July 21st

The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief.

The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

¶The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them up as wives.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service.”

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is made on the griddle, or what is well stirred, and all measures of volume and size.

And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,

and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed times in the number set by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.

Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

Now the divisions of the sons of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.

And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their assignments for their service.

And more chief men were found from the sons of Eleazar than the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them thus: there were sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the sons of Eleazar and eight of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ households.

Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were leaders for the sanctuary and leaders for God, both from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, wrote them down in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

¶Now the first lot came out for Jehoiarib,

the second for Jedaiah,

the third for Harim,

the fourth for Seorim,

the fifth for Malchijah,

the sixth for Mijamin,

the seventh for Hakkoz,

the eighth for Abijah,

the ninth for Jeshua,

the tenth for Shecaniah,

the eleventh for Eliashib,

the twelfth for Jakim,

the thirteenth for Huppah,

the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,

the fifteenth for Bilgah,

the sixteenth for Immer,

the seventeenth for Hezir,

the eighteenth for Happizzez,

the nineteenth for Pethahiah,

the twentieth for Jehezkel,

the twenty-first for Jachin,

the twenty-second for Gamul,

the twenty-third for Delaiah,

the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.

These were their assignments for their service when they came in to the house of Yahweh according to the legal judgment rendered to them by the hand of Aaron their father, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

¶Now for the rest of the sons of Levi:

of the sons of Amram, Shubael;

of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the first.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth.

These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

These also cast lots alongside their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households alongside those of his younger brother.

And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.

And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Now it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper regions and came to Ephesus and found some disciples.

And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard if the Holy Spirit is being received.”

And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

Then Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.

Now there were in all about twelve men.

And after he entered the synagogue, he continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

But when some were becoming hardened and were not believing, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he left them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

so that cloths or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I implore you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

Now seven sons of one named Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, subdued all of them, and utterly prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

Also, many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and were burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.