Month: November 2019

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11/25/2019 DAB Transcript

Daniel 1:1-2:23, 1 Peter 3:8-4:6, Psalms 119:65-80, Proverbs 28:14

Today is the 25th day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s always great to be here with you as we come together around the global campfire and…and release the stresses of the day and engage with the Scriptures and take the next step forward. And that next step forward is going to lead us into a new book today. We completed the book of Ezekiel yesterday, which will lead us today into the book of Daniel.

Introduction to the book of Daniel:

Daniel is one of the more fascinating books in the Old Testament and it’s prized, actually for a couple reasons. One is the historical account that the Daniel tells and then Daniel also has really cinematic sweeping prophetic visions, not unlike some of the visions that Ezekiel had. In fact these visions of Daniel have of been consulted over thousands of years in the study of the end times which is the study of eschatology. So, Daniel was contemporary with Ezekiel. They lived at the same time and Daniel had been taken into exile when Jerusalem fell to Babylon in 597 BC, which is the territory that we’ve been covering for a while now in some of these prophetic books. So, we know that that was a very traumatic time for the people who had been conquered, remarkably difficult for those who had been deported with families being broken apart and all. And these things we heard in the biblical narratives. So, we know this. We know the Daniel went into exile but even though he was exiled he was also favored by God. He was a gifted young man who rose to become very influential, an advisor to the Babylonian kingdom and to King Nebuchadnezzar and beyond. Here’s where things get a little interesting. Even though Daniel was and exile, he was a Hebrew who had been exiled from Jerusalem, and he was a profit, he wasn’t a prophet for or against Israel. The visions that Daniel has in this book aren’t particularly Jewish which gives him a unique voice. So, as we enter the first half of our time in the book of Daniel, which ends today we’ll read the story of Daniel’s life and in the process of reading the story of Daniel’s life we’ll encounter some of the richest stories in the Bible…like stories that I’ve known my whole life, like the story of Shadrach Meshack and Abednego in the fiery furnace or Daniel’s story, Daniel in the lion’s den. This is the Daniel that we’re talking about. And then as we move into the back half of the book of Daniel, we’ll focus on the prophetic visions of four great world empires and the imagery is highly symbolic and it’s this portion of the book that has been and continues to be scrutinized by eschatological scholars. So, obviously if the end times is something that you are a fan of or study or if that’s your pursuit, educationally, well then Daniel is a part of that story and will become a centerpiece of that study. But whether or not that’s your passion, Daniel’s portrayal of God’s sovereignty over all the kingdoms of the world, over all things is a powerful reminder for us. And Daniel will carry us all the way into the final month of the year which isn’t that far away. So, let’s settle in and enjoy the 27th book of the Old Testament, the book of Daniel. And today we’ll read chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 23 and we’re reading from the New International Version this week.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this new week in Your word and this is…this is a busy week here in the United States. This this the week of Thanksgiving and then Black Friday all over the world and we immediately find ourselves catapulted into the holiday season, which only gets busier and busier, certainly full of joy, certainly full of goodness, certainly full of wonderful opportunities to ponder and contemplate Your arrival, but nevertheless a busy season. And, so, this week kind of transitions us into that zone, into that space that will carry along with us through the end of the year. And, so, as we move into the book of Daniel, we invite Your Holy Spirit to lead us. And as we continue our journey through the New Testament, we stay in lockstep harmony with You. This is our desire, not only to finish the Bible strong and well but to receive from You everything that You have for us as we continue this rhythm of life. And, so come Holy Spirit we pray into this week and to all that is before us in this week and to all of our thoughts and words and deeds. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

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And I’ll tell you, this is the week, right? This is…and that might not make perfect sense to you everywhere in the world, but this is Thanksgiving week in the United States and Thanksgiving happens this Thursday and it’s a day of gratitude, but it’s a national holiday and it’s right before Black Friday and it’s like this is sort of the inauguration of the holiday season. And, so, no matter where we are in the world, pretty much, you know, after this week, there’s a lot of marketing going on and a lot of…a lot of incentives to buy a lot of things for a lot of people and a lot of festivity and a lot of joy but a lot of chaos too, right? Just a lot of disruption happens around the holiday season because we’re just changing our rhythms and we’re heading into it. So, let’s stay connected to our journey through the Scriptures as we…as we enter into the new season. And one of the ways that we do that, obviously, is come around the Global Campfire every day, but one of the things that helps us to keep involved in the rhythm is the fact that we’re doing this together. So, there are a number of ways to stay connected during the season.

Check out the community section dailyaudiobible.com for all of the different links to different social media channels that we’re as well as the Prayer Wall, which also lives in the Community section at the website where you can reach out in prayer and offer prayer always. And this is the time year where…where…where we need to stay close, close to one another and close to the heart of God. It can be a very very challenging time, even though it can be a very joyous time. So, stay connected.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if the journey of the Scriptures in a year is meaningful to your life, then…then thank you for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you compress the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or, if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, as always, if you have a prayer request or comment 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that is it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday November 25, 2019 (NIV)

Daniel 1:1-2:23

Daniel in Nebuchadnezzar’s Court

1 During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah,[a] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[b] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.

3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah’s royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives. 4 “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.[c]” 5 The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.

6 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah. 7 The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names:

Daniel was called Belteshazzar.
Hananiah was called Shadrach.
Mishael was called Meshach.
Azariah was called Abednego.

8 But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. 9 Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. 10 But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”

11 Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 12 “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said. 13 “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king’s food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.” 14 The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion and tested them for ten days.

15 At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king. 16 So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.

17 God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.

18 When the training period ordered by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service. 20 Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

21 Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus.[d]

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

2 One night during the second year of his reign,[e] Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep. 2 He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers,[f] and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king, 3 he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”

4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic,[g] “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”

5 But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble! 6 But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. Just tell me the dream and what it means!”

7 They said again, “Please, Your Majesty. Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”

8 The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say, 9 ‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.”

10 The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer! 11 The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”

12 The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed. 13 And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.

14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion. 15 He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened. 16 Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant.

17 Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. 18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon. 19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven. 20 He said,

“Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he has all wisdom and power.
21 He controls the course of world events;
he removes kings and sets up other kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the scholars.
22 He reveals deep and mysterious things
and knows what lies hidden in darkness,
though he is surrounded by light.
23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
for you have given me wisdom and strength.
You have told me what we asked of you
and revealed to us what the king demanded.”

Footnotes:

  1. 1:1 This event occurred in 605 B.c., during the third year of Jehoiakim’s reign (according to the calendar system in which the new year begins in the spring).
  2. 1:2 Hebrew the land of Shinar.
  3. 1:4 Or of the Chaldeans.
  4. 1:21 Cyrus began his reign (over Babylon) in 539 B.c.
  5. 2:1 The second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign was 603 B.c.
  6. 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in 2:4, 5, 10.
  7. 2:4 The original text from this point through chapter 7 is in Aramaic.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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1 Peter 3:8-4:6

All Christians

8 Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters.[a] Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. 9 Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing. 10 For the Scriptures say,

“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
11 Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
12 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right,
and his ears are open to their prayers.
But the Lord turns his face
against those who do evil.”[b]

Suffering for Doing Good

13 Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats. 15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way.[c] Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ. 17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

18 Christ suffered[d] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.[e]

19 So he went and preached to the spirits in prison— 20 those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.[f] 21 And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from[g] a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

22 Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority.

Living for God

4 So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.[h] 2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. 3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.

4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you. 5 But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead. 6 That is why the Good News was preached to those who are now dead[i]—so although they were destined to die like all people,[j] they now live forever with God in the Spirit.[k]

Footnotes:

  1. 3:8 Greek Show brotherly love.
  2. 3:10-12 Ps 34:12-16.
  3. 3:16 Some English translations put this sentence in verse 15.
  4. 3:18a Some manuscripts read died.
  5. 3:18b Or in spirit.
  6. 3:20 Greek saved through water.
  7. 3:21 Or as an appeal to God for.
  8. 4:1 Or For the one [or One] who has suffered physically has finished with sin.
  9. 4:6a Greek preached even to the dead.
  10. 4:6b Or so although people had judged them worthy of death.
  11. 4:6c Or in spirit.
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


Psalm 119:65-80

Teth

65 You have done many good things for me, Lord,
just as you promised.
66 I believe in your commands;
now teach me good judgment and knowledge.
67 I used to wander off until you disciplined me;
but now I closely follow your word.
68 You are good and do only good;
teach me your decrees.
69 Arrogant people smear me with lies,
but in truth I obey your commandments with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are dull and stupid,
but I delight in your instructions.
71 My suffering was good for me,
for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.
72 Your instructions are more valuable to me
than millions in gold and silver.

Yodh

73 You made me; you created me.
Now give me the sense to follow your commands.
74 May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy,
for I have put my hope in your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair;
you disciplined me because I needed it.
76 Now let your unfailing love comfort me,
just as you promised me, your servant.
77 Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live,
for your instructions are my delight.
78 Bring disgrace upon the arrogant people who lied about me;
meanwhile, I will concentrate on your commandments.
79 Let me be united with all who fear you,
with those who know your laws.
80 May I be blameless in keeping your decrees;
then I will never be ashamed.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


Proverbs 28:14

14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong,[a]
but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.

Footnotes:

  1. 28:14 Or those who fear the Lord; Hebrew reads those who fear.
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


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11/24/2019 DAB Transcript

Ezekiel 47:1-48:35, 1 Peter 2:11-3:7, Psalms 119:49-64, Proverbs 28:12-13

Today is the 24th day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you…yeah…on the threshold of a brand-new week, but we are walking into the last week of this month of November and before this week is over, I guess we’ll be officially launching ourselves into the…into the holiday season. So, with all of that in mind we begin our brand-new week together. We’ll read from the New International Version this week. Today Ezekiel chapters 47 and 48.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for another week in Your word that we’re entering into now. And, so, as we as we step through this shiny sparkly threshold into a shiny sparkly new week, we knowledge that this is the week where the year usually begins to speed up. And, so, we greet You, we love You, we worship You, and we invite You into this new week, even as some of us will be traveling and even as things begin to get more and more busy as we approach the Christmas season. Come Jesus into this week. We invite You. We humble ourselves before You. We look for the leading of Your Holy Spirit in every way and we look for Your guidance on the narrow path that leads to life, and we pray this in Your name, the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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dailyaudiobible.com is home base, it is the website, is where you find out what’s going on around here. So, there…there’s always something going on around here. So, be sure to stay tuned in and stay connected.

Especially stay tuned and connected to…to praying for one another, which is one of the beautiful ways that we love each other. And a great resource for that is the Prayer Wall. That can be found in the Community section at dailyaudiobible.com. You can also access it from the Daily Audio Bible app by pressing the little Drawer icon in the upper left-hand corner, but that is wonderful, always on, never off, resource to ask for and receive prayer and to offer prayer as well. So, check that out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if…if this journey through the Scriptures this year in community around the global campfire is meaningful and has brought good news and life to you in your life, then thank you for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, as always, if you have a prayer request or comment you can just press the Hotline button in the app, the little red button at the top, or you can dial 877-942-4253.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi, this message is for Karla. Your prayer request went up on November 19th. My name is Candace, I’m from Pennsylvania. I just really…your…your voice…the pain in your voice just really touched me and I would like to go into prayer. Dear heavenly Father, we thank You for Your gracious and loving kindness. We thank You Father God for the lives today. We thank You for Daily Audio Bible. We thank You for this wall of prayer that we can come and put all our pain and anger and joy, our feelings with no judgment at this wall. We thank You for Brian and Jill Father God. Lord we just thank You Father God. I’m lifting up my sister Karla to You today Father God and asking that You just be with her right now in the midst of the storm Father God, in the midst of her storm right now Father God, in every angle of her life, in her mind, in her heart, in her brain Father God. We just ask that You be in her household right now Father God. Be over her mindset Father God, be over her family and friends Father God. Lord let her be open to hearing Your voice Father God, clear more than ever this day Lord. And we thank You Father God that in this storm that You will, You will see her through Father God, that she will make it through Father God. In Jesus’ name we pray.

