Fr. Mike reminds us that God keeps his promises, even if it takes a little longer than we thought. Just like the people of Israel received everything the Lord had promised them, we too will receive everything the Lord has promised us, even in the midst of hardship and temptation. Today's readings are Joshua 19-21, and Psalm 131. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
Chapter 1: Who is Father Mike Schmitz and what is 'Bible in a Year'?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 87. We have only this day and tomorrow until we're completed the book of Joshua, moving on to the book of Judges, which is just phenomenal. We're reading today from Joshua 19, 20, and 21.
i'll be praying from psalm 131 today as always i am reading from the revised standard version second catholic edition i'm using the great adventure bible from ascension so if you want to pick one of those up they're really great especially as i mentioned yesterday when i'll be reading from joshua 19 20 21 there's a lot of talks about places and the divisions of the tribes and their lands the land that is ascribed by lot to the or portioned by lot
to the tribes of israel and so if you want to be able to have a visual along with that you can find one of those great adventure bibles and the backs they have maps or even just pull up on your phone or on whatever it is if you're not driving somewhere you can look to see what would that map possibly look like that could be really helpful today for the reading today if you want to download your own bible in a year reading plan speaking of maps because that's kind of like a map for how we're walking through the bible you can go to ascensionpress.com
slash Bible in a year. Lastly, if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can by simply clicking that button that says subscribe, and then everything's taken care of. Again, it's day 87. We're reading Joshua 19, 20, and 21 and praying Psalm 131. The book of Joshua chapter 19, the territory of Simeon.
The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families, and its inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah. And it had for its inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Lada, Hazar-Shual, Bala, Ezim, Eltulad, Bethul, Hormah,
Ziklag, Beth-Makraboth, Hazar-Susa, Beth-Lebaoth, and Shurahan, 13 cities with their villages, En-Ramon, Ether, and Ashan, four cities with their villages, together with all the villages round about these cities as far as Baalath-Beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families.
The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them. The tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. the territory of Zebulun. The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun, according to its families, and the territory of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
Then its boundary goes up westward and on to Marial and touches Debesheth. Then the brook, which is east of Joknaam, from Sarid, it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth Tabor. Thence it goes to Debarath, then up to Japhia.
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Chapter 2: What is the reading plan for Day 87 in the Bible in a Year?
And its boundary ran from Helef, from the oak of Za'ananim, and Adami-Nakeb, and Jabnil, as far as Lachum, and it ended at the Jordan. Then the boundary turns westward to Asnath Tabor and goes from there to Hukuk, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the Jordan. The fortified cities are Zidim, Zer, Hamath, Rakath,
Chinareth, Adama, Ramah, Hazor, Kadesh, Edrei, and Hazor, Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemeth, 19 cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribes of Naphtali according to its families, the cities with their villages. The Territory of Dan The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its families.
and the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Arshamesh, Sha'alabim, Ai-Jalon, Idh-La, Elan, Timna, Akron, Eltaka, Gibethan, Ba'alath, Jehud, Bnei Barak, Gath-Ramon, and Mejarkhon and Rakhon, with the territory over against Joppa. When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, the Danites went up and fought against Leshem.
And after capturing it and putting it to the sword, they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan, their ancestor. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to their families, these cities with their villages. The inheritance of Joshua.
When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua, the son of Nun. By command of the Lord, they gave him the city which he asked, Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.
These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel, distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land. Chapter 20.
The City of Refuge Then the Lord said to Joshua, Say to the sons of Israel, Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent or unwittingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place and he shall remain with them.
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the slayer into his hand because he killed his neighbor unwittingly, having had no enmity against him in times past. And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment.
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