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October 7 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Nehemiah 9:38-10:39
Chapter 9
38 [f]In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement(bf) in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.(bg)
Chapter 10
1 Those whose seals were on the document were:
Nehemiah the governor,(a) son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2 Seraiah,(b) Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur,(c) Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
These were the priests.
9 The Levites(d) were:
Jeshua 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, and Beninu.
14 The leaders of the people(e) were:
Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,(f)
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah,(g) Hasshub,
24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand(h) and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples(i) to obey the law of God— 29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[a](j) to follow the law of God given through God's servant Moses(k) and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.
Details of the Vow
30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.(l)
31 When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day.(m) We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year(n) and will cancel every debt.(o)
32 We will impose the following commands on ourselves:
To give an eighth of an ounce of silver[b] yearly for the service of the house of our God:(p) 33 the bread displayed before the Lord ,[c](q) the daily grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbath and New Moon offerings,(r) the appointed festivals, the holy things, the sin offerings to atone for Israel,(s) and for all the work of the house of our God.
34 We have cast lots(t) among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral houses at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God's house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God,(u) as it is written in the law.
35 We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord 's house year by year.(v) 36 We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God,(w) to the priests who serve in our God's house. 37 We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough(x) to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil.(y) A tenth of our land's produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.(z) 38 A priest of Aaronic descent must accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth,(aa) and the Levites must take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.(ab) 39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept(ac) and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.(ad)
Psalms 102
Chapter 102
Psalm 102
Affliction in Light of Eternity
A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord .(a)
1
Lord
, hear my prayer;
let my cry for help come before You.(b)
2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.(c)
3 For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.(d)
4 My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;(e)
I even forget to eat my food.(f)
5 Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.(g)
6 I am like a desert owl,[a]
like an owl among the ruins.(h)
7 I stay awake;(i)
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
8 My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and curse me.(j)
9 I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears(k)
10 because of Your indignation and wrath;
for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.(l)
11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.(m)
12 But You,
Lord
, are enthroned forever;(n)
Your fame endures to all generations.(o)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her—
the appointed time has come.(p)
14 For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.(q)
15 Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,
and all the kings of the earth Your glory,(r)
16 for the
Lord
will rebuild Zion;
He will appear in His glory.(s)
17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.(t)
18 This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the
Lord
:(u)
19 He looked down from His holy heights—
the
Lord
gazed out from heaven to earth(v)—
20 to hear a prisoner's groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,[b](w)
21 so that they might declare
the name of Yahweh in Zion
and His praise in Jerusalem,(x)
22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the
Lord
.(y)
23 He has broken my[c] strength in midcourse;
He has shortened my days.(z)
24 I say: "My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life![d]
Your years continue through all generations.(aa)
25 Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.(ab)
26 They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.(ac)
27 But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.(ad)
28 Your servants' children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before You."(ae)
Revelation 7
Chapter 7
The Sealed of Israel
1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,(a) restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God rise up from the east. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered[a] to harm the earth and the sea: 3 "Don't harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads." 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed:
144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:
5 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,
12,000[b] from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9 After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!
11 All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength
be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
13 Then one of the elders asked me, "Who are these people robed in white, and where did they come from?"
14 I said to him, "Sir,[c] you know."
Then he told me:
These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white(b)
in the blood of the Lamb.
15 For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and they serve Him day and night in His sanctuary.
The One seated on the throne will shelter[d] them:
16 They will no longer hunger;
they will no longer thirst;
the sun will no longer strike them,
nor will any heat.(c)
17 For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;(d)
He will guide them to springs of living waters,(e)
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.(f)
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