March 2021 – Page 3 – A Walk Through The Word

March 22, 2021

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday March 22, 2021 (NIV)

Numbers 33:40-35:34

⁴⁰And ^(A)the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.

⁴¹And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. ⁴²And they set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. ⁴³And they set out from Punon and camped at ^(B)Oboth. ⁴⁴And they set out from Oboth and camped at ^(C)Iye-abarim, in the territory of Moab. ⁴⁵And they set out from Iyim and camped at ^(D)Dibon-gad. ⁴⁶And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. ⁴⁷And they set out from Almon-diblathaim ^(E)and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. ⁴⁸And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in ^(F)the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho; ⁴⁹they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as ^(G)Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Drive Out the Inhabitants

⁵⁰And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ⁵¹“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^(H)When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²then ^(I)you shall drive out ^(J)all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their ^(K)figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places. ⁵³And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. ⁵⁴^(L)You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. ^(M)To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. ⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as ^(N)barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. ⁵⁶And I will do to you ^(O)as I thought to do to them.”

Boundaries of the Land

34 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter ^(P)the land of Canaan ^(Q)(this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders), ³^(R)your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of ^(S)the Salt Sea on the east. ⁴And your border shall turn south of ^(T)the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to ^(U)Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. ⁵And the border shall turn ^(V)from Azmon to ^(W)the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.

⁶“For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its^[a] coast. This shall be your western border.

⁷“This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to ^(X)Mount Hor. ⁸From Mount Hor you shall draw a line ^(Y)to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at ^(Z)Zedad. ⁹Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at ^(AA)Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

¹⁰“You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. ¹¹And the border shall go down from Shepham to ^(AB)Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of ^(AC)the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. ¹²And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at ^(AD)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”

¹³Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, ^(AE)“This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. ¹⁴^(AF)For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹⁵The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

List of Tribal Chiefs

¹⁶The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: ^(AG)Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. ¹⁸You shall take one ^(AH)chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance. ¹⁹These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ²⁰Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. ²¹Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. ²²Of the tribe of the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli. ²³Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod. ²⁴And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. ²⁵Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. ²⁶Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan. ²⁷And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. ²⁸Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” ²⁹These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Cities for the Levites

35 The Lord spoke to Moses in ^(AI)the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ²^(AJ)“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities. ³The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts. ⁴The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits^[b] all around. ⁵And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities.

⁶“The cities that you give to the Levites shall be ^(AK)the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. ⁷All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be ^(AL)forty-eight, with their pasturelands. ⁸And as for the cities that you shall give ^(AM)from the possession of the people of Israel, ^(AN)from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.”

Cities of Refuge

⁹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^(AO)When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹^(AP)then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. ¹²The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. ¹³And the cities that you give shall be your ^(AQ)six cities of refuge. ¹⁴^(AR)You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. ¹⁵These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and ^(AS)for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills any person without intent may flee there.

¹⁶^(AT)“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁷And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁸Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁹^(AU)The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. ²⁰And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, ^(AV)lying in wait, so that he died, ²¹or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. ^(AW)The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

²²“But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him ^(AX)without lying in wait ²³or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, ²⁴then ^(AY)the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and ^(AZ)the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules. ²⁵And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it ^(BA)until the death of the high priest ^(BB)who was anointed with the holy oil. ²⁶But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, ²⁷and ^(BC)the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. ²⁸For he must remain in his city of refuge ^(BD)until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession. ²⁹And these things shall be for ^(BE)a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

³⁰“If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the ^(BF)evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. ³¹Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. ³²And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. ³³You shall not ^(BG)pollute the land in which you live, for blood ^(BH)pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except ^(BI)by the blood of the one who shed it. ³⁴^(BJ)You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, ^(BK)for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.”

