The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday February 3, 2018 (NIV)

Exodus 17:8-19:15

Israel Defeats Amalek

(A)Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to (B)Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (C)the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So (D)Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and (E)Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses (F)held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and (G)Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And (H)Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of (I)Joshua, that (J)I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses (K)built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner, 16 saying, “A hand upon the throne[a] of the Lord! (L)The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Jethro's Advice

18 (M)Jethro, (N)the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home, along with her (O)two sons. The name of the one was Gershom ((P)for he said, (Q)“I have been a sojourner[b] in a foreign land”), and the name of the other, Eliezer[c] (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”). Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was encamped at the (R)mountain of God. And when he sent word to Moses, “I,[d] your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her,” Moses (S)went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and (T)kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent. Then Moses told his father-in-law (U)all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 Jethro said, (V)“Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that (W)the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they (X)dealt arrogantly with the people.”[e] 12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law (Y)before God.

13 The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. 14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?” 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because (Z)the people come to me to inquire of God; 16 (AA)when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I (AB)make them know the statutes of God and his laws.” 17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. (AC)You are not able to do it alone. 19 Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall (AD)represent the people before God and (AE)bring their cases to God, 20 and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know (AF)the way in which they must walk and (AG)what they must do. 21 Moreover, look for (AH)able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22 And (AI)let them judge the people at all times. (AJ)Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will (AK)bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this, God will direct you, you will be (AL)able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”

24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 (AM)Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 26 And (AN)they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves. 27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and (AO)he went away to his own country.

Israel at Mount Sinai

19 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they (AP)came into the wilderness of Sinai. They set out from (AQ)Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before (AR)the mountain, while (AS)Moses went up to God. (AT)The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: (AU)‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how (AV)I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (AW)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (AX)all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a (AY)kingdom of priests and (AZ)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. (BA)All the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you (BB)in a thick cloud, that (BC)the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also (BD)believe you forever.”

When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord, 10 the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and (BE)consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them (BF)wash their garments 11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day (BG)the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. (BH)Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;[f] whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When (BI)the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” 14 So Moses (BJ)went down from the mountain to the people and (BK)consecrated the people; (BL)and they washed their garments. 15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the (BM)third day; (BN)do not go near a woman.”

Footnotes:

  1. Exodus 17:16 A slight change would yield upon the banner
  2. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner
  3. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means My God is help
  4. Exodus 18:6 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac behold
  5. Exodus 18:11 Hebrew with them
  6. Exodus 19:13 That is, shot with an arrow

Cross references:

  1. Exodus 17:8 : Deut. 25:17; 1 Sam. 15:2
  2. Exodus 17:9 : ch. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11
  3. Exodus 17:9 : ch. 4:20
  4. Exodus 17:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11
  5. Exodus 17:10 : ch. 24:14; 31:2
  6. Exodus 17:11 : [1 Tim. 2:8]
  7. Exodus 17:12 : [See ver. 10 above]; ch. 24:14; 31:2
  8. Exodus 17:13 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11
  9. Exodus 17:14 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11
  10. Exodus 17:14 : Num. 24:20; Deut. 25:19; 1 Sam. 15:3, 7; 30:1, 17; 2 Sam. 8:12
  11. Exodus 17:15 : [Judg. 6:24]
  12. Exodus 17:16 : [See ver. 14 above]; Num. 24:20; Deut. 25:19; 1 Sam. 15:3, 7; 30:1, 17; 2 Sam. 8:12
  13. Exodus 18:1 : [ch. 2:18]
  14. Exodus 18:1 : ver. 12; ch. 2:16
  15. Exodus 18:3 : ch. 4:20; Acts 7:29
  16. Exodus 18:3 : ch. 2:22
  17. Exodus 18:3 : Ps. 39:12; Heb. 11:13
  18. Exodus 18:5 : See ch. 3:1
  19. Exodus 18:7 : Gen. 14:17; 18:2; 19:1; 1 Kgs. 2:19
  20. Exodus 18:7 : [Gen. 29:13; 33:4]; 2 Sam. 19:39
  21. Exodus 18:8 : See Neh. 9:9-15; Ps. 78:12-28, 42-53; 106:7-12
  22. Exodus 18:10 : Gen. 14:20; 2 Sam. 18:28; Luke 1:68
  23. Exodus 18:11 : 1 Chr. 16:25; 2 Chr. 2:5; Ps. 95:3; 97:9; 135:5
  24. Exodus 18:11 : Neh. 9:10; [Ps. 119:21; Dan. 4:37; Luke 1:51]
  25. Exodus 18:12 : Deut. 12:7; 14:26; 1 Chr. 29:22; [ch. 24:11; Gen. 31:54]
  26. Exodus 18:15 : [Lev. 24:12; Num. 15:34]
  27. Exodus 18:16 : ch. 24:14; Deut. 17:8; [2 Sam. 15:2, 3; 1 Cor. 6:1]
  28. Exodus 18:16 : Deut. 4:5; 5:1
  29. Exodus 18:18 : Num. 11:14, 17; Deut. 1:9, 12
  30. Exodus 18:19 : ch. 4:16; [ch. 20:19; Deut. 5:5]
  31. Exodus 18:19 : Num. 27:5
  32. Exodus 18:20 : Ps. 143:8
  33. Exodus 18:20 : Deut. 1:18
  34. Exodus 18:21 : Deut. 1:15; 16:18; See 2 Chr. 19:5-10; [Acts 6:3]
  35. Exodus 18:22 : ver. 26
  36. Exodus 18:22 : Lev. 24:11; Num. 15:33; 27:2; 36:1; Deut. 1:17; 17:8
  37. Exodus 18:22 : Num. 11:17
  38. Exodus 18:23 : ver. 18
  39. Exodus 18:25 : Deut. 1:15
  40. Exodus 18:26 : ver. 22
  41. Exodus 18:27 : [Num. 10:29, 30]
  42. Exodus 19:1 : Num. 33:15
  43. Exodus 19:2 : ch. 17:1, 8
  44. Exodus 19:2 : See ch. 3:1
  45. Exodus 19:3 : ch. 20:21; [Acts 7:38]
  46. Exodus 19:3 : ch. 3:4
  47. Exodus 19:4 : Deut. 29:2
  48. Exodus 19:4 : Deut. 32:11, 12; Isa. 63:9; Rev. 12:14
  49. Exodus 19:5 : Deut. 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; Ps. 135:4; Mal. 3:17; Titus 2:14
  50. Exodus 19:5 : ch. 9:29; Deut. 10:14; Job 41:11; Ps. 24:1; 50:12; 1 Cor. 10:26
  51. Exodus 19:6 : 1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
  52. Exodus 19:6 : Lev. 20:26; Deut. 7:6; 14:21; 26:19; 28:9; Isa. 62:12; 1 Pet. 2:9
  53. Exodus 19:8 : ch. 24:3, 7; Deut. 5:27; 26:17
  54. Exodus 19:9 : ch. 20:21; 24:16; Deut. 4:11; Ps. 18:11; 97:2; [Matt. 17:5]
  55. Exodus 19:9 : Deut. 4:12, 36; [John 12:28, 29]
  56. Exodus 19:9 : ch. 14:31
  57. Exodus 19:10 : Lev. 11:44, 45; [Josh. 3:5]
  58. Exodus 19:10 : [Gen. 35:2; Lev. 15:5]
  59. Exodus 19:11 : ch. 34:5; [Deut. 33:2]
  60. Exodus 19:12 : Cited Heb. 12:20
  61. Exodus 19:13 : ver. 16, 19
  62. Exodus 19:14 : ver. 3
  63. Exodus 19:14 : [See ver. 10 above]; Lev. 11:44, 45; [Josh. 3:5]
  64. Exodus 19:14 : [See ver. 10 above]; [Gen. 35:2; Lev. 15:5]
  65. Exodus 19:15 : ver. 11
  66. Exodus 19:15 : [1 Sam. 21:4, 5; 1 Cor. 7:5]
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Matthew 22:34-23:12

The Great Commandment

34 (A)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced (B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 (C)And one of them, (D)a lawyer, asked him a question (E)to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, (F)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (G)a second is like it: (H)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (I)On these two commandments depend (J)all the Law and the Prophets.”

Whose Son Is the Christ?

