The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday April 4, 2017 (NIV)

Deuteronomy 26-27

Firstfruits and Tithes

26 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, take some of the firstfruits(A) of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name(B) and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(C) Aramean,(D) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(E) and lived there and became a great nation,(F) powerful and numerous. But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer,(G) subjecting us to harsh labor.(H) Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice(I) and saw(J) our misery,(K) toil and oppression.(L) So the Lord brought us out of Egypt(M) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(N) with great terror and with signs and wonders.(O) He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;(P) 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.(Q)” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 11 Then you and the Levites(R) and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice(S) in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

12 When you have finished setting aside a tenth(T) of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe,(U) you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. 13 Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.(V) 14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean,(W) nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. 15 Look down from heaven,(X) your holy dwelling place, and bless(Y) your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Follow the Lord’s Commands

16 The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.(Z) 17 You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.(AA) 18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession(AB) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19 He has declared that he will set you in praise,(AC) fame and honor high above all the nations(AD) he has made and that you will be a people holy(AE) to the Lord your God, as he promised.

The Altar on Mount Ebal

27 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands(AF) that I give you today. When you have crossed the Jordan(AG) into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones(AH) and coat them with plaster.(AI) Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey,(AJ) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal,(AK) as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. Build there an altar(AL) to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool(AM) on them. Build the altar of the Lord your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. Sacrifice fellowship offerings(AN) there, eating them and rejoicing(AO) in the presence of the Lord your God.(AP) And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones(AQ) you have set up.”(AR)

Curses From Mount Ebal

Then Moses and the Levitical(AS) priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God.(AT) 10 Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.”

11 On the same day Moses commanded the people:

12 When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim(AU) to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,(AV) Joseph and Benjamin.(AW) 13 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal(AX) to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

14 The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

15 “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol(AY)—a thing detestable(AZ) to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(BA)

16 “Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”(BB)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

17 “Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.”(BC)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

18 “Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”(BD)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,(BE) the fatherless or the widow.”(BF)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”(BG)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

21 “Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.”(BH)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

22 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.”(BI)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

23 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.”(BJ)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

24 “Cursed is anyone who kills(BK) their neighbor secretly.”(BL)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(BM)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

26 “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”(BN)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(BO)

Cross references:

  1. Deuteronomy 26:2 : S Ex 22:29
  2. Deuteronomy 26:2 : S Ex 20:24; S Dt 12:5
  3. Deuteronomy 26:5 : S Ge 20:13
  4. Deuteronomy 26:5 : S Ge 25:20
  5. Deuteronomy 26:5 : S Ge 34:30; 43:14
  6. Deuteronomy 26:5 : S Ge 12:2
  7. Deuteronomy 26:6 : S Nu 20:15
  8. Deuteronomy 26:6 : S Ex 1:13
  9. Deuteronomy 26:7 : S Ge 21:17
  10. Deuteronomy 26:7 : Ex 3:9; 2Ki 13:4; 14:26
  11. Deuteronomy 26:7 : S Ge 16:11
  12. Deuteronomy 26:7 : Ps 42:9; 44:24; 72:14
  13. Deuteronomy 26:8 : S Nu 20:16
  14. Deuteronomy 26:8 : S Ex 3:20
  15. Deuteronomy 26:8 : S Dt 4:34; 34:11-12
  16. Deuteronomy 26:9 : S Ex 3:8
  17. Deuteronomy 26:10 : S Dt 8:18
  18. Deuteronomy 26:11 : Dt 12:12
  19. Deuteronomy 26:11 : S Dt 16:11
  20. Deuteronomy 26:12 : S Ge 14:20
  21. Deuteronomy 26:12 : S Nu 18:24; Dt 14:28-29; Heb 7:5, 9
  22. Deuteronomy 26:13 : Ps 119:141, 153, 176
  23. Deuteronomy 26:14 : Lev 7:20; Hos 9:4
  24. Deuteronomy 26:15 : Ps 68:5; 80:14; 102:19; Isa 63:15; Zec 2:13
  25. Deuteronomy 26:15 : S Ex 39:43
  26. Deuteronomy 26:16 : Dt 4:29
  27. Deuteronomy 26:17 : Ex 19:8; Ps 48:14
  28. Deuteronomy 26:18 : Ex 6:7; Dt 7:6
  29. Deuteronomy 26:19 : Isa 62:7; Zep 3:20
  30. Deuteronomy 26:19 : Dt 4:7-8; 28:1, 13, 44; 1Ch 14:2; Ps 148:14; Isa 40:11
  31. Deuteronomy 26:19 : S Dt 7:6
  32. Deuteronomy 27:1 : Ps 78:7
  33. Deuteronomy 27:2 : Jos 4:1
  34. Deuteronomy 27:2 : Ex 24:4; Jos 24:26; 1Sa 7:12
  35. Deuteronomy 27:2 : Jos 8:31
  36. Deuteronomy 27:3 : S Ex 3:8
  37. Deuteronomy 27:4 : S Dt 11:29
  38. Deuteronomy 27:5 : S Ex 20:24
  39. Deuteronomy 27:5 : Ex 20:25
  40. Deuteronomy 27:7 : S Ex 32:6
  41. Deuteronomy 27:7 : S Dt 16:11
  42. Deuteronomy 27:7 : Jos 8:31
  43. Deuteronomy 27:8 : Isa 8:1; 30:8; Hab 2:2
  44. Deuteronomy 27:8 : Jos 8:32
  45. Deuteronomy 27:9 : S Dt 17:9
  46. Deuteronomy 27:9 : Dt 26:18
  47. Deuteronomy 27:12 : S Dt 11:29
  48. Deuteronomy 27:12 : S Ge 30:18
  49. Deuteronomy 27:12 : Jos 8:35
  50. Deuteronomy 27:13 : S Dt 11:29
  51. Deuteronomy 27:15 : S Ex 20:4
  52. Deuteronomy 27:15 : 1Ki 11:5, 7; 2Ki 23:13; Isa 44:19; 66:3
  53. Deuteronomy 27:15 : Nu 5:22; S 1Co 14:16
  54. Deuteronomy 27:16 : S Ge 31:35; S Ex 21:12; S Dt 5:16
  55. Deuteronomy 27:17 : S Dt 19:14
  56. Deuteronomy 27:18 : S Lev 19:14
  57. Deuteronomy 27:19 : S Ex 22:21; S Dt 24:19
  58. Deuteronomy 27:19 : S Ex 23:2; S Dt 10:18
  59. Deuteronomy 27:20 : S Ge 34:5; S Lev 18:7
  60. Deuteronomy 27:21 : S Ex 22:19
  61. Deuteronomy 27:22 : S Lev 18:9
  62. Deuteronomy 27:23 : S Lev 20:14
  63. Deuteronomy 27:24 : S Ge 4:23
  64. Deuteronomy 27:24 : Ex 21:12
  65. Deuteronomy 27:25 : Ex 23:7-8; S Lev 19:16
  66. Deuteronomy 27:26 : S Lev 26:14; Dt 28:15; Ps 119:21; Jer 11:3; Gal 3:10*
  67. Deuteronomy 27:26 : Jer 11:5
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Luke 10:38-11:13

At the Home of Martha and Mary

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha(A) opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary,(B) who sat at the Lord’s feet(C) listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care(D) that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried(E) and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a](F) Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer(G)(H)

11 One day Jesus was praying(I) in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,(J) teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father,[b]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(K) come.[c]
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[d](L)
And lead us not into temptation.[e]’”(M)

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[f] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(N)

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;(O) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[g] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Footnotes:

  1. Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts but only one thing is needed
  2. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
  3. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  4. Luke 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
  5. Luke 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
  6. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
  7. Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
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Psalm 76

Psalm 76[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

God is renowned in Judah;
in Israel his name is great.(A)
His tent is in Salem,(B)
his dwelling place in Zion.(C)
There he broke the flashing arrows,(D)
the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[b](E)

You are radiant with light,(F)
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
The valiant(G) lie plundered,
they sleep their last sleep;(H)
not one of the warriors
can lift his hands.
At your rebuke,(I) God of Jacob,
both horse and chariot(J) lie still.

It is you alone who are to be feared.(K)
Who can stand(L) before you when you are angry?(M)
From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and the land feared(N) and was quiet—
when you, God, rose up to judge,(O)
to save all the afflicted(P) of the land.
10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(Q)
and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[c]

11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(R)
let all the neighboring lands
bring gifts(S) to the One to be feared.
12 He breaks the spirit of rulers;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.
  2. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.
  3. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself
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Proverbs 12:15-17

15 The way of fools seems right to them,(A)
but the wise listen to advice.(B)

16 Fools(C) show their annoyance at once,(D)
but the prudent overlook an insult.(E)

17 An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.(F)

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