Hi this is Karen from Washington and I want to pray for Hanging on by the Kkin of My Teeth. I just ask You Lord that the time that she will have with You can be so close to heal all her wounds from all the things that happened this past year in her life and I ask dear Lord that You break off the spirit of shame and want to take it from her Lord, take off the spirit of regret from her Lord. I ask that You remove scar tissue from heart, from the trauma of all that happened with having an abortion. And I ask Lord Jesus that she will know she’s forgiven and that her baby’s in Your arms and that Lord she is going to have a testimony and she’s going to be able to speak to many in the shoes that she’s in right now. So, Lord I just ask that You breathe upon her and that You refresh her…her heart…her broken heart Lord. Thank You, Lord You are faithful. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible listeners this is God’s girl in the East Texas, and I listen every single day. I know…I try not to call in…I haven’t called and in months actually. Life is hard and no matter what we’re going through we have to stay focused on God. This call goes out to Asia in Chicago. I love your heart Asia. You made me cry this morning when I listened to the podcast about you giving the homeless man your gloves and a cup of coffee and an energy bar. The Lord bless you and that’s what God requires of us, to be loving. And another lady called in, I’m sorry because I…I don’t think I’ve ever heard her before but she was talking about, she’s 55, retired and I guess she’s been kind of…you’ve been kind of harsh in what you say to people. And, you know, Jesus got angry in the temple and He let them know real quick how He felt, but Jesus was a kind soul. And as long as you are feeling that knowledge to change your heart, yes, that is God speaking to you because we can’t win anybody to God by being a bullwhip. And I say that to you respectfully, okay? I just want to encourage you to keep seeking after the Lord and listen to His voice. When you hear a negative, that’s the enemy of your soul. But if you hear a positive and it’s something that’s going to edify the kingdom of heaven, draw you closer to Him, or help somebody draw closer to God, you know that’s God. The Lord bless all of my friends, every one of you. When I hear your prayer requests, I go to prayer right then and I wish again I had time to name you all…

Good morning DAB family this is Lee from New Jersey and today is November 19th and wow we are moving along. Karla, you called in this morning, it was during the today’s reading and at the end, the prayer requests at the end. And I hear you sister. So, this is what I’m gonna tell you. You said two things that are very important, especially the part of being broken. God loves broken vessels. Okay? Because He loves to put people back together. And another thing, all that suffering that you’re feeling right now, the letdown, and everyone turning their back on you and you feeling that even God turned his back on you, this is called a purification process for you sister. Your soul is being purified. Whether you know it or not it’s being put under the fire. Just like a piece of clay that was broken that’s putting back together, it’s being set, put back in the fire to be put back together. And once you’re through the purification process sister you’re gonna feel like if you were swimming and you came up for air, that feeling of coming out of the water and taking a nice big, big, big breath of fresh air. That’s what you gonna feel like. I don’t know when sister because God works in mysterious ways and He doesn’t tell us all these things, but you will see when the time comes and when you breathe you will know that you have gone through the purification process. Love you all. Love you Lord and I’ll be calling back soon.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family my name is Bob Kelly my wife Barbara and I have been listeners for years and we just want to express our thanks to Brian for his consistent reading and explanation and challenges to put the Bible in practice. We are actually part of the DAB Spanish team. We live in Nicaragua and one of the things that we teach our kids in Bible class is that there’s three words when it comes to the Bible: information, revelation, transformation. Information is when you get what the Bible says and read it, understand it. Revelation is when it gets into your heart. And transformation is when a completely changes the way you act. And I appreciate how Brian is continually challenging us for transformation as well as listening to other listeners who…who see that same need. I was thinking the Bible says that husbands should love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for. I can understand that information. Revelation, I might try that once and see how it works. But transformation is when I do it continually. Anyway, God bless you all. We love being part of this community and __.

Yes, my name is Mark, Mark Nobel I live in __ Florida and I’ve got a feeling that somethings wrong with my neighbor __ and I went to her house yesterday and she was dead on the bed. So please keep me in prayer. This is ___. Please keep me in prayer about this. Her name is Ramone and just God give me comfort and peace. Thank you…

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday November 24, 2019 (NIV)

Ezekiel 47-48

The River of Healing

47 In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side. 2 The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.

3 Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet[a] and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles. 4 He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist. 5 Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.

6 He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank. 7 When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river. 8 Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.[b] The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure. 9 There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows.[c] Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.[d] 11 But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”

Boundaries for the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.[e] 14 Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.

15 “These are the boundaries of the land: The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad; 16 then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim,[f] which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran. 17 So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.

18 “The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea[g] and as far south as Tamar.[h] This will be the eastern border.

19 “The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[i] and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.

20 “On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.

21 “Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel. 22 Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes. 23 These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

Division of the Land

48 “Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan’s territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.

2 “Asher’s territory lies south of Dan’s and also extends from east to west. 3 Naphtali’s land lies south of Asher’s, also extending from east to west. 4 Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west. 5 South of Manasseh is Ephraim, 6 and then Reuben, 7 and then Judah, all of whose boundaries extend from east to west.

8 “South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8 1⁄3 miles[j] wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center.

9 “The area set aside for the Lord’s Temple will be 8 1⁄3 miles long and 6 2⁄3 miles wide.[k] 10 For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8 1⁄3 miles long by 3 1⁄3 miles wide,[l] with the Lord’s Temple at the center. 11 This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who served me faithfully and did not go astray with the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites. 12 It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests’ territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.

13 “The land allotted to the Levites will be the same size and shape as that belonging to the priests—8 1⁄3 miles long and 3 1⁄3 miles wide. Together these portions of land will measure 8 1⁄3 miles long by 6 2⁄3 miles wide.[m] 14 None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the Lord; it is set apart as holy.

15 “An additional strip of land 8 1⁄3 miles long by 1 2⁄3 miles wide,[n] south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center. 16 The city will measure 1 1⁄2 miles[o] on each side—north, south, east, and west. 17 Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards[p] in every direction. 18 Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3 1⁄3 miles to the east and 3 1⁄3 miles to the west[q] along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city. 19 Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it. 20 This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8 1⁄3 miles[r] on each side.

21 “The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8 1⁄3 miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center. 22 So the prince’s land will include everything between the territories allotted to Judah and Benjamin, except for the areas set aside for the sacred lands and the city.

23 “These are the territories allotted to the rest of the tribes. Benjamin’s territory lies just south of the prince’s lands, and it extends across the entire land of Israel from east to west. 24 South of Benjamin’s territory lies that of Simeon, also extending across the land from east to west. 25 Next is the territory of Issachar with the same eastern and western boundaries.

26 “Then comes the territory of Zebulun, which also extends across the land from east to west. 27 The territory of Gad is just south of Zebulun with the same borders to the east and west. 28 The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[s] and then follows the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean.[t]

29 “These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe’s exclusive possession. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

The Gates of the City

30 “These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1 1⁄2 miles long, 31 there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi. 32 On the east wall, also 1 1⁄2 miles long, the gates will be named for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan. 33 The south wall, also 1 1⁄2 miles long, will have gates named for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun. 34 And on the west wall, also 1 1⁄2 miles long, the gates will be named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.

35 “The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles.[u] And from that day the name of the city will be ‘The Lord Is There.’[v]”

Footnotes:

  1. 47:3 Hebrew 1,000 cubits [530 meters]; also in 47:4, 5.
  2. 47:8 Hebrew the sea.
  3. 47:9 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads of these two rivers flow.
  4. 47:10 Hebrew the Great Sea; also in 47:15, 17, 19, 20.
  5. 47:13 It was important to retain twelve portions of land. Since Levi had no portion, the descendants of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, received land as two tribes.
  6. 47:15-16 As in Greek version; Masoretic Text reads then on through Lebo to Zedad; 16 then it will run to Hamath, Berothah, and Sibraim.
  7. 47:18a Hebrew the eastern sea.
  8. 47:18b As in Greek version; Hebrew reads you will measure.
  9. 47:19 Hebrew waters of Meribath-kadesh.
  10. 48:8 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers].
  11. 48:9 As in one Greek manuscript and the Greek reading in 45:1: 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers] long and 20,000 [cubits] [10.6 kilometers] wide; Hebrew reads 25,000 [cubits] long and 10,000 [cubits] [3 1⁄3 miles or 5.3 kilometers] wide. Similarly in 48:13b. Compare 45:1-5; 48:10-13.
  12. 48:10 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers] long by 10,000 [cubits] [5.3 kilometers] wide; also in 48:13a.
  13. 48:13 See note on 48:9.
  14. 48:15 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers] long by 5,000 [cubits] [2.65 kilometers] wide.
  15. 48:16 Hebrew 4,500 [cubits] [2.4 kilometers]; also in 48:30, 32, 33, 34.
  16. 48:17 Hebrew 250 [cubits] [133 meters].
  17. 48:18 Hebrew 10,000 [cubits] [5.3 kilometers] to the east and 10,000 [cubits] to the west.
  18. 48:20 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers]; also in 48:21.
  19. 48:28a Hebrew waters of Meribath-kadesh.
  20. 48:28b Hebrew the Great Sea.
  21. 48:35a Hebrew 18,000 [cubits] [9.6 kilometers].
  22. 48:35b Hebrew Yahweh Shammah.
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1 Peter 2:11-3:7

11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.[a]

Respecting People in Authority

13 For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14 or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.

15 It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you. 16 For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. 17 Respect everyone, and love the family of believers.[b] Fear God, and respect the king.

Slaves

18 You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect.[c] Do what they tell you—not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel. 19 For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment. 20 Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.

21 For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered[d] for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

22 He never sinned,
nor ever deceived anyone.[e]
23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly.
24 He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.
25 Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls.

Wives

3 In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over 2 by observing your pure and reverent lives.

3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 5 This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands. 6 For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, and called him her master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do.

Husbands

7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.

Footnotes:

  1. 2:12 Or on the day of visitation.
  2. 2:17 Greek love the brotherhood.
  3. 2:18 Or because you fear God; Greek reads in all fear.
  4. 2:21 Some manuscripts read died.
  5. 2:22 Isa 53:9.
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Psalm 119:49-64

Zayin

49 Remember your promise to me;
it is my only hope.
50 Your promise revives me;
it comforts me in all my troubles.
51 The proud hold me in utter contempt,
but I do not turn away from your instructions.
52 I meditate on your age-old regulations;
O Lord, they comfort me.
53 I become furious with the wicked,
because they reject your instructions.
54 Your decrees have been the theme of my songs
wherever I have lived.
55 I reflect at night on who you are, O Lord;
therefore, I obey your instructions.
56 This is how I spend my life:
obeying your commandments.

Heth

57 Lord, you are mine!
I promise to obey your words!
58 With all my heart I want your blessings.
Be merciful as you promised.
59 I pondered the direction of my life,
and I turned to follow your laws.
60 I will hurry, without delay,
to obey your commands.
61 Evil people try to drag me into sin,
but I am firmly anchored to your instructions.
62 I rise at midnight to thank you
for your just regulations.
63 I am a friend to anyone who fears you—
anyone who obeys your commandments.
64 O Lord, your unfailing love fills the earth;
teach me your decrees.