41 (K)Now while the Pharisees (L)were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think about (M)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, (N)“The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, (O)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

44 (P)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

45 If then David calls him Lord, (Q)how is he his son?” 46 (R)And no one was able to answer him a word, (S)nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

23 Then Jesus (T)said to the crowds and to his disciples, (U)“The scribes and the Pharisees (V)sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, (W)but not the works they do. (X)For they preach, but do not practice. (Y)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. (Z)They do all their deeds (AA)to be seen by others. For they make (AB)their phylacteries broad and (AC)their fringes long, and they (AD)love the place of honor at feasts and (AE)the best seats in the synagogues and (AF)greetings in (AG)the marketplaces and being called (AH)rabbi[b] by others. (AI)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (AJ)all brothers.[c] (AK)And call no man your father on earth, for (AL)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (AM)the Christ. 11 (AN)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (AO)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Footnotes:

  1. Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
  2. Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
  3. Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters

Cross references:

  1. Matthew 22:34 : For ver. 34-40, see Mark 12:28-33
  2. Matthew 22:34 : ver. 23
  3. Matthew 22:35 : [Luke 10:25-28]
  4. Matthew 22:35 : See Luke 7:30
  5. Matthew 22:35 : ver. 18
  6. Matthew 22:37 : Luke 10:27; Cited from Deut. 6:5
  7. Matthew 22:39 : [1 John 4:21]
  8. Matthew 22:39 : Cited from Lev. 19:18; See ch. 19:19
  9. Matthew 22:40 : [Rom. 13:8, 10]
  10. Matthew 22:40 : ch. 7:12; [Gal. 5:14]
  11. Matthew 22:41 : For ver. 41-45, see Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44
  12. Matthew 22:41 : ver. 34
  13. Matthew 22:42 : See ch. 1:1, 17
  14. Matthew 22:42 : See ch. 1:1, 17
  15. Matthew 22:43 : Rev. 1:10; 4:2; [2 Sam. 23:2]
  16. Matthew 22:44 : Acts 2:34, 35; Heb. 1:13; Cited from Ps. 110:1; [1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 10:13]
  17. Matthew 22:45 : [Rom. 1:3, 4]
  18. Matthew 22:46 : [Luke 14:6]
  19. Matthew 22:46 : Mark 12:34; Luke 20:40
  20. Matthew 23:1 : For ver. 1, 2, 5-7, see Mark 12:38, 39; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43]
  21. Matthew 23:2 : [Ezra 7:6, 10, 25; Neh. 8:4]
  22. Matthew 23:2 : [Deut. 17:10, 11; John 9:28, 29]
  23. Matthew 23:3 : [ch. 5:20; 15:3-13]
  24. Matthew 23:3 : Rom. 2:17-23
  25. Matthew 23:4 : Luke 11:46; [ch. 11:28-30; Acts 15:10]
  26. Matthew 23:5 : [See ver. 1 above]; For ver. 1, 2, 5-7, see Mark 12:38, 39; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43]
  27. Matthew 23:5 : ch. 6:1, 16; [John 5:44]
  28. Matthew 23:5 : Ex. 13:9; Deut. 6:8; 11:18
  29. Matthew 23:5 : See ch. 9:20
  30. Matthew 23:6 : Luke 14:7, 8
  31. Matthew 23:6 : Luke 11:43
  32. Matthew 23:7 : [See ver. 6 above]; Luke 11:43
  33. Matthew 23:7 : ch. 11:16; 20:3
  34. Matthew 23:7 : See John 1:38
  35. Matthew 23:8 : James 3:1
  36. Matthew 23:8 : Luke 22:32; John 21:23; See Philem. 16
  37. Matthew 23:9 : [1 Cor. 1:12; 3:4]
  38. Matthew 23:9 : ch. 6:9; Mal. 1:6; See ch. 7:11
  39. Matthew 23:10 : See ch. 1:17
  40. Matthew 23:11 : ch. 20:26
  41. Matthew 23:12 : Luke 14:11; 18:14; [ch. 18:4; Prov. 29:23; Ezek. 21:26; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5, 6]
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Psalm 27:8-14

You have said, (A)“Seek[a] my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”[b]
(B)Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
(C)O God of my salvation!
10 For (D)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will (E)take me in.

11 (F)Teach me your way, O Lord,
and lead me on (G)a level path
because of my enemies.
12 (H)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for (I)false witnesses have risen against me,
and they (J)breathe out violence.

13 I believe that I shall look[c] upon (K)the goodness of the Lord
in (L)the land of the living!
14 (M)Wait for the Lord;
(N)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 27:8 The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person
  2. Psalm 27:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
  3. Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look
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Proverbs 6:27-35

27 Can a man carry (A)fire next to his (B)chest
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one (C)walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches her (D)will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
to (E)satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31 but (F)if he is caught, he will pay (G)sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For (H)jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when (I)he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

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