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Daily Readings for November 22
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Nehemiah 10
1.Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2.Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3.Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4.Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5.Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6.Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7.Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8.Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests. 9.The Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10.and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11.Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12.Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13.Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. 14.The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15.Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16.Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17.Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18.Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 19.Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai, 20.Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21.Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22.Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23.Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 24.Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25.Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26.and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 27.Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 28.The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding-- 29.they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes; 30.and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; 31.and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. 32.Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33.for the show bread, and for the continual meal offering, and for the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34.We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law; 35.and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh; 36.also the firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; 37.and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our wave offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38.The priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house. 39.For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the rooms, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the porters, and the singers. We will not forsake the house of our God.
Amos 2
1.Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; 2.but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; 3.and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.
4.Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; 5.But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
6.Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 7.They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name; 8.and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God3 they drink the wine of those who have been fined. 9.Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10.Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11.I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh. 12."But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!' 13.Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. 14.Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15.neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself; 16.and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.
1Timothy 4
1.But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2.through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 3.forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4.For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. 5.For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer. 6.If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed. 7.But refuse profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. 8.For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come. 9.This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance. 10.For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. 11.Command and teach these things.
12.Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. 13.Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. 14.Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders. 15.Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. 16.Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
1Timothy 5
1.Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; 2.the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity. 3.Honor widows who are widows indeed. 4.But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is6 acceptable in the sight of God. 5.Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day. 6.But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. 7.Also command these things, that they may be without reproach. 8.But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. 9.Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, 10.being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
11.But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; 12.having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge. 13.Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. 14.I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting. 15.For already some have turned aside after Satan. 16.If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
17.Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. 18.For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain."7 And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."8
19.Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses. 20.Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. 21.I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. 22.Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure. 23.Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
24.Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later. 25.In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.