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Proverbs 28:12-13

12 When the godly succeed, everyone is glad.
When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.

13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

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11/23/2019 DAB Transcript

Ezekiel 45:13-46:24, 1 Peter 1:13-2:10, Psalms 119:33-48, Proverbs 28:11

Today is the 23rd day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you as we as…well…as we end another week and continue taking steps forward. So, we’ll go back into the book of Ezekiel. We’ve been reading from the New Living translation this week, which is what we’ll do today. And then will move into the letter of Peter, first Peter, that we just started yesterday when we get to the New Testament. But first, Ezekiel chapter 45 verse 13 through 46 verse 24.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for another week in Your word. And as the…the number of weeks…well it’s been decreasing since we started this journey…but now we can count them pretty easily on our hands. And, so, we thank You for Your faithfulness to us and for the transformation that has been taking place since we set sail on January 1st. And as we say here on this week before things start to really really get busy for the rest of the year, we spend a moment of gratefulness. We are so thankful for Your faithfulYou’re Your faithfulness to us. So, we commit to being faithful to this journey until the end and to find out the things that You yet have to do inside of us before this revolution around the sun is complete. So, we thank You for another week in Your word and we look with anticipation, great anticipation for all that You have yet to do. We love You Father. We worship You and we pray these things in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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And that is it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here next week, which is tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning everyone this is JoAnn Marie from Southern California this is specifically for Karla. Today is November 19th and I just heard your prayer and request for prayer. Heavenly father I lift up Karla. Father, from personal experience I know that you are with her though she may not feel it. Father God I know that you love her and cherish her. Lord, I pray that your Holy Spirit will wash over this young woman. She’s right at the perfect place to receive your blessings. Karla don’t worry. Karla keep your eyes on Jesus. My friend used to say the saying, “fake it ‘til you make it.” So, grab your Bible, go through the Psalms and read them out loud. No matter if you believe it or not just do it. Heavenly father again I continue praying for Karla. Holy Spirit wash over her, hold onto her be with her. Father hear our prayers and comfort our sister in Christ who is crying out to you. Thank you that we can give you our burdens. Thank you that you’re hear every single prayer, that you catch every single tear and that we are not alone no matter how we feel. Your word tells us that you are with us. Your word is holy. Your word is true. You are not a God of confusion. You are a God of peace and calm. Father, we pray again in Jesus name. And Lord, we thank you for how you rescue us each day every day all day. Lord we love you and thank you for another…

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family I want to pray for the woman who called in today November 19th that at her wits and that feels like she can’t do it anymore, she can’t pray to God anymore, she’s lost faith in her relationship with the Lord. Her marriage, everything is crumbling. Mam, I prayed for you this morning. when I heard your prayer I got right on my knees to think of you because God was reaching to my heart for you. He showed me a vision of you being like spiritual gas tank pulling up to His heavenly station and your tank was on fumes and it was almost to the point where people had to push you into the gas station just to get to the tank. But I’m gonna tell you right now ma’am that God is coming for you in a mighty way. Ephesians 3:20, He’s going to do exceedingly great expect in things beyond anything you can hope, ask or expect. Jeremiah 29:11. You know that one well. He has great plans. So, I’ve been…I’ve been many times where you are before, feeling unloved, unworthy, unnoticed, invisible. God is coming through in this season to bring out his people who have been in the dark to bring them to the light. He is going to fill up your gas tank overflowingly full to the point where you can’t hold it anymore. So, don’t you dare give up because we’re praying for you, I’m praying for you, Jesus is interceding on your behalf. And He’s gonna come through right now at a time when you least expect it. Amen.

Desperately wanting to Jesus this is PG from NC. I’m calling to answer your question from Sunday, November 17. I’ll speak quickly. Yes, it’s normal to feel like you want justice, that you want all wrongs to be righted. It is. But it’s not the default for believers. We leave that to Christ. Now, you’re trying to control your words, your attitudes and your actions and that’s not really possible. James will teach us that though tongue is a wild thing that can’t be controlled, and we know that our facial expressions will follow words. But how do we do it? Well the good thing is that the word also says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. And the good news is that you and I can build up our hearts and minds and train our Spirits. So how do we do that. DAB every day. Don’t just listen, read along, participate. The other thing is we build our Spirits, we train our Spirits by worship out loud. Don’t just hum, don’t just listen, do it out loud. The other thing is by thankfulness. Gratitude is an attitude, but thankfulness is an expression. Express thankfulness to the Lord every day when you get up and then when you lay back down. And call or text two people every day and thank them for something. The other thing is prayer. Now let’s be honest. God doesn’t need to hear a lot of what we have to say but we need to hear what he has to say. So, it’s a lot more listening than talking. But one of the things you can do is you can pray for those who despitefully used you but not conviction, condemnation all those kind of things. Pray blessings, pray repentance, pray mercy. Pray for their families. Bless them in every way. And in doing that you will build yourself up, train your spirit. Out of that abundance your mouth will speak, and your face will match it. Hey, this is PG from NC and just like Brian I love you and I’ll be here tomorrow.

Hey everyone, is Karen in St. Louis. I am asking you guys to please pray. My last besty passed away on Sunday, which was my birthday, but she is in glory with the Lord, no more pain, no more suffering. We had been friends for almost 40 years. And, so, if you would please pray. A couple of things. Her family are not believers and so she was actually responsible in kind of a weird way back when we had gotten out of the record business and then she was working part-time at a record store where she invited me to go to a church where this guy who was in the worship team that worked at the record store was bugging her to go. And I was ready to go because at that time I was in adult children of alcoholics and the Lord was really drawing me to Him. In any event, just pray that I would be a light in the darkness. I pray that the gospel would be given at her funeral. And then we also have a couple of friends that were in the record business with us. We’ve gotten reconnected with them through Facebook years ago. They are both very of evout…devout and radical atheists and in the course of the years they too both have cancer. So, if you would pray that I would be able to continue that relationship with them, that the Lord would be drawing them to him, and I just thank you so much for all of your prayers. And I want to pray for all of those that are dealing with extreme brokenness. It is so hard to see, and it can rock our faith, but God is faithful no matter what. Thank you, Brian. Thank you, Jill. God bless you all. Bye-bye.

Hey Daily Audio Bible, this is Micah in Awe. Today I heard Karla call in struggling with depression. You said you were heartbroken. The Scripture talking about the oil of joy came into mind. So, I looked up the Scripture. It’s Isaiah 61. I’m just gonna read it now. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor in the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to grant to those who mourn in Zion, to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit, that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified. So, yesterday I was studying hard words of Missouri. I’m a woodworker and I read that oaks are one of the hardest woods in Missouri because the way that they age. So, this is God telling Isaiah to tell us that we will be called oaks of righteousness. That means that we will stand firm. Just like to encourage you. Stay firm. Stay believing in the Lord. Stay reading the Scripture. God’s gonna deliver you from this and am asking him right after this. I’m praying for you that he pours out the oil of joy over your life. I’ll talk to you later.

Hello dear Hanging On this is Jeanette. I heard your prayer and I want to extend a hand…a hug from a fellow believer in Jesus. There’s been a lot of things that I’ve done that haven’t been in anybody’s interest in the past, but Jesus hasn’t left us even when we can’t feel his presence. He gives us the times to regret what we have done but he doesn’t leave our side. And, so, I want to step forward. My own mother has suffered this sort of loss, her first child. And I’ve been praying for her very much recently. And what the father showed me was Jesus being with her in that room where the abortion happened but the whole room was surrounded with Holy Spirit fire and Jesus accepted the spirit of that young child into his arms to be carried up to heaven. And He laid His hands on my mother’s womb and He said, “I forgive you, I love you, you are my child.” He was very angry at all the circumstances that had driven her to that sacrifice of the child to that situation that put her in such terror, and He covered her with His grace. And it doesn’t matter where you’re standing right now but I know that His grace is poured out for you in the very depths of His heart and the very depths of heaven call out that He loves you because He gave himself on the cross for you. And no matter where you go, no matter what you do there’s a child waiting for you up in heaven who will be in your arms. If you are in tears than just…

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday November 23, 2019 (NIV)

Ezekiel 45:13-46:24

13 “‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[a] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[b] from each homer of barley. 14 The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath[c] from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer). 15 Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings(A) and fellowship offerings to make atonement(B) for the people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 All the people of the land will be required to give this special offering to the prince in Israel. 17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons(C) and the Sabbaths(D)—at all the appointed festivals of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings,[d] grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the Israelites.(E)

18 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month(F) on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect(G) and purify the sanctuary.(H) 19 The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge(I) of the altar(J) and on the gateposts of the inner court. 20 You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally(K) or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.

21 “‘In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover,(L) a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. 22 On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.(M) 23 Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams(N) without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat for a sin offering.(O) 24 He is to provide as a grain offering(P) an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[e] of olive oil for each ephah.(Q)

25 “‘During the seven days of the festival,(R) which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.(S)

46 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court(T) facing east(U) is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon(V) it is to be opened. 2 The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico(W) of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering(X) and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.(Y) 3 On the Sabbaths(Z) and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway.(AA) 4 The burnt offering the prince brings to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. 5 The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,[f] and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin[g] of olive oil for each ephah.(AB) 6 On the day of the New Moon(AC) he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect.(AD) 7 He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.(AE) 8 When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico(AF) of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.(AG)

9 “‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals,(AH) whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. 10 The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out.(AI) 11 At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.(AJ)

12 “‘When the prince provides(AK) a freewill offering(AL) to the Lord—whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings—the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.(AM)

13 “‘Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord; morning by morning(AN) you shall provide it.(AO) 14 You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah[h] with a third of a hin[i] of oil(AP) to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the Lord is a lasting ordinance.(AQ) 15 So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular(AR) burnt offering.(AS)

16 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance.(AT) 17 If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom;(AU) then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. 18 The prince must not take(AV) any of the inheritance(AW) of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.’”

19 Then the man brought me through the entrance(AX) at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north,(AY) which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. 20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering[j] and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating(AZ) the people.”(BA)

21 He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. 22 In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed[k] courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;[l] each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23 Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24 He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  2. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  3. Ezekiel 45:14 That is, about 2 1/2 quarts or about 2.2 liters
  4. Ezekiel 45:17 Or purification offerings; also in verses 19, 22, 23 and 25
  5. Ezekiel 45:24 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters
  6. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11
  7. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11
  8. Ezekiel 46:14 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  9. Ezekiel 46:14 That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters
  10. Ezekiel 46:20 Or purification offering
  11. Ezekiel 46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  12. Ezekiel 46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 45:15 : S Lev 1:4
  2. Ezekiel 45:15 : Lev 6:30
  3. Ezekiel 45:17 : S Nu 10:10
  4. Ezekiel 45:17 : S Lev 23:38; Isa 66:23
  5. Ezekiel 45:17 : S 1Ki 8:62; S 2Ch 31:3; Eze 46:4-12
  6. Ezekiel 45:18 : Ex 12:2
  7. Ezekiel 45:18 : S Lev 22:20; Heb 9:14
  8. Ezekiel 45:18 : S Lev 16:16, 33
  9. Ezekiel 45:19 : S Eze 43:17
  10. Ezekiel 45:19 : Lev 16:18-19
  11. Ezekiel 45:20 : Lev 4:27
  12. Ezekiel 45:21 : S Ex 12:11
  13. Ezekiel 45:22 : Lev 4:14
  14. Ezekiel 45:23 : S Nu 22:40; S Job 42:8
  15. Ezekiel 45:23 : Nu 28:16-25
  16. Ezekiel 45:24 : Nu 28:12-13
  17. Ezekiel 45:24 : Eze 46:5-7
  18. Ezekiel 45:25 : Dt 16:13
  19. Ezekiel 45:25 : Lev 23:34-43; Nu 29:12-38
  20. Ezekiel 46:1 : S Eze 40:19
  21. Ezekiel 46:1 : S 1Ch 9:18
  22. Ezekiel 46:1 : ver 6; Isa 66:23
  23. Ezekiel 46:2 : ver 8
  24. Ezekiel 46:2 : Eze 40:39
  25. Ezekiel 46:2 : ver 12; S Eze 44:3
  26. Ezekiel 46:3 : S Isa 66:23
  27. Ezekiel 46:3 : Lk 1:10
  28. Ezekiel 46:5 : ver 11
  29. Ezekiel 46:6 : ver 1; S Nu 10:10
  30. Ezekiel 46:6 : S Lev 22:20
  31. Ezekiel 46:7 : Eze 45:24
  32. Ezekiel 46:8 : ver 2
  33. Ezekiel 46:8 : Eze 44:3
  34. Ezekiel 46:9 : S Ex 23:14; S 34:20
  35. Ezekiel 46:10 : 2Sa 6:14-15; Ps 42:4
  36. Ezekiel 46:11 : ver 5
  37. Ezekiel 46:12 : S Eze 45:17
  38. Ezekiel 46:12 : S Lev 7:16
  39. Ezekiel 46:12 : ver 2
  40. Ezekiel 46:13 : S Ps 5:3
  41. Ezekiel 46:13 : Ex 29:38; S Nu 28:3
  42. Ezekiel 46:14 : Nu 15:6
  43. Ezekiel 46:14 : Da 8:11
  44. Ezekiel 46:15 : S Ex 29:42
  45. Ezekiel 46:15 : S Ex 29:38; Nu 28:5-6
  46. Ezekiel 46:16 : 2Ch 21:3
  47. Ezekiel 46:17 : S Lev 25:10
  48. Ezekiel 46:18 : 1Sa 8:14
  49. Ezekiel 46:18 : S Lev 25:23; Eze 45:8; Mic 2:1-2
  50. Ezekiel 46:19 : S Eze 42:9
  51. Ezekiel 46:19 : Eze 42:4
  52. Ezekiel 46:20 : S Lev 6:27
  53. Ezekiel 46:20 : ver 24; Zec 14:20
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1 Peter 1:13-2:10

