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Daily Bible Reading
March 15 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Leviticus 26-27
Chapter 26
Blessings of Obedience
1 'You shall not make for yourselves (C1)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (C2)a carved image or (C3)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a (C4)figured stone in your land to bow down (F1)to it; for I am the LORD your God.2 '(C1)You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.3 '(C1)If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,4 then (C1)I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.5 '(C1)Indeed, your threshing season will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. So you will eat your (F1)food to the full and (C2)live securely in your land.6 '(C1)I shall also grant peace in the land, so that (C2)you may lie down, with no one to make you afraid. (C3)I shall also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and (C4)no sword will pass through your land.7 'Instead, you will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword;8 (C1)five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand; and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.9 'So I will turn toward you and (C1)make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will (C2)confirm My covenant with you.10 'And (C1)you will eat the old supply, and clear out the old because of the new.11 '(C1)Moreover, I will make My (F1)dwelling among you, and My soul will not (F2)reject you.12 '(C1)I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.13 '(C1)I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and (C2)I broke your yoke and made you walk erect.
Penalties of Disobedience
14 '(C1)But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,15 if, instead, you (C1)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to (C2)break My covenant,16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will (F1)summon a (C1)sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the (C2)soul languish; also, (C3)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it.17 'And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and (C1)those who hate you will rule over you, and (C2)you will flee when no one is pursuing you.18 'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you (C1)seven times more for your sins.19 'I will also (C1)break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.20 '(C1)Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.
21 'Yet if you (F1)(C1)show hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you (C2)seven times according to your sins.22 '(C1)I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that (C2)your roads become deserted.
23 '(C1)And if by these things you do not learn your lesson regarding Me, but you show hostility toward Me,24 then I in turn will (C1)show hostility toward you; and I, even I, will strike you (C2)seven times for your sins.25 'I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute (C1)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a (C2)plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.26 '(C1)When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread (F1)in rationed amounts, so that you will (C2)eat and not be satisfied.
27 'Yet if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but act with hostility against Me,28 then (C1)I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I for My part will punish you seven times for your sins.29 'Further, (C1)you will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.30 'I then (C1)will destroy your high places, and cut down your (C2)incense altars, and (F1)pile your (F2)remains on the (F2)remains of your idols, for My soul will loathe you.31 'I will turn your cities into (C1)ruins as well and make your (C2)sanctuaries desolate, and I will not (C3)smell your soothing aromas.32 'And I will make (C1)the land desolate (C2)so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled at it.33 'You, however, I (C1)will scatter among the nations, and I will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become ruins.
34 '(C1)Then the land will restore its Sabbaths all the days of the desolation, while you are in your enemies' land; then the land will rest and restore its Sabbaths.35 'All the days of its desolation it will have the rest which it did not have on your Sabbaths, while you were living on it.36 'As for those among you who are left, I will also bring (C1)despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a scattered leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee (F1)as though from the sword, and they will fall.37 '(C1)They will then stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing; and you will have no strength to stand before your enemies.38 'Instead, (C1)you will perish among the nations, and your enemies' land will consume you.39 '(C1)So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their wrongdoing in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the wrongdoing of their forefathers they will rot away with them.
40 'But (C1)if they confess their wrongdoing and the wrongdoing of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—41 I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—(C1)or if their uncircumcised heart is humbled so that (C2)they then make amends for their wrongdoing,42 then I will remember (C1)My covenant with Jacob, and I will remember also (C2)My covenant with Isaac, and (C3)My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land.43 '(C1)For the land will be abandoned by them, and will restore its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their wrongdoing, (F1)because they rejected My ordinances and their (C2)soul loathed My statutes.44 'Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so (C1)loathe them as (C2)to destroy them, (C3)breaking My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.45 'But I will remember for them the (C1)covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, so that (C2)I might be their God. I am the LORD.'"
46 (C1)These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which the LORD established between Himself and the sons of Israel (F1)through Moses on Mount Sinai.
Chapter 27
Rules concerning Assessments
1 Again, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, '(C1)When someone makes an explicit vow, he shall be valued according to your assessment of persons belonging to the LORD.3 'If your assessment is of a male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your assessment shall be fifty shekels of silver, by (C1)the shekel of the sanctuary.4 'Or if (F1)the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.5 'And if the person is from five years even to twenty years old, then your assessment for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.6 'But if the person is from a month even up to five years old, then your assessment shall be (C1)five shekels of silver for a male, and for a female your assessment shall be three shekels of silver.7 'If the person is from sixty years old and upward, if a male, then your assessment shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.8 'But if he is poorer than your assessment, then he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him; (C1)according to (F1)the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall assess him.
9 'Now if it is an animal of the kind that (F1)one can present as an offering to the LORD, any such animal that one gives to the LORD shall be holy.10 '(C1)He shall not replace it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; yet if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.11 'If, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which (F1)one does not present as an offering to the LORD, then he shall place the animal before the priest.12 'And the priest shall assess it (F1)as either good or bad; as you, the priest, assess it, so shall it be.13 'But if he should ever want to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment.
14 'Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall assess it (F1)as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand.15 'Yet if the one who consecrates it should want to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may be his.