Footnotes:

Numbers 34:6 Syriac; Hebrew lacks its
Numbers 35:4 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Luke 5:12-28

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

¹²While he was in one of the cities, ^(A)there came a man full of leprosy.^[a] And when he saw Jesus, he ^(B)fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, ^(C)if you will, you can make me clean.” ¹³And Jesus^[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴And he charged him ^(D)to tell no one, but “go and show ^(E)yourself to the priest, and ^(F)make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, ^(G)for a proof to them.” ¹⁵^(H)But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. ¹⁶But ^(I)he would withdraw to desolate places and ^(J)pray.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

¹⁷On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and ^(K)teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And ^(L)the power of the Lord was with him to heal.^[c] ¹⁸^(M)And behold, some men were bringing ^(N)on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, ¹⁹but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on ^(O)the roof and let him down with his bed ^(P)through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰And ^(Q)when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, ^(R)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks ^(S)blasphemies? ^(T)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ²²When Jesus ^(U)perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? ²³Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? ²⁴But that you may know that ^(V)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” ²⁵And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, ^(W)glorifying God. ²⁶And amazement seized them all, and they ^(X)glorified God and were filled ^(Y)with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”

Jesus Calls Levi

²⁷^(Z)After this he went out and saw ^(AA)a tax collector named ^(AB)Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” ²⁸And ^(AC)leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

Footnotes:

Luke 5:12 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Luke 5:13 Greek he
Luke 5:17 Some manuscripts was present to heal them

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 65

O God of Our Salvation

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

65 Praise ^(A)is due to you,^[a] O God, in Zion,
and to you shall ^(B)vows be performed.
²O you who ^(C)hear prayer,
to you ^(D)shall all flesh come.
³When ^(E)iniquities prevail against me,
you ^(F)atone for our transgressions.
⁴^(G)Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,
to ^(H)dwell in your courts!
We shall be ^(I)satisfied with the goodness of your house,
the holiness of your temple!

⁵By ^(J)awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
the hope of all ^(K)the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas;
⁶the one who by his strength established the mountains,
being ^(L)girded with might;
⁷who ^(M)stills the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
^(N)the tumult of the peoples,
⁸so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.
You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and ^(O)water it;^[b]
you greatly enrich it;
^(P)the river of God is full of water;
^(Q)you provide their grain,
for so you have prepared it.
¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with ^(R)showers,
and blessing its growth.
¹¹You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks ^(S)overflow with abundance.
¹²^(T)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills ^(U)gird themselves with joy,
¹³^(V)the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they ^(W)shout and sing together for joy.

Footnotes:

Psalm 65:1 Or Praise waits for you in silence
Psalm 65:9 Or and make it overflow

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 11:23

²³The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
^(A)the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Cross references:

Proverbs 11:23 : Rom. 2:8, 9

English Standard Version (ESV)

March 21, 2021

03/21/2021 DAB Transcript

Numbers 32:1-33:39, Luke 4:31-5:11, Psalms 64:1-10, Proverbs 11:22

Today is the 21^st day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great to be here with you today as we greet the beginning of a brand-new shiny sparkly week out in front of us to step into and to live into with all of our hearts as the Scriptures continue to teach us and lead us forward. So, this brand-new week we’ll read from the English Standard Bible, and of course we’ll pick up where we left off yesterday. We’re working our way through the book of Numbers and this week we will transition to the book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament in a couple days. But we are here squarely in the book of Numbers for today and W’ll read chapter 32 verse one through 33, verse 39.

Prayer:

Father we thank You for Your word. We thank You for bringing us safely into this brand-new shiny sparkly week. We look forward to it with anticipation. No matter what we’re carrying over, no matter what cloud we’re under, every moment is a new moment and this brand-new week is a week where we commit to seeking Your counsel, listening to Your voice, to walking with You, to making this the priority of our lives so that things are in alignment that we are seeking You first and Your kingdom. And then all these other things will be added unto us. So, help us to keep our priorities clear as we move forward and continue to keep our hearts open in this season of Lent where we invite You to insert into our lives what needs to be there and remove from our lives what doesn’t and to rearrange what is in our lives so that we are aligned so that we are situated to move forward effectively with You. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi Daily Audio Bible crew. I just saw my friend Angel. She’s a homeless girl that I met when it was a really cold night and I helped warm her up in my car and she just had her best friend rob her. And just as I was pulling into the parking lot, I just saw her crying next to the dumpster collecting recycling. And she’s just really upset, and she really misses her husband who’s no longer around. It really just breaks my heart to see a friend like that. I don’t feel like there’s anything I can do. Please pray for this woman. Pray for her meth addiction. She told me that she takes it for pain whenever she gets beaten up by somebody __. Please pray for her. Thank you all.

