Numbers 35

¹  Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, ²  "Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. ³  "The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts. ⁴  "The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. ⁵  "You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities. ⁶  "The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. ⁷  "All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands. ⁸  " As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits." ⁹  Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰  " Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹  then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there. ¹²  ' The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial. ¹³  'The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. ¹⁴  'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge. ¹⁵  'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there. ¹⁶  ' But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. ¹⁷  'If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. ¹⁸  'Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. ¹⁹  'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. ²⁰  ' If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died, ²¹  or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. ²²  ' But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait, ²³  or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury, ²⁴  then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances. ²⁵  'The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. ²⁶  'But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, ²⁷  and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood ²⁸  because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. ²⁹  'These things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³⁰  ' If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. ³¹  'Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. ³²  'You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. ³³  ' So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. ³⁴  'You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"

Numbers 36

¹  And the heads of the fathers' households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, ²  and they said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. ³  "But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. ⁴  "When the jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers." ⁵  Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements. ⁶  " This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, 'Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.' ⁷  "Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. ⁸  " Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. ⁹  "Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance." ¹⁰  Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: ¹¹  Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles' sons. ¹²  They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father. ¹³  These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Mark 10

¹  Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them. ²  Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife. ³  And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" ⁴  They said, " Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY." ⁵  But Jesus said to them, " Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶  "But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. ⁷  " FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER , ⁸  AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹  "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." ¹⁰  In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. ¹¹  And He said to them, " Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; ¹²  and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery." ¹³  And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴  But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁵  "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." ¹⁶  And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them. ¹⁷  As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" ¹⁸  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹  "You know the commandments, ' DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'" ²⁰  And he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up." ²¹  Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." ²²  But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property. ²³  And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, " How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!" ²⁴  The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵  " It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." ²⁶  They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?" ²⁷  Looking at them, Jesus said, " With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." ²⁸  Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You." ²⁹  Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, ³⁰  but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. ³¹  "But many who are first will be last, and the last, first." ³²  They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, ³³  saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴  "They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again." ³⁵  James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You." ³⁶  And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?" ³⁷  They said to Him, "Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory." ³⁸  But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" ³⁹  They said to Him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. ⁴⁰  "But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." ⁴¹  Hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John. ⁴²  Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. ⁴³  "But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; ⁴⁴  and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. ⁴⁵  "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." ⁴⁶  Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. ⁴⁷  When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" ⁴⁸  Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, " Son of David, have mercy on me!" ⁴⁹  And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." So they called the blind man, saying to him, " Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you." ⁵⁰  Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. ⁵¹  And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, " Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!" ⁵²  And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.