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Daily Readings for April 11
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Numbers 29
1."'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you. 2.You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish; 3.and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram, 4.and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; 5.and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; 6.besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
7."'On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no kind of work; 8.but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish; 9.and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram, 10.a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs: 11.one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.
12."'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days: 13.and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; 14.and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, 15.and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; 16.and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
17."'On the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 18.and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 19.and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.
20."'On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 21.and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 22.and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
23."'On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 24.their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 25.and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
26."'On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 27.and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 28.and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
29."'On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 30.and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 31.and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offerings of it.
32."'On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 33.and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 34.and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
35."'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work; 36.but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish; 37.their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: 38.and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
39."'You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.'"
40.Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 30
1.Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. 2.When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3."Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, 4.and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 5.But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
6."If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, 7.and her husband hears it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 8.But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.
9."But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
10."If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 11.and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. 12.But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her. 13.Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14.But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15.But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
16.These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.
Proverbs 21
1.The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. 2.Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. 3.To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 4.A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 5.The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. 6.Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 7.The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. 8.The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 9.It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. 10.The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 11.When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 12.The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. 13.Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. 14.A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 15.It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. 16.The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 17.He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. 18.The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright. 19.It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. 20.There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up. 21.He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. 22.A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence. 23.Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. 24.The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride. 25.The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. 26.There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold. 27.The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! 28.A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity. 29.A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways. 30.There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh. 31.The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
John 2
1.The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. 2.Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage. 3.When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
4.Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
5.His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it." 6.Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes6 apiece. 7.Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim. 8.He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it. 9.When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom, 10.and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!" 11.This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
12.After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days. 13.The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14.He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 15.He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables. 16.To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!" 17.His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."[7]
18.The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"
19.Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
20.The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?" 21.But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22.When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23.Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did. 24.But Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew everyone, 25.and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
John 3
1.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2.The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
3.Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew,8 he can't see the Kingdom of God."
4.Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
5.Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 6.That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7.Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 8.The wind9 blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9.Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
10.Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things? 11.Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness. 12.If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13.No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven. 14.As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15.that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16.For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17.For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 18.He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19.This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20.For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. 21.But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
22.After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. 23.John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized. 24.For John was not yet thrown into prison. 25.There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification. 26.They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
27.John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. 28.You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' 29.He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full. 30.He must increase, but I must decrease. 31.He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32.What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. 33.He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. 34.For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. 35.The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36.One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys10 the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."