Be Holy

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(A) set your hope(B) on the grace to be brought to you(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(D) 14 As obedient(E) children, do not conform(F) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(G) 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(H) 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](I)

17 Since you call on a Father(J) who judges each person’s work(K) impartially,(L) live out your time as foreigners(M) here in reverent fear.(N) 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(O) from the empty way of life(P) handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood(Q) of Christ, a lamb(R) without blemish or defect.(S) 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(T) but was revealed in these last times(U) for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God,(V) who raised him from the dead(W) and glorified him,(X) and so your faith and hope(Y) are in God.

22 Now that you have purified(Z) yourselves by obeying(AA) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(AB) from the heart.[b] 23 For you have been born again,(AC) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(AD) through the living and enduring word of God.(AE) 24 For,

“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[c](AF)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2 Therefore, rid yourselves(AG) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(AH) of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(AI) so that by it you may grow up(AJ) in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(AK)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

4 As you come to him, the living Stone(AL)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(AM) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(AN) into a spiritual house[d](AO) to be a holy priesthood,(AP) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(AQ) 6 For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,(AR)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”[e](AS)

7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(AT)

“The stone the builders rejected(AU)
has become the cornerstone,”[f](AV)

8 and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”[g](AW)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(AX)

9 But you are a chosen people,(AY) a royal priesthood,(AZ) a holy nation,(BA) God’s special possession,(BB) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(BC) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(BD) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
  3. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
  4. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
  5. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
  6. 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
  7. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

Cross references:

  1. 1 Peter 1:13 : S Ac 24:25
  2. 1 Peter 1:13 : ver 3, 21; S Heb 3:6
  3. 1 Peter 1:13 : ver 10
  4. 1 Peter 1:13 : ver 7; S 1Co 1:7
  5. 1 Peter 1:14 : ver 2, 22
  6. 1 Peter 1:14 : Ro 12:2
  7. 1 Peter 1:14 : Eph 4:18
  8. 1 Peter 1:15 : Isa 35:8; 1Th 4:7; 1Jn 3:3
  9. 1 Peter 1:16 : Lev 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7
  10. 1 Peter 1:17 : S Mt 6:9
  11. 1 Peter 1:17 : S Mt 16:27
  12. 1 Peter 1:17 : S Ac 10:34
  13. 1 Peter 1:17 : S Heb 11:13
  14. 1 Peter 1:17 : Heb 12:28
  15. 1 Peter 1:18 : S Mt 20:28; S 1Co 6:20
  16. 1 Peter 1:18 : Gal 4:3
  17. 1 Peter 1:19 : S Ro 3:25
  18. 1 Peter 1:19 : S Jn 1:29
  19. 1 Peter 1:19 : Ex 12:5
  20. 1 Peter 1:20 : Eph 1:4; S Mt 25:34
  21. 1 Peter 1:20 : Heb 9:26
  22. 1 Peter 1:21 : Ro 4:24; 10:9
  23. 1 Peter 1:21 : S Ac 2:24
  24. 1 Peter 1:21 : Php 2:7-9; Heb 2:9
  25. 1 Peter 1:21 : ver 3, 13; S Heb 3:6
  26. 1 Peter 1:22 : Jas 4:8
  27. 1 Peter 1:22 : ver 2, 14
  28. 1 Peter 1:22 : S Jn 13:34; S Ro 12:10
  29. 1 Peter 1:23 : ver 3; S Jn 1:13
  30. 1 Peter 1:23 : Jn 1:13
  31. 1 Peter 1:23 : S Heb 4:12
  32. 1 Peter 1:25 : Isa 40:6-8; S Jas 1:10, 11
  33. 1 Peter 2:1 : S Eph 4:22
  34. 1 Peter 2:1 : S Jas 4:11
  35. 1 Peter 2:2 : 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:12, 13
  36. 1 Peter 2:2 : Eph 4:15, 16
  37. 1 Peter 2:3 : Ps 34:8; Heb 6:5
  38. 1 Peter 2:4 : ver 7
  39. 1 Peter 2:4 : Isa 42:1
  40. 1 Peter 2:5 : Pr 9:1; 1Co 3:9; Eph 2:20-22
  41. 1 Peter 2:5 : 1Ti 3:15
  42. 1 Peter 2:5 : ver 9; Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6; Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
  43. 1 Peter 2:5 : Php 4:18; Heb 13:15
  44. 1 Peter 2:6 : Eph 2:20
  45. 1 Peter 2:6 : Isa 28:16; Ro 9:32, 33; 10:11
  46. 1 Peter 2:7 : 2Co 2:16
  47. 1 Peter 2:7 : ver 4
  48. 1 Peter 2:7 : Ps 118:22; S Ac 4:11
  49. 1 Peter 2:8 : Isa 8:14; S Lk 2:34
  50. 1 Peter 2:8 : Ro 9:22
  51. 1 Peter 2:9 : Dt 10:15; 1Sa 12:22
  52. 1 Peter 2:9 : ver 5
  53. 1 Peter 2:9 : Ex 19:6; Dt 7:6; Isa 62:12
  54. 1 Peter 2:9 : S Tit 2:14
  55. 1 Peter 2:9 : S Ac 26:18
  56. 1 Peter 2:10 : Hos 1:9, 10; 2:23; Ro 9:25, 26
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Psalm 119:33-48

ה He

33 Teach me,(A) Lord, the way of your decrees,
that I may follow it to the end.[a]
34 Give me understanding,(B) so that I may keep your law(C)
and obey it with all my heart.(D)
35 Direct me(E) in the path of your commands,(F)
for there I find delight.(G)
36 Turn my heart(H) toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.(I)
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life(J) according to your word.[b](K)
38 Fulfill your promise(L) to your servant,
so that you may be feared.
39 Take away the disgrace(M) I dread,
for your laws are good.
40 How I long(N) for your precepts!
In your righteousness preserve my life.(O)

ו Waw

41 May your unfailing love(P) come to me, Lord,
your salvation, according to your promise;(Q)
42 then I can answer(R) anyone who taunts me,(S)
for I trust in your word.
43 Never take your word of truth from my mouth,(T)
for I have put my hope(U) in your laws.
44 I will always obey your law,(V)
for ever and ever.
45 I will walk about in freedom,
for I have sought out your precepts.(W)
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings(X)
and will not be put to shame,(Y)
47 for I delight(Z) in your commands
because I love them.(AA)
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
that I may meditate(AB) on your decrees.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 119:33 Or follow it for its reward
  2. Psalm 119:37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 119:33 : ver 12
  2. Psalm 119:34 : ver 27, 73, 144, 169; S Job 32:8; Pr 2:6; Da 2:21; Jas 1:5
  3. Psalm 119:34 : S Dt 6:25
  4. Psalm 119:34 : ver 69
  5. Psalm 119:35 : Ps 25:4-5
  6. Psalm 119:35 : ver 32
  7. Psalm 119:35 : S Ps 1:2
  8. Psalm 119:36 : S Jos 24:23
  9. Psalm 119:36 : Eze 33:31
  10. Psalm 119:37 : ver 25; Ps 71:20
  11. Psalm 119:37 : ver 9
  12. Psalm 119:38 : S Nu 23:19
  13. Psalm 119:39 : ver 22; Ps 69:9; 89:51; Isa 25:8; 51:7; 54:4
  14. Psalm 119:40 : ver 20
  15. Psalm 119:40 : ver 25, 149, 154
  16. Psalm 119:41 : S Ps 6:4
  17. Psalm 119:41 : ver 76, 116, 154, 170
  18. Psalm 119:42 : Pr 27:11
  19. Psalm 119:42 : S Ps 42:10
  20. Psalm 119:43 : S 1Ki 17:24
  21. Psalm 119:43 : ver 74, 81, 114, 147
  22. Psalm 119:44 : ver 33, 34, 55; S Dt 6:25
  23. Psalm 119:45 : ver 94, 155
  24. Psalm 119:46 : Mt 10:18; Ac 26:1-2
  25. Psalm 119:46 : S ver 6
  26. Psalm 119:47 : ver 77, 143; S Ps 112:1
  27. Psalm 119:47 : ver 97, 127, 159, 163, 165
  28. Psalm 119:48 : S Ge 24:63
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Proverbs 28:11

11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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11/22/2019 DAB Transcript

Ezekiel 44:1-45:12, 1 Peter 1:1-12, Psalms 119:17-32, Proverbs 28:8-10

Today is the 22nd day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you as we continue forward in our journey to the Scriptures this year and continue day by day through the weeks that we have remaining as we make this push into the final stretch of the year. So, today we’ll be going back into the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament and then we get to the New Testament we will be beginning a new letter known as first Peter and we’ll talk about that when we get there, but first we’re reading from the New Living Translation this week. Ezekiel chapter 44 verse 1 through 45 verse 12.

