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February 14 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Exodus 11,12
The Last Plague
1 Now the LORD said to Moses, "One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; (C1)after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will assuredly drive you out from here completely.2 "Speak now (F1)so that the people hear, that (C1)each man is to ask of his neighbor, and each woman of her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold."3 And (C1)the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. (C2)Furthermore, the man Moses himself was (F1)greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.
4 Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: 'About (C1)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt,5 and (C1)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well.6 'So there shall be (C1)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.7 '(C1)But not even a dog will (F1)threaten any of the sons of Israel, nor anything from person to animal, so that you may (F2)learn how the LORD distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.'8 "And (C1)all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow themselves (F1)before me, saying, 'Go out, you and all the people who (F2)follow you,' and after that I will go out." (C2)And he left Pharaoh in the heat of anger.
9 Then the LORD said to Moses, "(C1)Pharaoh will not listen to you, so (C2)that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt."10 So (C1)Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet (C2)the LORD (F1)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.
The Passover Lamb
1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of (F1)Egypt,2 "(C1)This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you.3 "Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a (F1)lamb for themselves, according to the fathers' households, a (F1)lamb for (F2)each household.4 'Now if the household is too small for a (F1)lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the (F2)number of persons in them; in proportion to (F3)what each one should eat, you are to (F4)divide the lamb.5 'Your (F1)lamb shall be (C1)an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.6 '(F1)You shall keep it until the (C1)fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it (F2)(C2)at twilight.7 '(C1)Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel (F1)of the houses in which they eat it.8 'They shall eat the flesh (C1)that same night, (C2)roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with (C3)unleavened bread (F1)(C4)and bitter herbs.9 'Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather (C1)roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with (C2)its entrails.10 '(C1)And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall completely burn with fire.11 'Now you shall eat it in this way: with your garment (F1)belted around your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry—it is (C1)the LORD'S Passover.12 'For (C1)I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the human firstborn to animals; and (C2)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—(C3)I am the LORD.13 '(C1)The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you (F1)live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you (F2)to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Feast of Unleavened Bread
14 'Now (C1)this day shall be (C2)a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as (F1)(C3)a permanent ordinance.15 'For (C1)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove dough with yeast from your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day, (C2)that (F1)person shall be cut off from Israel.16 'And (C1)on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except for what must be eaten by every person—that alone may be (F1)prepared by you.17 'You shall also keep (C1)the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this (C2)very day I brought your (F1)multitudes out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall keep this day throughout your generations as (C3)a (F2)permanent ordinance.18 '(C1)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.19 'For (C1)seven days there shall be no dough with yeast found in your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast, that (F1)(C2)person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land.20 'You shall not eat anything with yeast; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
21 Then (C1)Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and (C2)take for yourselves (F1)lambs according to your families, and slaughter (C3)the Passover lamb.22 "And (C1)you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and (F1)apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
A Memorial of Redemption
23 "For (C1)the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will (C2)not allow the (C3)destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.24 "And (C1)you shall keep this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.25 "When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has (F1)promised, you shall keep this (F2)rite.26 "(C1)And when your children say to you, '(F1)What does this rite mean to you?'27 then you shall say, 'It is a Passover sacrifice to (C1)the LORD because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but (F1)spared our homes.'" (C2)And the people bowed low and worshiped.28 Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
29 Now it came about at (C1)midnight that (C2)the LORD struck all (C3)the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of (C4)cattle.30 And Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was (C1)a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.31 Then (C1)he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, (C2)get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, (F1)worship the LORD, as you have said.32 "Take (C1)both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also."
Exodus of Israel
33 (C1)The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in a hurry, for they said, "We will all be dead."34 So the people took (C1)their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.35 (C1)Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;36 and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Therefore they (C1)plundered the Egyptians.
37 Now the (C1)sons of Israel journeyed from (C2)Rameses to Succoth, about (C3)six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.38 A (C1)mixed multitude also went up with them, (F1)along with flocks and herds, a (C2)very large number of livestock.39 And they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had no yeast, since they were (C1)driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they (F1)prepared any provisions for themselves.
40 Now the time (F1)that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was (C1)430 years.41 And at the end of 430 years, on (C1)this very day, (C2)all the (F1)multitudes of the LORD departed from the land of Egypt.
