The Lord told Ezekiel how He wanted the land divided among the 12 tribes of Israel. The details of the special section of land for the Lord, with half given to priests from the family of Zadok, and half given to the Levites, were repeated. There were also parcels for Israel and Jerusalem. The Lord gave Ezekiel details of the 12 gates around the city of Jerusalem.
Daniel
During the third year of the reign of king Jehoiakim, when king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Jerusalem, he took some things from the temple as well as many people. One day, back in Babylon, he ordered one of his servants to gather the best and brightest of the captives and feed them well and educate them for 3 years to be court officials. Four young men from Judah chosen were, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah. The king's chief official gave them Babylonian names, so Daniel became Belteshazzar, Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego. Daniel decided to eat only the food God had said would be ok and not the food that the king ate. So he asked the king's official if it would be all right. The official thought that David would waste away if he didn't eat the same food as the king, and if that happened, the king would kill the official. So David made a deal with their guard to give the 4 of them vegetables and water for 10 days. At the end of the ten days they would compare their appearance to the other young men and then decide who was healthier. The guard agreed to try. Ten days later they were healthier than the men served food from the king's table. Three years passed, the 4 men learned and excelled.
During the second year that Nebuchadnezzar was king he was having such horrible nightmares that he couldn't sleep. He asked his magicians and advisors to tell him what he had dreamt and what it meant or they would be chopped to peices and their houses would be torn down. None of them could do this, but they told the king to tell them his dream and they would tell him what it meant. They went back and forth like this until the king got so angry that he ordered every wise man killed in his kingdom, including Daniel and his 3 friends. The official in charge of killing the wise men was approached by Daniel. In a gentle way, Daniel asked what was going on and the man told him. So Daniel rushed to the king and told him that if the king just gave him some time, he would explain his dream. Daniel asked his friends to pray to God for help and that night the Lord answered their prayers and showed Daniel the dream and its meaning. Daniel praised God. Then he went to the official who was to do the killing and told him that he could answer the king. Daniel was brought before the king and he asked Daniel if he could tell him what his dream meant. Daniel said that no man could, but God could.
Tomorrow read Daniel 2:31-4:27
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