Introduction to the first letter of Peter:

Okay. So…so we concluded the letter from James yesterday, which brings us to the letter known as first Peter. And, so, this is kind of homecoming in a way because we’re being reunited with Peter whose kind of an old friend because we traveled through the Gospels in the book of Acts alongside of him. And, so, we’ve gotten a little bit of a glimpse into his personality and character and we’ve certainly seen that he’s a passionate person, but now we’ll hear that passion distilled down into written form as we go into first Peter. So, Simon or Simeon was actually Peter’s given name, but by the time he had become a part of the inner circle of Jesus, Jesus had given him the name Cephas, which in Aramaic means rock. And, so, when we translate the Aramaic into Greek then that same word is Petros. And, so, Petros, Peter we can see of the origins of the English biblical name for Peter because Petros’s in Greek is rock, which takes me back to my childhood because I used to love this band named Petra, right? And rock. They were a rock band singing songs about the rock of their salvation. So, this is how we get from Simon or Simeon to…to Peter. And Peter’s story obviously as we know it from the Gospels is one of redemption and complete transformation. I mean the Peter in the book of Acts is a very different Peter than the Peter in the Gospels after the coming of the Holy Spirit. So, we see this transformation and it’s a pretty big one because we remember that when we remember Peter’s lowest moment when he is standing outside the quarters of Caiaphas as Jesus is being insulted and ridiculed and he’s denying that he even knows who Jesus is. So, we follow Peter from there all the way to the upper room where tongues of fire fell at the coming of the Holy Spirit. Peter was empowered after that with a boldness and an anointing that we still feel the reverberations of. So, in this letter that we’re about to read Peter writes that his location is Babylon. And, so, there’s plenty of scholarly conjecture about that but the general consensus here is that he’s probably referring to Rome. And, so, with this in mind, then the letters been generally dated from the early to mid-60s A.D. And Peter says he’s writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia. And these were five different provinces in the Roman Empire that are all now located within modern-day Turkey. And, so, he addresses us to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners, because as this letters passed around to those people that would’ve been well understood in the Jewish culture, those living as foreigners or the Diaspora, those who had been scattered all over the world over long periods of time in different exiles and most recently those who were fleeing persecution because of…because of their faith in Jesus. Now James, the letter we finished yesterday, as I said from the outset is a bit of a butt kicker because it’s very, very confrontational in a very kind and true way where the truth is being told and you know it’s the truth. So, we can get out of Peter…or out of James ago…whew…that kicked my butt and now I need to catch my breath. But Peter, we got to know him a little bit and he packs a punch of his own. So…we’re…we’re sort of lining up for round two of the unfiltered truth being spoken into our lives in a way that is very practical. But again, just like James, Peter’s not trying to condemn anybody or make anybody feel bad. Like these people are already suffering, they’re already learning to endure. So, he’s not trying to shame them. He’s actually trying to encourage them, bolster them, lift them up because their faith in Jesus is actually causing suffering in their lives. And, so, Peter’s reminding them that there is a hope, a glorious for those who endure. And, so, off we go. We’re at the straight talk portion of the New Testament as we move through…well…through James and Peter and John and Jude. So, let’s continue our journey. First Peter chapter 1 verses 1 through 12.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another step forward, another day in Your word. And as You bring us into the ending of another of our weeks together, we look forward to the fact that…well…in a couple days we’ll be entering the last week of this 11th month and then we’ll be entering into the 12th month of the year. So, You’ve certainly brought us far and yet there is still a distance to go. So, as we enter into these letters of Peter, we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak clear and true to us. Each of us has a story to tell and each of us is living inside that story. And, so, all the circumstances of our lives are varied and various and wrapped all over the world and within different cultural contexts. And yet Your word is true and when it speaks to us, it speaks to “us”. It speaks to “us” where we are. It confronts “us” where we are and we can just say, “yeah that’s for somebody else” when You are…when You’re pricking our heart. And, so, we open ourselves to You completely as we continue this journey forward. We invite You to come Holy Spirit. May we become more and more aware of Your eternal presence within us. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

This prayer is for Biola. This is Victorious Vanessa from Maryland. Biola I heard your request and I stand in agreement with you for marriage. So, Father we know that as we delight ourselves in You, You give us the desires of our heart. We also have this confidence that anything that we ask You, according to Your word You hear us. And since we know that You hear us, You grant us Your petitions…our petitions. Your daughter Biola is ready for a covenant relationship in marriage and I ask You Father to present her Your best candidate, not just a man of God but an Ephesians 5 man that will love her like Christ loves the church, a man that would wash her in the word daily. Allow their hearts to be knitted together. Anyone that would cause her to fall Father, remove them. Anyone that she would cause to fall, remove them. May they meet each other’s needs 100% physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially. We thank You God in advance in Jesus’ name for Your best candidate for Your daughter Biola. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Hi this is Joanne from Happy Valley responding to running desperately to Jesus call which I just heard. __ I’m 78. In four months, I’ll be 79. I’ve been struggling with…like you have been in my life. I try to be nice but there’s a…like an old spark of anger that’ inside me all the time, maybe jealousy. Wvery time I try to be nice but sometimes I just can’t; however yesterday morning I had yet another epiphany from God about why I am the way I am, and He’s given me hope that we can work this out. He will never…He will give up on you. He will never leave your side no matter how old you are, no matter what you’ve said or done. He will not give up on you. He loves you like crazy and He will always. Just relax and ask Him. And thank goodness for this community because it is by hope He will guide you. Bless you dear. You are gonna be fine. I love you. Bye.

God bless you DABbers this is Norma from the Bronx I am just responding to Desperately Running to Jesus, my sister who was asking if…if it’s okay for her to feel having those feelings. And I just like I was relating to her. And I’m relating to her because first of all I’m 57 and I’m also going through similar situations as far as myself responding in a certain way like aggressive. And God has been showing me that, you know, at our age after so much giving and working hard and being mistreated and unappreciated, a lot of these…these feelings from frustration are…are kind of well up. And I hope that this helps. And what He’s showing me is, you know, to just keep releasing it to Him every time you feel frustrated, every time you feel disappointed, unappreciated. And I just keep asking Him to just fill me up with so much compassion and so much mercy and to help me to see things from the other person’s point of view, to understand them. And that helped me to speak with more grace and more mercy towards people. Remember, it’s never too late because Abraham, God dealt with him until he was way past 100 years old. So, it’s never too late…

Hi family this is Erin from Michigan let’s pray. Dear God, here I sit in my warm home with my happy life and my friends and my family around me and I just really couldn’t think of how things could get better. It’s not perfect by any means but Lord God I give you the praise God for my wonderful life. And then my dear sister Karla calls today. It’s Tuesday, November 19th and she said her heart is broken Lord God and I just…I pray for Karla. I ask You to lift her up, I ask You to show her today in a very real and positive way that someone is praying for her Lord God and that even in the midst of her heartbreak and her wanting to give up and her…her Hoping that she can trust You because she’s been let down so many times Lord God. I lift Karla up, I lift her up, I ask You to help her today in a very…very supernatural and special way so there can be no question that You are there with her today Lord God. I pray Your peace, Your perseverance, Your protection and Your prosperity over dear Karla Lord. Help her to know that we love her. Help her to not believe the words in her, You know, that are coming to her that…that says she can’t trust You and that she’ll never be free of the heartbreak she’s feeling right now. We pray all of these things in the powerful and precious name of Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Karla, I heard you today. I love you and I’m gonna keep praying. Thank you for calling in. Your heart will be healed. I’m speaking that truth over you. All right. Take care.

[singing begins] One step forward and two steps back, cross our fingers don’t step on a crack we may feel what’s coming or be under attack but we are in Christ so there is no lack. If God is for us no one can stand against. Don’t let the enemy keep you on the fence. Jesus’s His word the sword and defense so raise your mighty I am and rest. I will declare the Almighty has rescued me. In him I am righteous secure and free. My spirit will bow down to my God alone. I stand in faith in Jesus my cornerstone. I will stand in faith. This too shall pass. God’s word and the love they fail not. God’s word is what will last. I will not fear. I have strength in him. I am strong and courageous in Jesus my king. I will rejoice and sing. I will rejoice and sing. [singing ends]

Hey, DABbers this is Slave of Jesus in North Carolina. All right Holy Spirit let’s roll. __ from Florida, amen to all the prayers for healing dealing with cracked ribs and his heart problems. Amen to all the future homes we’re building and that we get the utilities we need. Amen to prayers for David Watkins cancer treatment. Blind Tony always love your poems. Amen to your prayers for Alfaio from Delaware. DABber Drew from California, amen to all your prayers about your worries and good luck on your job issues. Jason, we pray for Jason Lord. We pray for Jason knowing that God definitely gives an “S” about him and the enemy that’s coming against his brain will be destroyed in Jesus’ name Amen. I have been listening to the DAB for, I think it’s been eight years, and I’d never heard or understood, even though I’ve heard it every time with Brian, about James. This is so cool about this “without faith…works…without works faith is dead.” And I’ve never understood that because you can’t earn your way into heaven. It’s grace. But what a great explanation this year. I don’t know if I’d missed that or whatever. So, I wrote in my journal here about…”it shows…our actions shows what’s really in our hearts.” So, I’m in my DAB journal and I wrote this, I said, “James is all about faith without works is dead. It does not mean we can earn our way into heaven. It means that our actions shows what’s really, we in our heart. For example, if we have faith, true faith, that God is willing to provide for us, we’ll be willing to give away more of our resources to others that need more of it. And it could be said about fear. I’ve heard that faith means there’s an absence of fear. So, if you have anxiety, you know, you really gotta start to question your faith at how much faith you got.” And, so that’s a good indicator that you gotta get closer to God. But get back, read James and listen to Brian’s commentary on the 17th of November. It’s awesome. Love you all. Have a great day.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday November 22, 2019 (NIV)

Ezekiel 44:1-45:12

The Priesthood Restored

44 Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east,(A) and it was shut. 2 The Lord said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it.(B) It is to remain shut because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it. 3 The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence(C) of the Lord. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.(D)”

4 Then the man brought me by way of the north gate(E) to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the Lord filling the temple(F) of the Lord, and I fell facedown.(G)

5 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the Lord. Give attention to the entrance(H) to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary.(I) 6 Say to rebellious Israel,(J) ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough of your detestable practices, people of Israel! 7 In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart(K) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.(L) 8 Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.(M) 9 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.(N)

10 “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray(O) and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin.(P) 11 They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings(Q) and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them.(R) 12 But because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the people of Israel fall(S) into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted hand(T) that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the Sovereign Lord.(U) 13 They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame(V) of their detestable practices.(W) 14 And I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to be done in it.(X)

15 “‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok(Y) and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat(Z) and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AA) 16 They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table(AB) to minister before me and serve me as guards.(AC)

17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes;(AD) they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. 18 They are to wear linen turbans(AE) on their heads and linen undergarments(AF) around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.(AG) 19 When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated(AH) through contact with their garments.(AI)

20 “‘They must not shave(AJ) their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.(AK) 21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(AL) 22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(AM) 23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(AN) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(AO)

24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges(AP) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,(AQ) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.(AR)

25 “‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.(AS) 26 After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days.(AT) 27 On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary(AU) to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[a](AV) for himself, declares the Sovereign Lord.

28 “‘I am to be the only inheritance(AW) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29 They will eat(AX) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[b] to the Lord(AY) will belong to them.(AZ) 30 The best of all the firstfruits(BA) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal(BB) so that a blessing(BC) may rest on your household.(BD) 31 The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead(BE) or torn by wild animals.(BF)

Israel Fully Restored

45 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance,(BG) you are to present to the Lord a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits[c] long and 20,000[d] cubits[e] wide; the entire area will be holy.(BH) 2 Of this, a section 500 cubits[f] square(BI) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[g] around it for open land. 3 In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[h] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests,(BJ) who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the Lord. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.(BK) 5 An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.[i](BL)

6 “‘You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits[j] wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.(BM)

7 “‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.(BN) 8 This land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer oppress my people but will allow the people of Israel to possess the land according to their tribes.(BO)

9 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression(BP) and do what is just and right.(BQ) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 10 You are to use accurate scales,(BR) an accurate ephah[k](BS) and an accurate bath.[l] 11 The ephah(BT) and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel[m] is to consist of twenty gerahs.(BU) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[n]