Ordinance of the Passover
42 (C1)It is a night (F1)to be observed for the LORD, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, (F1)to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of (C1)the Passover: no (F1)(C2)foreigner is to eat it;44 but as for every (C1)slave (F1)that someone has purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.45 "(C1)A stranger or a hired worker shall not eat it.46 "It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring any of the meat outside of the house, (C1)nor are you to break any bone of it.47 "(C1)All the congregation of Israel are to (F1)celebrate this.48 "But (C1)if a stranger resides with you and (F1)celebrates the Passover to the LORD, all of his males are to be circumcised, and then he shall come near to (F2)celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised male may eat it.49 "(F1)(C1)The same law shall (F2)apply to the native as to the stranger who resides among you."
50 Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.51 And on that very day (C1)the LORD brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt (C2)according to their (F1)multitudes.
Proverbs 4
Chapter 4
A Father's Instruction
1 Listen, my sons, to the (C1)instruction of a father,
And (C2)pay attention so that you may (F1)gain understanding,
2 For I give you good (C1)teaching;
(C2)Do not abandon my (F1)instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
(C1)Tender and (C2)the only son in the sight of my mother,
4 He (C1)taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart (C2)take hold of my words;
(C3)Keep my commandments and live;
5 (C1)Acquire wisdom! (C2)Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 "Do not abandon her, and she will guard you;
(C1)Love her, and she will watch over you.
7 "(C1)The (F1)beginning of wisdom is: (C2)Acquire wisdom;
And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
8 "(C1)Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
9 "She will place (C1)on your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty."
10 Listen, my son, and (C1)accept my sayings,
And the (C2)years of your life will be many.
11 I have (C1)instructed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.
12 When you walk, your (C1)steps will not be hampered;
And if you run, you (C2)will not stumble.
13 (C1)Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your (C2)life.
14 (C1)Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil people.
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (C1)cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And (F1)they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they (C1)eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 But the (C1)path of the righteous is like the (C2)light of dawn
That (C3)shines brighter and brighter until the (C4)full day.
19 The (C1)way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they (F1)(C2)stumble.
20 My son, (C1)pay attention to my words;
(C2)Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (C1)They are not to escape from your sight;
(C2)Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are (C1)life to those who find them,
And (C2)healing to all (F1)their body.
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For (C1)from it flow the springs of life.
24 Rid yourself of a (C1)deceitful mouth
And (C2)keep devious (F1)speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your (F1)gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (F1)(C1)Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (C2)ways will be established.
27 (C1)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(C2)Turn your foot from evil.
Hebrews 10:19-39
Chapter 10
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we (C1)have confidence to (C2)enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,20 by (C1)a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through (C2)the veil, that is, through His flesh,21 and since we have (C1)a great priest (C2)over the house of God,22 let's (C1)approach God with a (F1)sincere heart in (C2)full assurance of faith, having our hearts (C3)sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies (C4)washed with pure water.23 Let's hold firmly to the (C1)confession of our (C2)hope without wavering, for (C3)He who promised is faithful;24 and let's consider how (C1)to (F1)encourage one another in love and (C2)good deeds,25 not abandoning our own (C1)meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but (C2)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see (C3)the day drawing near.
Christ or Judgment
26 For if we go on (C1)sinning willfully after receiving (C2)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,27 but a terrifying expectation of (C1)judgment and (C2)THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.28 (C1)Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.29 (C1)How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve (C2)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean (C3)the blood of the covenant (C4)by which he was sanctified, and has (C5)insulted the Spirit of grace?30 For we know Him who said, "(C1)VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "(C2)THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."31 It is a (C1)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the (C2)living God.
32 But remember (C1)the former days, (F1)when, after being (C2)enlightened, you endured a great (C3)conflict of sufferings,33 partly by being (C1)made a public spectacle through insults and distress, and partly by becoming (F1)(C2)companions with those who were so treated.34 For you (C1)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted (C2)joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves (C3)a better and lasting possession.35 Therefore, do not throw away your (C1)confidence, which has a great (C2)reward.36 For you have need of (C1)endurance, so that when you have (C2)done the will of God, you may (C3)receive (F1)what was promised.
37 (C1)FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE,
(C2)HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.
38 (C1)BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE WILL LIVE BY FAITH;
AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.
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