I arise today through the strength of heaven. Light of the sun, splendor of fire, speed of lightning, swiftness of the wind, depth of the sea, stability of the earth, firmness of the rock. I rise today to God strength to pilot me, God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s hosts to save me, afar or anear, alone or in a multitude. Christ, shield me today against wounding. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath eight, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me. I rise today through the mighty strength of the Lord of creation. Hi guys it’s Michaela from Gloucester here and it is Wednesday, the 17^th of March __. And just wanted to give you guys a heads up that Ramadan starts on Monday, the 12^th of April, I think. So, yeah, let’s start praying that God would be revealing himself to…to Muslims of…

O Father in heaven on today You heard Your request from Your children, Your daughter and Your son. One is scared for her life and the other one is having surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. Father God he has children and a wife. I pray dear Lord that You will touch him and heal him, not only that the physicians who are…will be attending to him Father God, let their hands be Your hands and guide and direct as only You can. Father God we pray for protection for this Young lady. We pray that her friend will come into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Send down Your Holy Spirit and Your holy angels to cover both of them. Cover this gentleman with surgery. Cover the Young lady with protection and guidance. Father God we plead the blood but Father God forgive us for our sins because we know that we’ve come short of Your glory and all these prayers and all these request dear Lord, hear and answer according to Your riches in glory. We thank You and we love You. You are just so awesome. Lord we celebrated the times but You see and You forgive us and You hear us and You answer. Help us to wait patiently for Your answers. Thank You, Brian and Your family for this wonderful audio Bible that we can come around the morning and listen day or night. We can repeat and we can hear the cries, O my God. Lord You are just awesome Your people are crying out to You. Share them answer accordingly. Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Lord…

Hello Daily Audio Bible community this is Daniel Johnson Junior calling from beautiful Cincinnati Ohio it is about 6 o’clock in the morning here on Thursday, March 18^th. I can hear the birds chirping in the….in the trees around me. It’s wet, it’s been raining, it’s gonna be raining a lot today and I just want to say…hang on second…let’s hold the log in the campfire. Okay. There is a lot…there are so many of us that are grieving something right now. It could be our health, it could be life changes, it could be a loss of loved ones or a changing in the relationship with loved ones and we are all grieving something right now. And one thing that I’ve learned is that it’s impossible and it’s really not sensitive for us to compare the grief that we…that somebody else shares with our brief or vice versa. It’s really…none of us can really know what it is like to be that person. And the other thing is just that man, there’s so much pain, there’s so much loss that we’re experiencing every single day. So, we need to go to God. So, let’s go to God. Father we just come to You right now and we don’t know how to deal with the loss that we’re experiencing. There are so many things that we’re doing…that we’re going through and we just ask You Father to be…to Father us like the best dad that You…that You are. Come into our grief, come into the sadness into the loss that we’re experiencing, the loss our own bodies, our own health, the loss of loved ones and the loss of a relationship, loss of jobs even. Please Father come in and be…be present in this because we desperately need You. In Jesus’ name. Amen. From beautiful Cincinnati Ohio this is Daniel Johnson Junior. God bless you all.

Good morning it’s Rich Exeter in the UK here and it’s Thursday, the 18^th of March. I was struck today by the final in the DAB by a guy who didn’t give his name but has a brain tumor next to his ear and I just wanted to pray for him now. Father God we lift our brother up to You now, who has had this tumor discovered in his head next to his ear. Father God we thank You that it has been discovered. We thank You that they are going to be operating soon. But Father we lift them up to You at this time of uncertainty. We pray that You will be his peace, that he will know Your loving arms of comfort around him as he goes through this process. And Father we pray specifically that his hearing will be saved. And Father as well that his face will have no long-lasting effects from the surgery.

March 21, 2021

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday March 21, 2021 (NIV)

Numbers 32:1-33:39

Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead

32 Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of ^(A)Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. ²So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, ³^(B)“Ataroth, ^(C)Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, ^(D)Nebo, and Beon, ⁴the land ^(E)that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” ⁵And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan.”

