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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
February 16 - Old & New Testament
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Exodus 23,24
Various Laws
1 "(C1)You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a (C2)malicious witness.2 "You shall not follow (F1)the crowd in doing evil, nor shall you (F2)testify in a dispute so as to join together with (F1)a crowd in order to (C1)pervert justice;3 (C1)nor shall you (F1)show favor to a poor person in his dispute.
4 "(C1)If you encounter your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you must return it to him.5 "(C1)If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave it helpless for (F1)its owner; you must arrange the load with him.
6 "(C1)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.7 "(C1)Keep far from a false charge, and (C2)do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for (C3)I will not acquit the guilty.
8 "(C1)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and (F1)subverts the cause of the just.
9 "(C1)You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the (F1)feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The Sabbath and the Land
10 "Now (C1)you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,11 but in the seventh year you shall let it (F1)rest and lie uncultivated, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the animal of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 "(C1)For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as the stranger residing with you, may refresh themselves.13 "Now (C1)concerning everything which I have said to you, be careful; and (C2)do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard (F1)from your mouth.
Three National Feasts
14 "(C1)Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.15 "You shall keep (C1)the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the (C2)month of Abib, for in (F1)that month you came out of Egypt. And (F2)(C3)no one is to appear before Me empty-handed.16 "Also you shall keep (C1)the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year (C2)when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.17 "(C1)Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord (F1)GOD.
18 "(C1)You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; (C2)nor is the fat of My (F1)feast to remain overnight until morning.
19 "You shall bring (C1)the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God.
Conquest of the Land
20 "Behold, I am going to send (C1)an angel before you to guard you along the way and (C2)to bring you into the place which I have prepared.21 "Be attentive to him and obey his voice; (C1)do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your rebellion, since (C2)My name is in him.22 "But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then (C1)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.23 "(C1)For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.24 "(C1)You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; (C2)but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (C3)memorial stones in pieces.25 "(C1)And you shall serve the LORD your God, (F1)and He will bless your bread and your water; and (C2)I will remove sickness from your midst.26 "There will be no one miscarrying or (C1)unable to have children in your land; (C2)I will fulfill the number of your days.27 "I will (C1)send My terror ahead of you, and (C2)throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will (C3)make all your enemies turn their backs to you.28 "And I will send (C1)hornets ahead of you so that they will (C2)drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you.29 "(C1)I will not drive them out from you in a single year, so that the land will not become desolate and the animals of the field become too numerous for you.30 "I will drive them out from you (C1)little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.31 "(C1)I will set your boundary from the (F1)Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River; (C2)for I will hand over the inhabitants of the land to you, and you will (C3)drive them out from you.32 "(C1)You shall (F1)make no covenant with them (C2)or with their gods.33 "(C1)They shall not live in your land, otherwise they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, (C2)it is certain to be a snare to you."
People Affirm Their Covenant with God
1 Then He said to Moses, "(C1)Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, (C2)Nadab and Abihu, and (C3)seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.2 "Moses alone, however, shall approach the LORD, but they shall not approach, nor shall the people come up with him."
3 Then Moses came and reported to the people all the words of the LORD and all the (F1)ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "(C1)All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!"4 And (C1)Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an (C2)altar (F1)at the foot of the mountain with twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.5 And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, (C1)and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.6 (C1)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.7 Then he took (C1)the Book of the Covenant and read it (F1)as the people listened; and they said, "(C2)All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!"8 So (C1)Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold (C2)the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has (F1)made with you (F2)in accordance with all these words."
9 Then Moses went up (F1)with Aaron, (C1)Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,10 and (C1)they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet (F1)(C2)there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, (F2)as clear as the sky itself.11 Yet He did not reach out with His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and (C1)they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12 Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and (F1)stay there, and (C1)I will give you the stone tablets (F2)with the Law and the (F3)commandments which I have written for their instruction."13 So Moses got up (F1)along with (C1)Joshua his (F2)servant, and Moses went up to (C2)the mountain of God.14 But to the elders he said, "(C1)Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, (C2)Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever (F1)has a legal matter, have him approach them."15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and (C1)the cloud covered the mountain.16 (C1)The glory of the LORD (F1)settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He (C2)called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.17 (C1)And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a (C2)consuming fire on the mountain top.18 Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud (F1)as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for (C1)forty days and forty nights.
Matthew 28
Chapter 28
Jesus Is Risen!
1 (C1)Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, (C2)Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb.2 And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for (C1)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away (C2)the stone, and sat upon it.3 And (C1)his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.4 The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men.5 And the angel said to the women, "(F1)(C1)Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.6 "He is not here, for He has risen, (C1)just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.7 "And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you (C1)to Galilee. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you."
8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.9 And behold, Jesus met them (F1)and said, "(F2)Rejoice!" And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.10 Then Jesus (*)said to them, "(F1)(C1)Do not be afraid; go, bring word to (C2)My brothers to leave (C3)for Galilee, and there they will see Me."
11 Now while they were on their way, some of (C1)the men from the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.12 And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,13 and said, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.'14 "And if this comes to (C1)the governor's ears, we will appease him and (F1)keep you out of trouble."15 And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely (C1)spread among the Jews and is (C2)to this day.
The Great Commission
16 But the eleven disciples proceeded (C1)to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them.17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but (C1)some (F1)were doubtful.18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "(C1)All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.19 "(F1)(C1)Go, therefore, and (C2)make disciples of (C3)all the nations, (C4)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,20 teaching them to (F1)follow all that I commanded you; and behold, (C1)I am with you (F2)always, to (C2)the end of the age."
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