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A leper comes to Jesus, asking to be made clean. Jesus touches and miraculously heals the leper instantly. Jesus commands the man to tell no one and to show himself to the priest to make an offering for his cleansing.

Following a day and night dedicated to healings and exorcising demons, Jesus withdraws from the throngs of people to seek solitude. He informs them that He must carry on preaching in other towns.

John eats the book in the hand of the angel, which was bitter in his stomach but sweet in his mouth, before being instructed to prophesy again concerning all peoples and tongues.

The angel proclaims on behalf of God that there will be no further delay and that the mystery of God will be completed.

An angel comes down out of heaven holding a little book. The angel cries out in a loud voice and seven peals of thunder reply, but John is instructed not to record what the thunder said.

Instructions for Peace offerings when the offering is a goat.

Instructions for Peace offerings when the offering is a lamb.

God introduces the process for His people to make Peace Offerings. This section focuses on when the offering is a cow or ox.

Luke continues his extended prologue by introducing the ministry of John the Baptist. He establishes that the word of God came to John, and broke the so-called, “four-hundred-year period of silence” during the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberias Caesar.

Despite Israel’s repeated disobedience, God raises up judges to deliver them from their oppressors. However, the people persist in idolatry and corruption, leading to God’s decision to leave the remaining nations in the land as a test of Israel’s faithfulness.

The Israelites fall into idolatry, abandoning the Lord to serve the Baals and Ashtaroth. This disobedience provokes God’s anger, leading to their oppression by enemies and severe distress, as He fulfills the warnings given to them.

This passage from Judges provides a snapshot of the transition from Joshua’s leadership to the period of the judges, highlighting both continuity and change in Israel’s spiritual and societal landscape.

The angel of the Lord delivers a message of rebuke to the Israelites at Bochim, reminding them of God’s faithfulness and their disobedience. The angel warns of the consequences of their actions, leading the people to weep and offer sacrifices to the Lord.

The rest of the tribes of Israel fail to fully drive out the Canaanite inhabitants from their territories. Zebulun, Asher, and Naphtali allow the Canaanites to live among them, subjecting them to slavery. The Amorites force the tribe of Dan into the hill country, but the house of Joseph eventually subjugates the Amorites to forced labor as well.

The tribe of Manasseh fails to fully take possession of several key cities and their surrounding villages, allowing the Canaanites to remain in the land. Additionally, when Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to slavery instead of completely driving them out. The tribe of Ephraim also failed to expel the Canaanites living in Gezer, resulting in the Canaanites living among them.

The tribes Ephraim and Manasseh, with the Lord’s assistance, goes up against Bethel, previously known as Luz. They use a local man to find the city’s entrance, conquer Bethel, and spare the man’s family. The man then relocates to the land of the Hittites, where he builds a new city and names it Luz.

The descendants of the Kenite join the tribe of Judah in their territory. Despite the Lord’s presence, Judah fails to drive out the inhabitants of the valley, beginning to show the start of their failures. Caleb is given Hebron and drives out the Anakim, but the tribe of Benjamin also fails in their war efforts.

Caleb offers his daughter Achsah in marriage to whoever captures Kiriath—sepher. Othniel, Caleb’s nephew, successfully captures the city and marries Achsah. Achsah then asks Caleb for a field and additional water resources, and Caleb grants her the upper and lower springs.

The sons of Judah capture Jerusalem, defeating its inhabitants and setting the city on fire. They then continue their campaign against the Canaanites in various regions, ultimately conquering Hebron and defeating its notable inhabitants, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

After many years as leader of the twelve tribes of Israel, Joshua dies. Though they now live in the Promised Land, the Israelites are still in the process of establishing their control of the region.