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Daily Readings for September 23
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1Chronicles 6
1.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3.The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4.Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua, 5.and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, 6.and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, 7.Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 8.and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz, 9.and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan, 10.and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), 11.and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 12.and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum, 13.and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah, 14.and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak; 15.Jehozadak went into captivity, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17.These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18.The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households. 20.Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21.Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22.The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23.Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24.Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25.The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26.As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27.Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28.The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Joel, and the second Abijah. 29.The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30.Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31.These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest. 32.They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order. 33.These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34.the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35.the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36.the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37.the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38.the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39.His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 40.the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41.the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42.the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43.the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44.On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45.the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46.the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 47.the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48.Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49.But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50.These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51.Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52.Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53.Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54.Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot), 55.to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it; 56.but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57.To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 58.and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59.and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; 60.and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 61.To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62.To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63.To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64.The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65.They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. 66.Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67.They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, 68.and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs, 69.and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; 70.and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. 71.To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 72.and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 73.and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; 74.and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs, 75.and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; 76.and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. 77.To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 78.and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 79.and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; 80.and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 81.and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Ezekiel 19
1.Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2.and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs. 3.She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. 4.The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. 5.Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. 6.He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. 7.He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring. 8.Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit. 9.They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. 10.Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 11.It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches. 12.But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them. 13.Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. 14.Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Luke 16
1.He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2.He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
3."The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg. 4.I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.' 5.Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?' 6.He said, 'A hundred batos38 of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' 7.Then he said to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors39 of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
8."His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light. 9.I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. 10.He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11.If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12.If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 13.No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon40."
14.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. 15.He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16.The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall. 18.Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19."Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. 20.A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21.and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22.It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 23.In Hades41, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 24.He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'
25."But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. 26.Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
27."He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house; 28.for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'
29."But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
30."He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31."He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"