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April 14 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Deuteronomy 21-22

Chapter 21

Expiation of a Crime

1 "If a person who has been killed by someone is found lying in the open country in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to (F1)possess, and it is not known who struck him,2 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the one who was killed.3 "And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the person killed, that is, that the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd that has not been worked (F1)and has not pulled in a yoke;4 and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.5 "Then (C1)the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, because the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; and every dispute and (F1)violent crime shall be (F2)settled by them.6 "And all the elders of that city (F1)which is nearest to the person killed shall (C1)wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;7 and they shall respond and say, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see who did.8 '(F1)Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, LORD, and do not place the guilt for (C1)innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.' And the guilt for bloodshed shall be (F2)forgiven them.9 "(C1)So you shall remove the guilt for innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Domestic Relations

10 "When you go out to battle against your enemies, and (C1)the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take them away captive,11 and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and are strongly attracted to her and would take her as a wife for yourself,12 then you shall bring her into your home, and she shall (C1)shave her head and (F1)trim her nails.13 "She shall also (F1)remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and (C1)weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may have relations with her and become her husband and she shall be your wife.14 "But it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go (F1)wherever she wishes; and you certainly shall not sell her for money, you shall not treat her as merchandise, since you have (F2)(C1)humiliated her.

15 "If a man has two wives, the one loved and (C1)the other (F1)unloved, and both the loved and the (F1)unloved have borne him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the (F1)unloved,16 then it shall be on the day that he wills what he owns as an inheritance to his sons, he is not allowed to treat the son of the loved wife as the firstborn, (F1)at the expense of the son of the (F2)unloved, who actually is the firstborn son.17 "On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the (F1)unloved wife, by giving him a double (F2)portion of everything that (F3)he owns, for he was the (C1)beginning of his (F4)strength; (C2)to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

18 "If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does (C1)not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he does not listen to them,19 then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city (F1)at the gateway of his hometown.20 "And they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us, he is thoughtless and given to drinking.'21 "(C1)Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so (C2)you shall eliminate the evil from your midst, and (C3)all Israel will hear about it and fear.

22 "Now if (F1)a person has committed a sin carrying (C1)a sentence of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on (F2)a tree,23 (C1)his body is not to be left overnight on the (F1)tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for (C2)he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you (C3)do not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Chapter 22

Various Laws

1 "(C1)You shall not see your countryman's ox or his sheep straying away, and avoid them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.2 "And if your countryman is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your house, and it shall remain with you until your countryman looks for it; then you shall restore it to him.3 "You shall also do this with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with any lost property of your countryman, which has been lost by him and you have found. You are not allowed to avoid them.4 "You shall not see your countryman's donkey or his ox fallen down on the road, and avoid them; you shall certainly help him raise them up.

5 "A woman shall not wear a man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

6 "If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, (C1)you shall not take the mother with the young;7 you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, (C1)in order that it may go well for you and that you may prolong your days.

8 "When you build a new house, you shall make a (F1)parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring guilt for bloodshed on your house if anyone falls from it.

9 "(C1)You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, otherwise (F1)all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the yield of the vineyard will be (F2)forfeited to the sanctuary.

10 "(C1)You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

11 "(C1)You shall not wear a material of wool and linen combined together.

12 "(C1)You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

Laws on Morality

13 "(C1)If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then (F1)turns against her,14 and he charges her with shameful behavior and (F1)publicly defames her, and says, 'I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her to have evidence of virginity,'15 then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.16 "And the girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he (F1)turned against her;17 and behold, he has charged her with shameful behavior, saying, "I did not find your daughter to have evidence of virginity." But (F1)this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city.18 "Then (C1)the elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke him,19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl's father, because he (F1)publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he is not allowed to (F2)divorce her all his days.

20 "But if this (F1)(C1)charge is true, and they did not find the girl to have evidence of virginity,21 then they shall bring the girl out to the doorway of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her (F1)to death, because she has (C1)committed a disgraceful sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father's house; so (C2)you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

22 "(C1)If a man is found sleeping with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who slept with the woman, and the woman; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

23 "(C1)If there is a girl who is a virgin (F1)betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her,24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them (F1)to death: the girl, because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

25 "But if the man finds the girl who is betrothed in the field, and the man seizes her and (F1)rapes her, then only the man who (F1)raped her shall die.26 "And you are not to do anything to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, (F1)so is this case.27 "When he found her in the field, the betrothed girl (F1)cried out, but there was no one to save her.

28 "(C1)If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and has sexual relations with her, and they are discovered,29 then the man who had sexual relations with her shall give the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he has violated her; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days.

30 "(F1)(C1)A man shall not take (F2)his father's wife in marriage, so that he does not (F3)uncover his father's garment.

Job 14

Chapter 14

Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

1 "(C1)Man, who is born of woman,
Is (F1)short-lived and (C2)full of turmoil.

2 "(C1)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (C2)a shadow and does not remain.

3 "You also (C1)open Your eyes on him
And (C2)bring (F1)him into judgment with Yourself.

4 "(C1)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

5 "Since his days are determined,
The (C1)number of his months is with You;
And You have (F1)set his limits so that he cannot pass.

6 "(C1)Look away from him so that he may (F1)rest,
Until he (F2)fulfills his day like a hired worker.

7 "For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not (F1)fail.

8 "Though its roots grow old in the ground,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

9 At the scent of water it will flourish
And produce sprigs like a plant.

10 "But (C1)a man dies and lies prostrate.
A person (C2)passes away, and where is he?

11 "As (C1)water (F1)evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

12 So (C1)a man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens no longer exist,
(F1)He will not awake nor be woken from (F2)his sleep.

13 "Oh that You would hide me in (F1)Sheol,
That You would conceal me (C1)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

14 "If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my relief comes.

15 "You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (C1)the work of Your hands.

16 "For now You (C1)number my steps,
You do not (C2)observe my sin.

17 "My wrongdoing is (C1)sealed up in a bag,
And You cover over my (F1)guilt.

18 "But the falling mountain (F1)crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

19 Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You (C1)destroy a man's hope.

20 "You forever overpower him and he (C1)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

21 "His sons achieve honor, but (C1)he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.

22 "However, his (F1)body pains him,
And his soul mourns for himself."

Acts 4:23-37

Chapter 4

23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.24 And when they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "(F1)Lord, it is You who (C1)MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM,25 who (C1)by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,

'(C2)WHY WERE THE (F1)NATIONS INSOLENT,
AND THE PEOPLES PLOTTING IN VAIN?

26 '(C1)THE KINGS OF THE EARTH (F1)TOOK THEIR STAND,
AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER
AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS (F2)(C2)CHRIST.'

27 "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy (F1)(C1)Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both (C2)Herod and (C3)Pontius Pilate, along with (C4)the (F2)Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,28 to do whatever Your hand and (C1)purpose predestined to occur.29 "And (F1)now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to (C1)speak Your word with all (C2)confidence,30 while You extend Your hand to heal, and (F1)(C1)signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy (F2)(C2)Servant Jesus."31 And when they had prayed, the (C1)place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all (C2)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to (C3)speak the word of God with (C4)boldness.

Sharing among Believers

32 And the (F1)congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them (F2)claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but (C1)all things were common property to them.33 And (C1)with great power the apostles were giving (C2)testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses (C1)would sell them and bring the (F1)proceeds of the sales35 and (C1)lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be (C2)distributed to each to the extent that any had need.

36 Now Joseph, a Levite of (C1)Cyprian birth, who was also called (C2)Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of (F1)(C3)Encouragement),37 (F1)owned a tract of land. So he sold it, and brought the money and (C1)laid it at the apostles' feet.

 
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