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 44:27 Or purification offering; also in verse 29
  2. Ezekiel 44:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  3. Ezekiel 45:1 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 3, 5 and 6
  4. Ezekiel 45:1 Septuagint (see also verses 3 and 5 and 48:9); Hebrew 10,000
  5. Ezekiel 45:1 That is, about 6 1/2 miles or about 11 kilometers
  6. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
  7. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters
  8. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verse 5
  9. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew temple; they will have as their possession 20 rooms
  10. Ezekiel 45:6 That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers
  11. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  12. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.
  13. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  14. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 44:1 : S Eze 43:1
  2. Ezekiel 44:2 : Eze 43:4-5
  3. Ezekiel 44:3 : S Ex 24:9-11
  4. Ezekiel 44:3 : Eze 46:2, 8
  5. Ezekiel 44:4 : S Eze 40:35
  6. Ezekiel 44:4 : S Isa 6:4; S Eze 10:4; Rev 15:8
  7. Ezekiel 44:4 : Da 8:17
  8. Ezekiel 44:5 : S Eze 42:9
  9. Ezekiel 44:5 : Eze 40:4; 43:10-11
  10. Ezekiel 44:6 : S Eze 3:9
  11. Ezekiel 44:7 : S Lev 26:41
  12. Ezekiel 44:7 : Ge 17:14; Ex 12:48; Lev 22:25
  13. Ezekiel 44:8 : Lev 22:2; Nu 18:7
  14. Ezekiel 44:9 : Joel 3:17; Zec 14:21
  15. Ezekiel 44:10 : Ps 95:10
  16. Ezekiel 44:10 : Nu 18:23
  17. Ezekiel 44:11 : 2Ch 29:34
  18. Ezekiel 44:11 : Nu 3:5-37; S 16:9; S 1Ch 26:12-19
  19. Ezekiel 44:12 : S Jer 18:15
  20. Ezekiel 44:12 : Ps 106:26
  21. Ezekiel 44:12 : 2Ki 16:10-16; Jer 14:10
  22. Ezekiel 44:13 : S Eze 16:61
  23. Ezekiel 44:13 : Nu 18:3; Hos 5:1
  24. Ezekiel 44:14 : 1Sa 2:36; 2Ki 23:9; S 1Ch 23:28-32
  25. Ezekiel 44:15 : S 2Sa 8:17; S Ezr 7:2
  26. Ezekiel 44:15 : S Ex 29:13
  27. Ezekiel 44:15 : S Jer 33:18; S Eze 40:46; Zec 3:7
  28. Ezekiel 44:16 : S Eze 41:22
  29. Ezekiel 44:16 : Lev 3:16-17; 17:5-6; Nu 18:5; S 1Sa 2:35; Zec 3:7
  30. Ezekiel 44:17 : Rev 19:8
  31. Ezekiel 44:18 : S Ex 28:39; S Isa 3:20
  32. Ezekiel 44:18 : S Ex 28:42
  33. Ezekiel 44:18 : S Lev 16:4
  34. Ezekiel 44:19 : S Lev 6:27
  35. Ezekiel 44:19 : Ex 39:27-29; Lev 6:10-11; S Eze 42:14
  36. Ezekiel 44:20 : Eze 5:1
  37. Ezekiel 44:20 : S Lev 21:5; Nu 6:5
  38. Ezekiel 44:21 : S Lev 10:9
  39. Ezekiel 44:22 : Lev 21:7
  40. Ezekiel 44:23 : S Eze 22:26
  41. Ezekiel 44:23 : S Ge 7:2; Lev 13:50; 15:31; Jer 15:19; Hag 2:11-13
  42. Ezekiel 44:24 : Dt 17:8-9; 19:17; 21:5; S 1Ch 23:4
  43. Ezekiel 44:24 : S Lev 23:2
  44. Ezekiel 44:24 : 2Ch 19:8
  45. Ezekiel 44:25 : Lev 21:1-4
  46. Ezekiel 44:26 : Nu 19:14
  47. Ezekiel 44:27 : S Nu 3:28
  48. Ezekiel 44:27 : S Lev 4:28; Nu 6:11
  49. Ezekiel 44:28 : S Nu 18:20; Dt 18:1-2; S Jos 13:33
  50. Ezekiel 44:29 : Lev 6:16
  51. Ezekiel 44:29 : S Lev 27:21
  52. Ezekiel 44:29 : Nu 18:9, 14; S Jos 13:14
  53. Ezekiel 44:30 : Nu 18:12-13; S 2Ch 31:5
  54. Ezekiel 44:30 : S Nu 15:18-21
  55. Ezekiel 44:30 : S Lev 25:21
  56. Ezekiel 44:30 : S 2Ch 31:10; Ne 10:35-37
  57. Ezekiel 44:31 : S Lev 11:39
  58. Ezekiel 44:31 : S Ex 22:31; S Lev 11:40
  59. Ezekiel 45:1 : S Nu 34:13
  60. Ezekiel 45:1 : Eze 48:8-9, 29
  61. Ezekiel 45:2 : Eze 42:20
  62. Ezekiel 45:4 : S Eze 40:46
  63. Ezekiel 45:4 : Eze 48:10-11
  64. Ezekiel 45:5 : Eze 48:13
  65. Ezekiel 45:6 : Eze 48:15-18
  66. Ezekiel 45:7 : Eze 48:21
  67. Ezekiel 45:8 : S Nu 26:53; Eze 46:18
  68. Ezekiel 45:9 : Ps 12:5
  69. Ezekiel 45:9 : S Jer 22:3; Zec 7:9-10; 8:16
  70. Ezekiel 45:10 : Dt 25:15; S Pr 11:1; Am 8:4-6; Mic 6:10-11
  71. Ezekiel 45:10 : S Lev 19:36
  72. Ezekiel 45:11 : Isa 5:10
  73. Ezekiel 45:12 : Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47
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1 Peter 1:1-12

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,(A)

To God’s elect,(B) exiles(C) scattered(D) throughout the provinces of Pontus,(E) Galatia,(F) Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,(G) 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge(H) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,(I) to be obedient(J) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:(K)

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.(L)

Praise to God for a Living Hope

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(M) In his great mercy(N) he has given us new birth(O) into a living hope(P) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(Q) 4 and into an inheritance(R) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(S) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(T) 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power(U) until the coming of the salvation(V) that is ready to be revealed(W) in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice,(X) though now for a little while(Y) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(Z) 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness(AA) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(AB)—may result in praise, glory and honor(AC) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(AD) 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(AE) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.(AF)

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke(AG) of the grace that was to come to you,(AH) searched intently and with the greatest care,(AI) 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ(AJ) in them was pointing when he predicted(AK) the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you,(AL) when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you(AM) by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.(AN) Even angels long to look into these things.

Cross references:

  1. 1 Peter 1:1 : 2Pe 1:1
  2. 1 Peter 1:1 : Mt 24:22
  3. 1 Peter 1:1 : S Heb 11:13
  4. 1 Peter 1:1 : S Jas 1:1
  5. 1 Peter 1:1 : Ac 2:9; 18:2
  6. 1 Peter 1:1 : S Ac 16:6
  7. 1 Peter 1:1 : Ac 16:7
  8. 1 Peter 1:2 : Ro 8:29
  9. 1 Peter 1:2 : 2Th 2:13
  10. 1 Peter 1:2 : ver 14, 22
  11. 1 Peter 1:2 : Heb 10:22; 12:24
  12. 1 Peter 1:2 : S Ro 1:7
  13. 1 Peter 1:3 : 2Co 1:3; Eph 1:3
  14. 1 Peter 1:3 : Tit 3:5
  15. 1 Peter 1:3 : ver 23; S Jn 1:13
  16. 1 Peter 1:3 : ver 13, 21; S Heb 3:6
  17. 1 Peter 1:3 : 1Co 15:20; 1Pe 3:21
  18. 1 Peter 1:4 : S Ac 20:32; S Ro 8:17
  19. 1 Peter 1:4 : 1Pe 5:4
  20. 1 Peter 1:4 : Col 1:5; 2Ti 4:8
  21. 1 Peter 1:5 : 1Sa 2:9; Jn 10:28
  22. 1 Peter 1:5 : S Ro 11:14
  23. 1 Peter 1:5 : S Ro 8:18
  24. 1 Peter 1:6 : Ro 5:2
  25. 1 Peter 1:6 : 1Pe 5:10
  26. 1 Peter 1:6 : Jas 1:2; 1Pe 4:12
  27. 1 Peter 1:7 : Jas 1:3
  28. 1 Peter 1:7 : Job 23:10; Ps 66:10; Pr 17:3; Isa 48:10
  29. 1 Peter 1:7 : 2Co 4:17
  30. 1 Peter 1:7 : ver 13; S 1Th 2:19; 1Pe 4:13
  31. 1 Peter 1:8 : Jn 20:29
  32. 1 Peter 1:9 : Ro 6:22
  33. 1 Peter 1:10 : S Mt 26:24
  34. 1 Peter 1:10 : ver 13
  35. 1 Peter 1:10 : S Mt 13:17
  36. 1 Peter 1:11 : S Ac 16:7; 2Pe 1:21
  37. 1 Peter 1:11 : S Mt 26:24
  38. 1 Peter 1:12 : S Ro 4:24
  39. 1 Peter 1:12 : ver 25
  40. 1 Peter 1:12 : S Lk 24:49
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Psalm 119:17-32

ג Gimel

17 Be good to your servant(A) while I live,
that I may obey your word.(B)
18 Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.
19 I am a stranger on earth;(C)
do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul is consumed(D) with longing
for your laws(E) at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant,(F) who are accursed,(G)
those who stray(H) from your commands.
22 Remove from me their scorn(I) and contempt,
for I keep your statutes.(J)
23 Though rulers sit together and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors.

ד Daleth

25 I am laid low in the dust;(K)
preserve my life(L) according to your word.(M)
26 I gave an account of my ways and you answered me;
teach me your decrees.(N)
27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.(O)
28 My soul is weary with sorrow;(P)
strengthen me(Q) according to your word.(R)
29 Keep me from deceitful ways;(S)
be gracious to me(T) and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen(U) the way of faithfulness;(V)
I have set my heart(W) on your laws.
31 I hold fast(X) to your statutes, Lord;
do not let me be put to shame.
32 I run in the path of your commands,
for you have broadened my understanding.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 119:17 : Ps 13:6; 116:7
  2. Psalm 119:17 : ver 67; Ps 103:20
  3. Psalm 119:19 : S Ge 23:4; Heb 11:13
  4. Psalm 119:20 : Ps 42:2; 84:2
  5. Psalm 119:20 : ver 131; S Ps 63:1; Isa 26:9
  6. Psalm 119:21 : ver 51; Job 30:1; Ps 5:5; Jer 20:7; 50:32; Da 4:37; Mal 3:15
  7. Psalm 119:21 : Dt 27:26
  8. Psalm 119:21 : S ver 10
  9. Psalm 119:22 : Ps 39:8
  10. Psalm 119:22 : ver 2
  11. Psalm 119:25 : Ps 44:25
  12. Psalm 119:25 : ver 50, 107; Ps 143:11
  13. Psalm 119:25 : ver 9
  14. Psalm 119:26 : Ps 25:4; 27:11; 86:11
  15. Psalm 119:27 : Ps 105:2; 145:5
  16. Psalm 119:28 : Ps 6:7; 116:3; Isa 51:11; Jer 45:3
  17. Psalm 119:28 : Ps 18:1; Isa 40:29; 41:10
  18. Psalm 119:28 : ver 9
  19. Psalm 119:29 : Ps 26:4
  20. Psalm 119:29 : S Nu 6:25
  21. Psalm 119:30 : S Jos 24:22
  22. Psalm 119:30 : S Ps 26:3
  23. Psalm 119:30 : S Ps 108:1
  24. Psalm 119:31 : S Dt 10:20
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Proverbs 28:8-10

8 Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable.(D)

10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,(E)
but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 28:8 : S Ex 18:21; Eze 18:8
  2. Proverbs 28:8 : S Job 27:17
  3. Proverbs 28:8 : S Job 3:15; Ps 112:9; Lk 14:12-14
  4. Proverbs 28:9 : S Ps 109:7; S Pr 15:8; S Isa 1:13
  5. Proverbs 28:10 : S Ps 57:6; S Pr 26:27
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11/21/2019 DAB Transcript

