adar, and went around to Karkaa. From there (Arba was the father of Anak). Caleb drove out
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it passed toward Azmon and went out to the the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai,
Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
sea. This shall be your southern border. 15 Then he went up from there to the inhab-
5 itants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir
The east border was the Salt Sea as far as
the mouth of the Jordan. was Kirjath Sepher).
And the border on the northern quarter be- 16 And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kirjath
gan at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah
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Jordan. The border went up to Beth Hoglah my daughter as wife.” So Othniel the son of
and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the bor- Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he
der went up to the stone of Bohan the son of gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. Now
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Reuben. Then the border went up toward it was so, when she came to him, that she per-
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Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned suaded him to ask her father for a field. So she
northward toward Gilgal, which is before the dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said
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Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south to her, “What do you wish?” She answered,
side of the valley. The border continued “Give me a blessing; since you have given me
toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended land in the South, give me also springs of
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at En Rogel. And the border went up by the water.” So he gave her the upper springs and
Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern the lower springs.
slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). 20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the
The border went up to the top of the mountain children of Judah according to their families:
that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, 21 The cities at the limits of the tribe of the
which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim children of Judah, toward the border of Edom
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northward. Then the border went around in the South, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah,
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from the top of the hill to the fountain of the Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor, Hadattah,
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of Mount Ephron. And the border went Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor), Amam,
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around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim). Shema, Moladah, Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon,
10 Beth Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba,
Then the border turned westward from
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