⁶But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? ⁷Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them? ⁸Your fathers did this, ^(F)when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. ⁹For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the Lord had given them. ¹⁰^(G)And the Lord's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying, ¹¹‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, ^(H)from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give ^(I)to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me, ¹²none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^(J)Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for ^(K)they have wholly followed the Lord.’ ¹³And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them ^(L)wander in the wilderness forty years, until ^(M)all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. ¹⁴And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel! ¹⁵For if you ^(N)turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.”

¹⁶Then they came near to him and said, ^(O)“We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, ¹⁷but ^(P)we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁸^(Q)We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance. ¹⁹For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, ^(R)because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.” ²⁰So ^(S)Moses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war, ²¹and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has ^(T)driven out his enemies from before him ²²and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and ^(U)this land shall be your possession before the Lord. ²³But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and ^(V)be sure your sin will find you out. ²⁴^(W)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” ²⁵And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ²⁶^(X)Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, ²⁷^(Y)but your servants will pass over, every man who is ^(Z)armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”

²⁸So ^(AA)Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to ^(AB)Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. ²⁹And Moses said to them, “If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. ³⁰However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” ³¹And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, “What the Lord has said to your servants, we will do. ³²We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”

³³And ^(AC)Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. ³⁴And the people of Gad built ^(AD)Dibon, ^(AE)Ataroth, ^(AF)Aroer, ³⁵Atroth-shophan, ^(AG)Jazer, Jogbehah, ³⁶^(AH)Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, ^(AI)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ³⁷And the people of Reuben built ^(AJ)Heshbon, ^(AK)Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸^(AL)Nebo, and ^(AM)Baal-meon (^(AN)their names were changed), and ^(AO)Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built. ³⁹And the sons of ^(AP)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. ⁴⁰And Moses ^(AQ)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. ⁴¹And ^(AR)Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.^[a] ⁴²And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Recounting Israel's Journey

33 These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ²Moses wrote down their starting places, ^(AS)stage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places. ³They ^(AT)set out from Rameses in ^(AU)the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out ^(AV)triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, ⁴while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, ^(AW)whom the Lord had struck down among them. ^(AX)On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

⁵So the people of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at ^(AY)Succoth. ⁶And they set out from Succoth and camped at ^(AZ)Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. ⁷And they set out from Etham and turned back to ^(BA)Pi-hahiroth, which is east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. ⁸And they set out from before Hahiroth^[b] and ^(BB)passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they ^(BC)went a three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. ⁹And they set out from Marah and came to ^(BD)Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. ¹⁰And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. ¹¹And they set out from the Red Sea and camped in ^(BE)the wilderness of Sin. ¹²And they set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. ¹³And they set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. ¹⁴And they set out from Alush and camped at ^(BF)Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵And they set out from Rephidim and camped in the ^(BG)wilderness of Sinai. ¹⁶And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at ^(BH)Kibroth-hattaavah. ¹⁷And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at ^(BI)Hazeroth. ¹⁸And they ^(BJ)set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. ¹⁹And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. ²⁰And they set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. ²¹And they set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. ²²And they set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. ²³And they set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. ²⁴And they set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. ²⁵And they set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. ²⁶And they set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. ²⁷And they set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. ²⁸And they set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. ²⁹And they set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. ³⁰And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. ³¹And they set out from Moseroth and camped at ^(BK)Bene-jaakan. ³²And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at ^(BL)Hor-haggidgad. ³³And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at ^(BM)Jotbathah. ³⁴And they set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. ³⁵And they set out from Abronah and camped at ^(BN)Ezion-geber. ³⁶And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the ^(BO)wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh). ³⁷And they set out from ^(BP)Kadesh and camped at ^(BQ)Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

³⁸And Aaron the priest went up ^(BR)Mount Hor at the command of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. ³⁹And Aaron was ^(BS)123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Footnotes:

Numbers 32:41 Havvoth-jair means the villages of Jair
Numbers 33:8 Some manuscripts and versions Pi-hahiroth