Ezekiel 42:1-43:27, James 5:1-20, Psalms 119:1-16, Proverbs 28:6-7

Today is the 21st day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is wonderful it is a joy to be here with you as we take our next step forward, something we’ve gotten in the habit of doing, taking the next step forward each day. So, today we’ll go back into the book of Ezekiel before concluding the letter of James. And we are reading from the New Living Translation this week. Ezekiel chapters 42 and 43.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we concluded the letter of James today and yeah…I mean that…that book…that letter…that…that letter will kick your butt. And, so, if you’re like me, then you’ve been challenged once again by the Scriptures. And as we concluded this letter, the final words of encouragement, as is…is customary with many of the letters in the Bible offers some practical postures that we need to live into or we’re supposed to live into. But as we look at the ending of James, we need to remember that James is writing to Jewish brothers and sisters, so Hebrews. And these Hebrews had been forced to relocate and move around because persecution had begun. So, James says, “dear brothers and sisters”, and man, that’s the context for who he’s writing to, but this is for every single one of us, “dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. You too must be patient. Take courage for the coming of the Lord is near.” So, what James is describing here is what we’ve started to talk about a lot because the Bible’s bringing up it…bringing it up a lot and that is endurance. Be patient as you wait for the Lord. How often do we do that? I cannot tell you the probably, thousands of conversations that I have been a part of over the years where a person is very frustrated at God because they are not willing to be patient. And yet what James says is true. “Look at the farmers, they have to wait for the rains to come. That’s how it works, and so they eagerly wait for the rains and then they eagerly look for the harvest to ripen.” That’s the example the Bible is using. That’s what James is using to illustrate this point. We must be patient in the same way understanding that the harvest comes throughout seasons. And as we wait patiently, we are being ripened. So, that is very encouraging for us but for those who had been, you know, displaced because of persecution and facing that kind of marginalization that kind of hardship, then those…those words give a person a reason to continue another day because we’re reminded that a process is underway. So, we’re impatient because we haven’t reached the conclusion, but we are not at a standstill. No matter what it feels like a process is underway and in that process we must be patient and practice endurance, which can be more difficult than we can imagine sometimes, largely because our culture and everything we watch on television and listen to on the radio promises us that it’s gonna…that we can have it now. Buy now pay later is the way of things, instant gratification. But this process that’s happening inside of us, the process of sanctification, it doesn’t work like that. It’s like a farmer. So, a farmer can’t plant a seed and then wake up the next day and go out and get the harvest. If a farmer plants a seed, he’s going to go out the next day and it’s gonna look like nothing has happened and nothing will happen. Sometimes the long wait, right, as we ripen, the long wait through the seasons discourages us and then we find ourselves behaving just like the children of Israel in the Scriptures, grumbling, right, grumbling through our wilderness experiences. James actually spoke to that though. Brothers and sisters don’t grumble about each other or you will be judged for look the Judge is standing at the door. So, we only spent a few days working through this fairly short letter from James, but we’re left with plenty to think about. James wrote a forthright, direct, clear letter so that nothing can be misunderstood in what he was saying and so we should be forthright in receiving what was said, and in bringing that to God, especially in terms of things we may need to repent of, things that may need to change so that where not just hearers but doers of God’s word.

Prayer:

Father, we invite You into that, the point at which what we believe animates our lives so that what we do and think and say is centered around our relationship with You. And we…all…all of us confess that there have been plenty of times that it’s been lip service, that we’ve talked a good game about a life that we are not living. And, so, we are inviting Your Holy Spirit to come and unify those things, reveal those things so that in heart, mind, and will we are in alignment with You even as we continue to explore the necessary aspect of life known as endurance. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

I want to say hello to this beautiful community of believers that I have the privilege of being a part of. This is Mary from Georgia and I want to pray for Summer from Ohio and Running Desperately to Jesus. I just heard their prayer requests this morning and I just want to ask for God’s help for them. Father thank You so much for the beautiful gift of this community that You have given to all of us and I ask Your continued blessing on it and on Brian and his family and I ask that You would just grow this community even more so than You already have. I especially want to lift up Summer, my sweet sister in Ohio and my other sweet sister who called herself Running Desperately to Jesus. That is the most beautiful way to describe Yourself. That’s who we all should be. And I just ask that You would please, give them Your…more of Your grace and more of Your peace Father into their minds and their hearts. I pray that You would help them to fill their ears and their thoughts and their eyes with You with Your truth that is found in the Bible Lord. I ask that You would point them to people in their community, maybe their church or their neighbor heard or at work who could just speak more of Your truth into their lives. I ask that You would please, allow Your…Your people to lift them up wherever they are and just give them peace and rest from their mental anxieties from what weights so heavily on their hearts. I ask that You would use this time of struggle so that they can help bless others in the same way that I know You will greatly bless them and heal them Lord in Jesus’ name.

Hi DAB family this call is for Vivik’s mom who is blind. We haven’t heard from you for a very long time. You used to call in all the time to give us some updates on Vivik. I know he was going through a difficult time a while ago. Hope things are much better for him now, hope he’s thriving and getting stronger in the Lord. Hope your daughter is doing well. You’ve been on my mind a lot and I just wanted to let you know that I love you and I’m praying for your family and please call in soon and give us an update on how you, Vivik and your daughter are doing. God bless you. Take care. And thanks to Brian and the Hardin family for everything you do for us. Bye.

Good morning. Hey this is Annette Allison from Oklahoma City. This message is for Running Desperately to Jesus. Sister, I think I know exactly how you feel. You know, I’ve had some pretty bad relationships in my past and taken advantage of many times by supervisors and bosses and coworkers because I tried to be nice. And I understand that sometimes being nice, it’s kind of hard to say no and…but then people kind of take advantage of you and then you like resent them when you did what you set out to do, which is kind of funny. But, you know, I understand and my life at one time I was angry and bitter, and I had no happiness whatsoever, nothing brought me happiness. And I understand. And the Lord was convicting my heart and I had been in the Daily Audio Bible for about a year and a half and I just asked Him to bring joy in my life. But I think the thing that I have learned over the years is that happiness and joy is a choice. Okay? And maybe that is something that you need to hear, that it is a choice and it’s not something that just magically happens in your heart. You have to work at it, you have to find the joy in work and the joy in anything. And I think Ecclesiastes may help you out. Read that. And just ask for the Lord to…to bring joy into your life and to practice it. Practice smiling. Practice being nice. Practice being polite. And do it with a smile even if you don’t feel like it because those are muscles that we need to work out and if we don’t work about it ain’t gonna work.

Hey Daily Audio Bible Family, this is Fashionably Late Vinnie calling you from the flatlands of Ohio in the USA. I first want to say thanks to Brian for putting this button in the app where we can just tap in and share our prayer requests. It’s just so much easier to hear you guys now if you have access to that button. It’s like you guys are in my living room and we’re sharing prayer requests. I can just hear you all so much better and I feel so much closer to all. So, thank you Brian for developing that and putting that in there for us. Thing two as per my nickname, Fashionably Late. I am very fashionably late with the podcast. I just finished September 27th and it is actually November 17th today. So, a couple weeks for me, a couple months ago for all of you we went through the song of Solomon and that can be a bittersweet read if you are single like me. And I had a hard time at first but I appreciate Brian’s perspective that it can be a poem between two lovers. It can also be a poem between God and us, Him calling out to us, searching for us to be in relationship with us. So, if you are single and this season of life, I just want to encourage you. God is calling out to you. God has something for you in this season of your life. So, spend time with him like you would spend time with the people you love. Go on a walk with him this week and take a moment to listen to share your heart and just let him call out to you, let him call you into whatever he has for you in the season because there’s a purpose for it. All right. God bless you all. Ciao.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Melissa and I am also from Ohio and I wanted to pray right now for Summer from Ohio who called in the other day. It was…today is November 16th, I think. And summer, I just…I just love you. I do. I love that you said you were spent because it sounds like it. It does. And that tugged at my heart so much because I know. I don’t know but I know being spent. And I am also a mom and I am also walking a rocky path. So, I just want to pray for you right now Summer from Ohio. I am here in Ohio with you and I’m just can lift you up to God. Lord God I just lift Summer up to You and so much of what her is on her heart and I just pray Lord I just pray that You would give her strong shoes, strong shoes Lord to walk this path that she would be an example. And Lord God just bring into her life people that would pour into her their love and support and encouragement. In Jesus’ strong and holy name. Amen.

Good morning it is November 18th, and this is Denise who is originally from California, now lives in Charlotte North Carolina but travels a lot for her job so has already made it on a Monday morning to Orlando for a business trip. So, the sound that you hear in the background is the Orlando airport, but I had to stop and find a quiet a place as possible to lift up the people whose prayers were played on November 17th. Isabel in Australia for the fires in Australia, I just want to lift up your country and bring the healing rain from the Lord. And Asia from Chicago your tears for JJ the homeless man and all homeless in Chicago, you had me crying in seat 13C. So, sister I prayed with you and I pray with you now for healing and the protection and all of the complex things that go into homelessness, let those just be parted like the waters to get to the other side. Summer from Ohio, I heard your tears and I heard your pain and I heard everything that you had to say, and I lift those up. And for Jason who was suicidal who you say that doesn’t hear you. Lord I just ask that You open Jason’s ears up right now, You open his ears up so that You open his heart up and You send the right person the right messenger that there is another way and that he is made in God’s image and that he is destined to help other people when he gets on the other side of his own pain. And then Desperately Running for Jesus, I don’t have a response. Suffice to say that I know it is never too late because Moses’ ministry started very late in his life and Sarah had a baby very late in her life and there’s a whole list of people in the Bible who did things late. And, so, whatever God is working on you I know it is for good because He works for good and His blessings can’t be reversed. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday November 21, 2019 (NIV)

Ezekiel 42-43

The Rooms for the Priests

42 Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms(A) opposite the temple courtyard(B) and opposite the outer wall on the north side.(C) 2 The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.[a] 3 Both in the section twenty cubits[b] from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery(D) faced gallery at the three levels.(E) 4 In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits[c] long.[d] Their doors were on the north.(F) 5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6 The rooms on the top floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors. 7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits. 8 While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long. 9 The lower rooms had an entrance(G) on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

10 On the south side[e] along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard(H) and opposite the outer wall, were rooms(I) 11 with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north 12 were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

13 Then he said to me, “The north(J) and south rooms(K) facing the temple courtyard(L) are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings,(M) the sin offerings[f](N) and the guilt offerings(O)—for the place is holy.(P) 14 Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments(Q) in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.(R)”

15 When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate(S) and measured the area all around: 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.[g][h] 17 He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits[i] by the measuring rod. 18 He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 20 So he measured(T) the area(U) on all four sides. It had a wall around it,(V) five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide,(W) to separate the holy from the common.(X)

God’s Glory Returns to the Temple

43 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,(Y) 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters,(Z) and the land was radiant with his glory.(AA) 3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he[j] came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. 4 The glory(AB) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.(AC) 5 Then the Spirit(AD) lifted me up(AE) and brought me into the inner court, and the glory(AF) of the Lord filled the temple.(AG)

6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. 7 He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne(AH) and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile(AI) my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings[k] for their kings at their death.[l](AJ) 8 When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.(AK)

10 “Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed(AL) of their sins. Let them consider its perfection, 11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement, its exits and entrances—its whole design and all its regulations[m] and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.(AM)

12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area(AN) on top of the mountain will be most holy.(AO) Such is the law of the temple.

The Great Altar Restored

13 “These are the measurements of the altar(AP) in long cubits,[n] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span[o] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar: 14 From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.[p] From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[q] 15 Above that, the altar hearth(AQ) is four cubits high, and four horns(AR) project upward from the hearth. 16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits[r] long and twelve cubits wide.(AS) 17 The upper ledge(AT) also is square, fourteen cubits[s] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[t] The steps(AU) of the altar face east.(AV)”

18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings(AW) and splashing blood(AX) against the altar when it is built: 19 You are to give a young bull(AY) as a sin offering[u] to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok,(AZ) who come near(BA) to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord. 20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar(BB) and on the four corners of the upper ledge(BC) and all around the rim, and so purify the altar(BD) and make atonement for it. 21 You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.(BE)

22 “On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull. 23 When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.(BF) 24 You are to offer them before the Lord, and the priests are to sprinkle salt(BG) on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.

