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October 6 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Nehemiah 8:13-9:37
Chapter 8
13 On the second day, the family leaders of all the people, along with the priests and Levites,(aa) assembled before Ezra the scribe(ab) to study the words of the law. 14 They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.(ac) 15 So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, just as it is written."(ad) 16 The people went out, brought back branches, and made booths for themselves on each of their rooftops,(ae) and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate,(af) and the square by the Gate of Ephraim.(ag) 17 The whole community that had returned from exile(ah) made booths and lived in them. They had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day.(ai) And there was tremendous joy.(aj) 18 Ezra[c] read out of the book of the law of God(ak) every day, from the first day to the last. The Israelites celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly, according to the ordinance.(al)
Chapter 9
National Confession of Sin
1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month(a) the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.(b) 2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners,(c) and they stood(d) and confessed their sins and the guilt of their fathers.(e) 3 While they stood in their places,(f) they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day(g) in confession(h) and worship of the Lord their God. 4 Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the raised platform built for the Levites(i) and cried out loudly to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah(j)—said, "Stand up. Praise Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting."(k)
Praise Your glorious name,(l)
and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 You[a] alone are Yahweh.(m)
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their host,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,(n)
and the heavenly host worships You.(o)
7 You are Yahweh,
the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,(p)
and changed his name to Abraham.(q)
8 You found his heart faithful in Your sight,(r)
and made a covenant with him
to give the land of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Jebusites, and Girgashites—
to give it to his descendants.(s)
You have kept Your promise,
for You are righteous.
9 You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt(t)
and heard their cry at the Red Sea.
10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
all his officials, and all the people of his land,(u)
for You knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors.
You made a name for Yourself
that endures to this day.
11 You divided the sea before them,
and they crossed through it on dry ground.(v)
You hurled their pursuers into the depths
like a stone into churning waters.(w)
12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,
and with a pillar of fire by night,
to illuminate the way they should go.(x)
13 You came down on Mount Sinai,(y)
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.
14 You revealed Your holy Sabbath to them,
and gave them commands, statutes, and instruction
through Your servant Moses.(z)
15 You provided bread from heaven(aa) for their hunger;
You brought them water from the rock(ab) for their thirst.
You told them to go in and possess the land
You had sworn[b] to give them.(ac)
16 But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Your commands.
17 They refused to listen
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.(ad)
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.[c](ae)
But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,(af)
and You did not abandon them.
18 Even after they had cast an image of a calf
for themselves and said,
"This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,"(ag)
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
19 You did not abandon them in the wilderness
because of Your great compassion.
During the day the pillar of cloud
never turned away from them,
guiding them on their journey.
And during the night the pillar of fire
illuminated the way they should go.(ah)
20 You sent Your good Spirit(ai) to instruct them.
You did not withhold Your manna(aj) from their mouths,
and You gave them water for their thirst.(ak)
21 You provided for them in the wilderness 40 years(al)
and they lacked nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
and their feet did not swell.(am)
22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples
and assigned them to be a boundary.
They took possession
of the land of Sihon[d] king of Heshbon
and of the land of Og king of Bashan.(an)
23 You multiplied their descendants
like the stars of heaven(ao)
and brought them to the land
You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.
24 So their descendants went in and possessed the land:
You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them
and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,(ap)
to do as they pleased with them.
25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.(aq)
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.
26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs(ar)
and killed Your prophets(as)
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.
27 So You handed them over to their enemies,
who oppressed them.
In their time of distress, they cried out to You,
and You heard from heaven.
In Your abundant compassion
You gave them deliverers, who rescued them
from the power of their enemies.
28 But as soon as they had relief,
they again did what was evil in Your sight.
So You abandoned them to the power of their enemies,
who dominated them.
When they cried out to You again,
You heard from heaven and rescued them
many times in Your compassion.(at)
29 You warned them to turn back to Your law,
but they acted arrogantly
and would not obey Your commands.
They sinned against Your ordinances,
which a person will live by if he does them.(au)
They stubbornly resisted,[e]
stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
30 You were patient with them for many years,
and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets,(av)
but they would not listen.
Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.(aw)
31 However, in Your abundant compassion,
You did not destroy them or abandon them,(ax)
for You are a gracious and compassionate God.(ay)
32 So now, our God—the great, mighty,
and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant(az)—
do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us,
our kings and leaders,
our priests and prophets,
our ancestors and all Your people,
from the days of the Assyrian kings(ba) until today.
33 You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.(bb)
34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors
did not obey Your law
or listen to Your commands
and warnings You gave them.
35 When they were in their kingdom,
with Your abundant goodness that You gave them,
and in the spacious and fertile land You set before them,(bc)
they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
36 Here we are today,
slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!(bd)
37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings
You have set over us,
because of our sins.
They rule over our bodies
and our livestock as they please.(be)
We are in great distress.
Psalms 101
Chapter 101
Psalm 101
A Vow of Integrity
A Davidic psalm.
1 I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to You,
Lord
.(a)
2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.(b)
3 I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.(c)
4 A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with[a] evil.(d)
5 I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;(e)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.(f)
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.(g)
7 No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.[b](h)
8 Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the
Lord
's city.(i)
Revelation 6
Chapter 6
The First Seal on the Scroll
1 Then I saw[a] the Lamb open one of the seven[b] seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"[c][d] 2 I looked, and there was a white horse.(a) The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.[e]
The Second Seal
3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"[f][g] 4 Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered[h] to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.(b)
The Third Seal
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!"[i][j] And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine."
The Fourth Seal
7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"[k][l] 8 And I looked, and there was a pale green[m] horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them[n](c) over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
The Fifth Seal
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the people[o] slaughtered because of God's word and the testimony they had.[p](d) 10 They cried out with a loud voice: "Lord,[q] the One who is holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?" 11 So a white robe was given to each of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow slaves and their brothers, who were going to be killed just as they had been.
The Sixth Seal
12 Then I saw Him open[r] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth(e) made of goat hair; the entire moon[s] became like blood; 13 the stars[t] of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; 14 the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(f) 16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us(g) from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of Their[u] wrath has come! And who is able to stand?"(h)
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