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JULY 27
from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, 6 For who in the heavens can be
Addon, and Immer, but they could not compared to the LORD?
identify their father’s house nor their Who among the sons of the mighty can
lineage, whether they were of Israel: be likened to the LORD?
62 the sons of Delaiah, 7 God is greatly to be feared in the
the sons of Tobiah, assembly of the saints,
the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and And to be held in reverence by all those
forty-two; around Him.
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63 and of the priests: the sons of O LORD God of hosts,
Habaiah, Who is mighty like You, O LORD?
the sons of Koz, Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of
the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, When its waves rise, You still them.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as
and was called by their name.
64 These sought their listing among one who is slain;
those who were registered by You have scattered Your enemies with
Your mighty arm.
genealogy, but it was not found;
therefore they were excluded from Proverbs 21:28
the priesthood as defiled. And the 28 A false witness shall perish,
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governor said to them that they should But the man who hears him will speak
not eat of the most holy things till a endlessly.
priest could consult with the Urim and
Thummim. Acts 27:1–26
Altogether the whole assembly was
66 And when it was decided that we
forty-two thousand three hundred 27 should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul
and sixty, besides their male and and some other prisoners to one named Julius,
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female servants, of whom there were a centurion of the Augustan Regiment. So,
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seven thousand three hundred and entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea,
thirty-seven; and they had two hundred meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia.
and forty-five men and women singers. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
Their horses were seven hundred and was with us. And the next day we landed at
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thirty-six, their mules two hundred and Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave
forty-five, their camels four hundred him liberty to go to his friends and receive
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and thirty-five, and donkeys six care. When we had put to sea from there, we
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thousand seven hundred and twenty. sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the
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And some of the heads of the fathers’
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houses gave to the work. The governor over the sea which is off Cilicia and
gave to the treasury one thousand gold Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian
drachmas, fifty basins, and five
hundred and thirty priestly garments. ship sailing to Italy, and he put us on board.
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71 Some of the heads of the fathers’ When we had sailed slowly many days, and
houses gave to the treasury of the arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, the wind not
work twenty thousand gold drachmas,
and two thousand two hundred silver
minas. And that which the rest of the
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people gave was twenty thousand gold 27:1 we. The use of the pronoun “we” marks
drachmas, two thousand silver minas, the return of Paul’s close friend Luke, who has
and sixty-seven priestly garments. been absent since 21:18. He had likely been
73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, living near Caesarea so he could care for Paul
the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, during his imprisonment.Now he rejoined the
and all Israel dwelt in their cities. apostle for the journey to Rome. centurion of
the Augustan Regiment. A cohort (regiment)
Psalm 89:5–10 of that name was stationed in Palestine during
the reign of Agrippa II. Julius may have been
5 And the heavens will praise Your
wonders, O LORD; on detached duty, performing such tasks as
escorting important prisoners.
Your faithfulness also in the assembly
of the saints.
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