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Luke 4:31-5:11

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

³¹^(A)And he ^(B)went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And ^(C)he was teaching them ^(D)on the Sabbath, ³²and ^(E)they were astonished at his teaching, ^(F)for his word possessed authority. ³³And ^(G)in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴“Ha!^[a] ^(H)What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? ^(I)I know who you are—^(J)the Holy One of God.” ³⁵But Jesus ^(K)rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. ³⁶And ^(L)they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? ^(M)For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” ³⁷And ^(N)reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

³⁸^(O)And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now ^(P)Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹And he stood over her and ^(Q)rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

⁴⁰Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and ^(R)he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹^(S)And demons also came out of many, ^(T)crying, “You are ^(U)the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and ^(V)would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was ^(W)the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

⁴²^(X)And when it was day, he departed and went ^(Y)into a desolate place. And ^(Z)the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³but he said to them, ^(AA)“I must ^(AB)preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” ⁴⁴And he was preaching ^(AC)in the synagogues of Judea.^[b]

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

5 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by ^(AD)the lake of Gennesaret, ²^(AE)and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were ^(AF)washing their nets. ³Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And ^(AG)he sat down and taught the people from the boat. ⁴And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ^(AH)“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵And Simon answered, “Master, ^(AI)we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” ⁶And when they had done this, ^(AJ)they enclosed a large number of fish, and ^(AK)their nets were breaking. ⁷They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. ^(AL)And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, ^(AM)“Depart from me, for ^(AN)I am a sinful man, O Lord.” ⁹For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”^[c] ¹¹And when they had brought their boats to land, ^(AO)they left everything and followed him.

Footnotes:

Luke 4:34 Or Leave us alone
Luke 4:44 Some manuscripts Galilee
Luke 5:10 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 64

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my ^(A)complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
²Hide me from ^(B)the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
³who ^(C)whet their tongues like swords,
who ^(D)aim bitter words like arrows,
⁴shooting from ^(E)ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^(F)without fear.
⁵They ^(G)hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^(H)laying snares secretly,
thinking, ^(I)“Who can see them?”
⁶They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For ^(J)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

⁷^(K)But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.
⁸They are brought to ruin, with their own ^(L)tongues turned against them;
all who ^(M)see them will ^(N)wag their heads.
⁹Then all mankind ^(O)fears;
they ^(P)tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let ^(Q)the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
and ^(R)take refuge in him!
Let all ^(S)the upright in heart exult!

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 11:22

²²Like ^(A)a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful woman without discretion.

Cross references:

Proverbs 11:22 : [Gen. 24:47; Isa. 3:21; Ezek. 16:12]

English Standard Version (ESV)

March 20, 2021

03/20/2021 DAB Trasncript

Numbers 30:1-31:54, Luke 4:1-30, Psalms 63:1-11, Proverbs 11:20-21

Today is the 20^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we reach the conclusion of another week together. And what a joy it has been to be able to spend this week in your presence, to spend this week together in God’s presence, and to know that this doesn’t ever have to end, and we’ll just keep going, week by week, day by day, month by month. We’ll just keep going, growing deeper in our understanding of the Scriptures, growing deeper in our understanding of how to apply them to…to our lives and shape…allow them to shape us and transform us. It’s a joy that we can do this and it’s a joy that can do this every day. And, so, let’s dive in for today. We’ve been reading from the God’s Word translation this week, which is what we’ll do today. Numbers chapter 30 and 31.