16 'Again, if someone consecrates to the LORD part of the field of his own property, then your assessment shall be (F1)proportionate to the seed needed for it: a (F2)homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.17 'If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your assessment it shall stand.18 'If he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for (F1)him (F2)proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your assessment.19 'If the one who consecrates it should ever want to redeem the field, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may belong to him.20 'Yet if he does not redeem the field, (F1)but has sold the field to another person, it may no longer be redeemed;21 and when it (F1)reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field banned from secular use; (C1)it shall be for the priest as his property.22 'Or if he consecrates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,23 then the priest shall calculate for (F1)him the amount of your assessment up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your assessment as holy to the LORD.24 'In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.25 'Every assessment of yours, moreover, shall be by (C1)the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
26 '(C1)However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no one may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S.27 'But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall (F1)redeem it according to your assessment and add to it a fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your assessment.
28 'Nevertheless, (F1)(C1)anything which someone sets apart to the LORD for (F2)destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the LORD.29 'No (F1)one who may have been (F2)set apart among mankind shall be ransomed; he must be put to death.
30 'Now (C1)all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S; it is holy to the LORD.31 'If, therefore, someone should ever want to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it a fifth of it.32 'For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever (C1)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.33 '(C1)He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; yet if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
34 (C1)These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26
Chapter 1
12 I, the (C1)Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.13 And I (C1)set my (F1)mind to seek and (C2)explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a (F2)(C3)sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is (C1)futility and striving after wind.15 What is (C1)crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I (F1)said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased (C1)wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my (F2)mind has observed (F3)a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."17 And I (C1)applied my (F1)mind to know wisdom and to (C2)know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is (C3)striving after wind.18 Because (C1)in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
Chapter 2
The Futility of Pleasure and Possessions
1 I said (F1)to myself, "Come now, I will test you with (C1)pleasure. So (F2)enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility.2 (C1)I said of laughter, "It is senseless," and of pleasure, "What does this accomplish?"3 I explored with my (F1)mind how to (C1)refresh my body with wine while my (F1)mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize (C2)foolishness, until I could see (C3)what good there is for the sons of mankind (F2)to do under heaven for the few (F3)years of their lives.4 I enlarged my works: I (C1)built houses for myself, I planted (C2)vineyards for myself;5 I made (C1)gardens and (C2)parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;6 I made (C1)ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.7 I bought male and female slaves, and I had (F1)(C1)slaves born at home. I also possessed flocks and (C2)herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.8 I also amassed for myself silver and (C1)gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself (C2)male and female singers, and the pleasures of the sons of mankind: many concubines.
9 Then I became (C1)great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.10 (C1)All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my (C2)reward for all my labor.11 So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had (F1)exerted, and behold, all was (C1)futility and striving after wind, and there was (C2)no benefit under the sun.
Wisdom Surpasses Foolishness
12 So I turned to (C1)consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except (C2)what has already been done?13 Then I saw that (C1)wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.14 The wise person's eyes are in his head, but the (C1)fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that (C2)one and the same fate happens to (F1)both of them.15 Then I said (F1)to myself, "(C1)As is the fate of the fool, it will also happen to me. (C2)Why then have I been extremely wise?" So (F2)I said to myself, "This too is futility."16 For there is (C1)no (F1)lasting remembrance of the wise, along with the fool, since in the coming days everything will (F2)soon be forgotten. And (C2)how the wise and the fool alike die!17 So I (C1)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was (F1)unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
The Futility of Labor
18 So I hated (C1)all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must (C2)leave it to the man who will come after me.19 And who knows whether he will be wise or (C1)a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is (C2)futility.20 Therefore I (F1)completely despaired over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.21 When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and (C1)skill, and then (C2)gives his (F1)legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.22 For what does a person get in (C1)all his labor and in (F1)his striving with which he labors under the sun?23 Because all his days his activity is painful and (C1)irritating; even at night his (F1)mind (C2)does not rest. This too is futility.
24 There is (C1)nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show (F1)himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is (C2)from the hand of God.25 For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without (F1)Him?26 For to a person who is good in His sight, (C1)He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may (C2)give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is (C3)futility and striving after wind.
Matthew 15:21-39
Chapter 15
21 (C1)Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of (C2)Tyre and (C2)Sidon.22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, (C1)Son of David; my daughter is severely (C2)demon-possessed."23 But He did not answer her with even a word. And His disciples came up and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting (F1)at us!"24 But He answered and said, "I was sent only to (C1)the lost sheep of the house of Israel."25 But she came and (C1)began (F1)to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"26 Yet He answered and said, "It is not (F1)good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."27 And she said, "Yes, Lord; but please help, for even the dogs feed on the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."28 Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, (C1)your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed (F1)at once.
Healing Crowds
29 (C1)Departing from there, Jesus went along (C2)the Sea of Galilee, and after going up on the mountain, He was sitting there.30 And (F1)large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and (C1)He healed them.31 So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs (F1)restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they (C1)glorified the God of Israel.
Four Thousand Men Fed
32 (C1)Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "(C2)I feel compassion for the (F1)people, because they (F2)have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."33 The disciples (*)said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?"34 And Jesus (*)said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish."35 And He directed the (F1)people to (F2)sit down on the ground;36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after (C1)giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large (C1)baskets full.38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into (C1)the boat and came to the region of (C2)Magadan.
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