25 “For seven days(BH) you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.(BI) 26 For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. 27 At the end of these days, from the eighth day(BJ) on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings(BK) and fellowship offerings(BL) on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 42:2 That is, about 175 feet long and 88 feet wide or about 53 meters long and 27 meters wide
  2. Ezekiel 42:3 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  3. Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew and one cubit
  4. Ezekiel 42:4 That is, about 18 feet wide and 175 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 53 meters long
  5. Ezekiel 42:10 Septuagint; Hebrew Eastward
  6. Ezekiel 42:13 Or purification offerings
  7. Ezekiel 42:16 See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew rods; also in verses 18 and 19.
  8. Ezekiel 42:16 Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.
  9. Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint; Hebrew rods
  10. Ezekiel 43:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts I
  11. Ezekiel 43:7 Or the memorial monuments; also in verse 9
  12. Ezekiel 43:7 Or their high places
  13. Ezekiel 43:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts regulations and its whole design
  14. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48.
  15. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
  16. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 105 centimeters high and 53 centimeters wide
  17. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 7 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 2.1 meters high and 53 centimeters wide
  18. Ezekiel 43:16 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  19. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  20. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
  21. Ezekiel 43:19 Or purification offering; also in verses 21, 22 and 25

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 42:1 : ver 13
  2. Ezekiel 42:1 : S Ex 27:9; Eze 41:12-14
  3. Ezekiel 42:1 : Eze 40:17
  4. Ezekiel 42:3 : Eze 41:15
  5. Ezekiel 42:3 : Eze 41:16
  6. Ezekiel 42:4 : Eze 46:19
  7. Ezekiel 42:9 : Eze 44:5; 46:19
  8. Ezekiel 42:10 : Eze 41:12-14
  9. Ezekiel 42:10 : ver 1
  10. Ezekiel 42:13 : Eze 40:46
  11. Ezekiel 42:13 : ver 1
  12. Ezekiel 42:13 : Eze 41:12-14
  13. Ezekiel 42:13 : Jer 41:5
  14. Ezekiel 42:13 : S Lev 10:17
  15. Ezekiel 42:13 : Lev 14:13
  16. Ezekiel 42:13 : S Ex 29:31; S Lev 6:29; 7:6; 10:12-13; Nu 18:9-10
  17. Ezekiel 42:14 : Lev 16:23; Eze 44:19
  18. Ezekiel 42:14 : Ex 29:9; S Lev 8:7-9
  19. Ezekiel 42:15 : Eze 43:1
  20. Ezekiel 42:20 : Eze 40:5
  21. Ezekiel 42:20 : Eze 43:12
  22. Ezekiel 42:20 : Zec 2:5
  23. Ezekiel 42:20 : Eze 45:2; Rev 21:16
  24. Ezekiel 42:20 : S Eze 22:26
  25. Ezekiel 43:1 : S 1Ch 9:18; S Eze 8:16; 42:15; 44:1
  26. Ezekiel 43:2 : S Ps 18:4; S Rev 1:15
  27. Ezekiel 43:2 : Isa 6:3; Rev 18:1; 21:11
  28. Ezekiel 43:4 : Eze 1:28
  29. Ezekiel 43:4 : Eze 10:19; 44:2
  30. Ezekiel 43:5 : S Eze 11:24
  31. Ezekiel 43:5 : S Eze 3:12
  32. Ezekiel 43:5 : S Ex 16:7
  33. Ezekiel 43:5 : S Isa 6:4
  34. Ezekiel 43:7 : S Jer 3:17
  35. Ezekiel 43:7 : S Eze 37:23
  36. Ezekiel 43:7 : S Lev 26:30; S Eze 20:29, 39
  37. Ezekiel 43:9 : Eze 37:26-28
  38. Ezekiel 43:10 : S Eze 16:61
  39. Ezekiel 43:11 : Eze 44:5
  40. Ezekiel 43:12 : Eze 42:20
  41. Ezekiel 43:12 : S Eze 17:22
  42. Ezekiel 43:13 : S Ex 20:24; 2Ch 4:1
  43. Ezekiel 43:15 : Isa 29:2
  44. Ezekiel 43:15 : S Ex 27:2
  45. Ezekiel 43:16 : Rev 21:16
  46. Ezekiel 43:17 : ver 20; Eze 45:19
  47. Ezekiel 43:17 : Ex 20:26
  48. Ezekiel 43:17 : S Ex 27:1
  49. Ezekiel 43:18 : Ex 40:29
  50. Ezekiel 43:18 : Lev 1:5, 11; Heb 9:21-22
  51. Ezekiel 43:19 : S Lev 4:3
  52. Ezekiel 43:19 : S 2Sa 8:17; S Ezr 7:2
  53. Ezekiel 43:19 : Nu 16:40; S Eze 40:46
  54. Ezekiel 43:20 : S Lev 4:7
  55. Ezekiel 43:20 : S ver 17
  56. Ezekiel 43:20 : Lev 16:19
  57. Ezekiel 43:21 : Ex 29:14; Heb 13:11
  58. Ezekiel 43:23 : Ex 29:1; S Lev 22:20
  59. Ezekiel 43:24 : S Lev 2:13; Mk 9:49-50
  60. Ezekiel 43:25 : S Lev 8:33
  61. Ezekiel 43:25 : S Ex 29:37
  62. Ezekiel 43:27 : Lev 9:1
  63. Ezekiel 43:27 : S Isa 60:7
  64. Ezekiel 43:27 : S Ex 32:6; S Lev 17:5
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James 5

Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(D) 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(E) 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(F) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(G) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(H) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(I) in the day of slaughter.[a](J) 6 You have condemned and murdered(K) the innocent one,(L) who was not opposing you.

Patience in Suffering

7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(M) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(N) for the autumn and spring rains.(O) 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming(P) is near.(Q) 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(R) or you will be judged. The Judge(S) is standing at the door!(T)

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(U) who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed(V) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(W) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(X) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(Y)

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.(Z)

The Prayer of Faith

13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.(AA) Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.(AB) 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders(AC) of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil(AD) in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith(AE) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins(AF) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(AG) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(AH)

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(AI) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(AJ) 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.(AK)

19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth(AL) and someone should bring that person back,(AM) 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(AN) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(AO)

Footnotes:

  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting

Cross references:

  1. James 5:1 : Jas 4:13
  2. James 5:1 : Lk 6:24; 1Ti 6:9; Jas 2:2-6
  3. James 5:1 : Isa 13:6; Eze 30:2
  4. James 5:2 : Job 13:28; Ps 39:11; Isa 50:9; Mt 6:19, 20
  5. James 5:3 : ver 7, 8
  6. James 5:4 : Lev 19:13; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5
  7. James 5:4 : Dt 24:15
  8. James 5:4 : Ro 9:29
  9. James 5:5 : Eze 16:49; Am 6:1; Lk 16:19
  10. James 5:5 : Jer 12:3; 25:34
  11. James 5:6 : Jas 4:2
  12. James 5:6 : Heb 10:38
  13. James 5:7 : S 1Co 1:7
  14. James 5:7 : Gal 6:9
  15. James 5:7 : Dt 11:14; Jer 5:24; Joel 2:23
  16. James 5:8 : S 1Co 1:7
  17. James 5:8 : S Ro 13:11
  18. James 5:9 : Jas 4:11
  19. James 5:9 : Ps 94:2; 1Co 4:5; Jas 4:12; 1Pe 4:5
  20. James 5:9 : Mt 24:33
  21. James 5:10 : S Mt 5:12
  22. James 5:11 : Mt 5:10
  23. James 5:11 : Job 1:21, 22; 2:10; S Heb 10:36
  24. James 5:11 : Job 42:10, 12-17
  25. James 5:11 : Ex 34:6; Nu 14:18; Ps 103:8
  26. James 5:12 : Mt 5:34-37
  27. James 5:13 : Ps 50:15
  28. James 5:13 : Col 3:16
  29. James 5:14 : S Ac 11:30
  30. James 5:14 : Ps 23:5; Isa 1:6; Mk 6:13; 16:18; Lk 10:34
  31. James 5:15 : Jas 1:6
  32. James 5:16 : Mt 3:6; Ac 19:18
  33. James 5:16 : Heb 12:13; 1Pe 2:24
  34. James 5:16 : S Mt 7:7; S Jn 9:31
  35. James 5:17 : Ac 14:15
  36. James 5:17 : 1Ki 17:1; Lk 4:25
  37. James 5:18 : 1Ki 18:41-45
  38. James 5:19 : Jas 3:14
  39. James 5:19 : S Mt 18:15
  40. James 5:20 : S Ro 11:14
  41. James 5:20 : 1Pe 4:8
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Psalm 119:1-16

Psalm 119[a]

א Aleph

1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,(A)
who walk(B) according to the law of the Lord.(C)
2 Blessed(D) are those who keep his statutes(E)
and seek him(F) with all their heart—(G)
3 they do no wrong(H)
but follow his ways.(I)
4 You have laid down precepts(J)
that are to be fully obeyed.(K)
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!(L)
6 Then I would not be put to shame(M)
when I consider all your commands.(N)
7 I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.(O)
8 I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me.(P)

ב Beth

9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(Q)
By living according to your word.(R)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(S)
do not let me stray from your commands.(T)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(U)
that I might not sin(V) against you.
12 Praise be(W) to you, Lord;
teach me(X) your decrees.(Y)
13 With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.(Z)
14 I rejoice in following your statutes(AA)
as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I meditate on your precepts(AB)
and consider your ways.
16 I delight(AC) in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet; moreover, the verses of each stanza begin with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 119:1 : S Ge 17:1; S Dt 18:13; Pr 11:20
  2. Psalm 119:1 : Ps 128:1
  3. Psalm 119:1 : S Ps 1:2
  4. Psalm 119:2 : Ps 112:1; Isa 56:2
  5. Psalm 119:2 : ver 146; Ps 99:7
  6. Psalm 119:2 : S 1Ch 16:11; S Ps 40:16
  7. Psalm 119:2 : S Dt 10:12
  8. Psalm 119:3 : S Ps 59:4; 1Jn 3:9; 5:18
  9. Psalm 119:3 : Ps 128:1; Jer 6:16; 7:23
  10. Psalm 119:4 : Ps 103:18
  11. Psalm 119:4 : S ver 56; S Dt 6:17
  12. Psalm 119:5 : S Lev 19:37
  13. Psalm 119:6 : ver 46, 80
  14. Psalm 119:6 : ver 117
  15. Psalm 119:7 : S Dt 4:8
  16. Psalm 119:8 : S Ps 38:21
  17. Psalm 119:9 : S Ps 39:1
  18. Psalm 119:9 : ver 65, 169
  19. Psalm 119:10 : S Ps 9:1
  20. Psalm 119:10 : ver 21, 118
  21. Psalm 119:11 : S Dt 6:6; S Job 22:22
  22. Psalm 119:11 : ver 133, 165; Ps 18:22-23; 19:13; Pr 3:23; Isa 63:13
  23. Psalm 119:12 : Ps 28:6
  24. Psalm 119:12 : Ps 143:8, 10
  25. Psalm 119:12 : S Ex 18:20
  26. Psalm 119:13 : ver 72
  27. Psalm 119:14 : ver 111
  28. Psalm 119:15 : ver 97, 148; Ps 1:2
  29. Psalm 119:16 : S Ps 112:1
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Proverbs 28:6-7

6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

7 A discerning son heeds instruction,
but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(B)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 28:6 : Pr 19:1
  2. Proverbs 28:7 : Pr 23:19-21
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