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Father we thank You for another week in Your word, and now that we’ve completed it, we are grateful. We are grateful for all of the weeks that have come in this year and all of the weeks that are stretching out before us in this year as we spend this year walking through the Scriptures together in community and asking Your Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth so that we might be transformed so that…that the goal of our faith to be Christ like is not a metaphor or is not something that is elusive, but rather something that is actually happening. Come Holy Spirit transform us we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi DAB community this is Bob Odie praying for C who submitted her prayer request back March 16^th. Father I’m asking that You would light this __ that she’s going through, that You would open up the streams of living water in the midst of this hopelessness and tiredness and weariness she’s feeling Father. I pray Father that You’d restore the joy of her Salvation to her. Bless C with the fruits of the Spirit. May she experience Your joy, Your love, Your forgiveness, renewal all over again. May C realize Father through Your Holy Spirit right now as we pray that she is worth so much for Your Kingdom, that she is a jewel, a precious, precious stone in Your Crown. Thank You Lord for C. Bless her, bless her children, her husband. Release her from this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi family this is March 17^th and I want to encourage us. And sometimes, you know, in our lives we need to speak to ourselves like king David did. We need to start doubting our doubts and questioning our questions and we need to start believing in God and believing in him and to believe also in the fact that God can be trusted and that he is trustworthy. O my soul where is your faith? Where is your hope? Why are you troubled? Why are you worried and anxiously trying to figure it out all that’s to come? O my soul why do you doubt? Why do you fear? Where is your song? Why aren’t you singing and thankfully giving Him praise for all that’s to come? Has He ever failed you? Has He ever left you? Has He ever spoken a promise and not made it good? He never has, He never will, He never would. Look back and remember all that you ever felt was your loss. He has only…it has only been again. He can do it again. And He can do it again. O my soul why do you fear? Why can’t you surrender? Where is your trust? Why aren’t you willingly choosing to follow Him into all that’s to come. Family trust in the Lord. He is trustworthy, He is faithful. We thank you Lord for your faithfulness. Be encouraged. Anne from Arizona.

Hello this is God’s messenger from Pennsylvania and I just want to call in to praise the Lord because I was listening today, and today’s the 16^th of March and I am just so happy how God has restored some of your lives and just encouraged you and strengthened you and blessed you. It is amazing. God is faithful. And I just also want to say that if you’re in a season of sowing tears and you have precious seeds, in due time you will gather your harvest with joy and you’ll be singing again, you’ll be dancing. God is faithful. Trust in Him. Call in and open up. He…He is faithful. He will show you the path of righteousness and show you where to step on the rocky path and He will lead you to the green pastures of living water. He will strengthen your soul. God bless you all. Shalom in the mighty name of Jesus.

Hello DAB this is Sharon in Southern California. I’m calling in because I just heard Val in Vegas, her testimony, and her…I guess commitment, renewed commitment to God and to hear about all the blessings. I am just so happy for you Val. I’m so happy that you came to the realization that God loves you and He will always be there for you, and that He keeps you. It was just so joyful to hear your testimony and to hear your voice and how grateful and in love with God you are. It just filled my heart with joy. I just wanted to say thank you and it gives the rest of us hope. It does. It gives me hope knowing that God is still out there listening, and God is still in the blessing business. So, I want to say thank you again for your testimony Val. You have a wonderful and blessed day.

Hi Lori Music. I’m a long-time listener. Some of you know me as Lori Music the transplant from Chicago down to beautiful Hebrew Springs Arkansas. It’s taken me a while to do this but last Wednesday my husband passed away rather quickly, but I think he knew because he made the rounds to see all three of his daughters, his mom, his stepdad, his best fishing buddy. It’s amazing what the will can do to make sure that they’ve achieved that before they go on. But my heart is heavy. But when I first married my husband he was not saved. He would’ve been in hell. And it’s not me who saved him. It’s the Holy Spirit that worked through me to save him. So, my girls and I are blessed to know that we know that we know he is in heaven, he is saved, he is redeemed, he is in no more pain. But please pray for our three girls – my Kelly, my Caitlin, and my Stephanie because they’ve lost their daddy. We know they still have their heavenly father who will love them more than their earthly father ever did and as they grow older into their 30s and 40s and 50s they’ll understand more deeply how much their heavenly father loves them and one day they will again reunite…be reunited with her earthly father. So, please lift up prayers for them. I love you all. Blessings.

March 20, 2021

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday March 20, 2021 (NIV)

Numbers 30-31

Teachings about Vows

30 ^[a]Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the Lord has commanded ⌞about vows⌟: ²If a man makes a vow to the Lord that he will do something or swears an oath that he won’t do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.

³“A young girl, who still lives in her father’s house, might make a vow to the Lord that she will do something or swear an oath that she won’t do something. ⁴If her father says nothing to her when he hears about it, her vow or oath must be kept. ⁵But if her father objects when he hears about it, her vow or oath doesn’t have to be kept. The Lord will free her ⌞from this vow or oath⌟ because her father objected.

⁶“An unmarried woman might make a vow that she will do something or carelessly promise that she won’t do something. When she marries, ⁷her husband may hear about it but say nothing to her. Then her vow or oath must be kept. ⁸But if her husband objects when he hears about it, he can cancel the vow or promise she made. The Lord will free her ⌞from this vow or promise⌟.

⁹“But a widow or a divorced woman must keep her vow or her promise.

¹⁰“A married woman might make a vow that she will do something or swear an oath that she won’t do something. ¹¹Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept. ¹²But if her husband cancels it when he hears about it, nothing she said in her vow or oath has to be kept. Her husband has canceled it, and the Lord will free her ⌞from this vow or oath⌟.

¹³“A husband decides whether or not his wife has to keep any vow to do something or any oath to do without something. ¹⁴If he says nothing to her about it day after day, this means he’s decided that she must keep her vow or oath. She must keep it because he said nothing to her when he heard about it. ¹⁵But if he cancels it later, he will suffer the consequences.”

¹⁶These are the laws the Lord gave Moses for husbands and wives, and for fathers with young daughters still living at home.

The Lord Commands Israel to Defeat Midian

31 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors ⌞in death⌟.”

³Moses said to the people, “Some of your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. The Lord will use them to get even with Midian. ⁴Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel.”

⁵So 1,000 men from each tribe were supplied from the divisions of Israel—12,000 men ready for war. ⁶Then Moses sent them off to war, 1,000 men from each tribe along with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar. Phinehas took with him the holy articles and the trumpets for the fanfare.

⁷They went to war against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man. ⁸Among those killed were the five kings of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, in battle. ⁹The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as prisoners of war. They also took all their animals, their livestock, and their valuables as loot. ¹⁰They burned all the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements. ¹¹Then they took everything as loot, including all the people and animals, ¹²and brought the prisoners of war, the loot, and everything to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the community of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

¹³Moses, the priest Eleazar, and all the leaders of the community went outside the camp to meet them. ¹⁴Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of the companies and battalions, who were returning from battle.

¹⁵“Why did you let all the women live?” he asked them. ¹⁶“Remember, they were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the incident that took place at Peor. The Lord’s community experienced a plague at that time. ¹⁷So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man. ¹⁸But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man.

¹⁹“Everyone who killed a person or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp seven days. You and your prisoners of war must use the ritual water on the third and seventh days in order to take away your sin. ²⁰Do the same for all the clothes and everything made of leather, goats’ hair, or wood.”

²¹Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what the Lord’s teachings told Moses to do: ²²Any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead— ²³anything that won’t burn—must be put through fire in order to make it clean.^[b] Then it must also be put through the ritual water in order to take away its sin. Whatever might burn must ⌞only⌟ be put through the ritual water. ²⁴On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”

²⁵The Lord said to Moses, ²⁶“You, the priest Eleazar, and the heads of the families of the community need to count all the loot, including the people and animals you captured. ²⁷Divide the loot between the soldiers who served in the war and the rest of the community. ²⁸Collect a tax for the Lord. From the soldiers who served in the war collect one out of every 500 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. ²⁹Collect all these things from the soldiers’ half of the loot, and give them to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the Lord. ³⁰From the Israelites’ half of the loot, collect one out of every 50 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and every other kind of animal. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the work done at the Lord’s tent.” ³¹Moses and the priest Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses.

³²This is the loot that was left from everything that the troops took: 675,000 sheep and goats, ³³72,000 cattle, ³⁴61,000 donkeys, and ³⁵32,000 women who had never gone to bed with a man.

³⁶Half of it went to the soldiers who served in the war. Of the 337,500 sheep and goats they received, ³⁷675 went to the Lord as taxes. ³⁸Of the 36,000 cattle they received, 72 went to the Lord as taxes. ³⁹Of the 30,500 donkeys they received, 61 went to the Lord as taxes. ⁴⁰Of the 16,000 people they received, 32 went to the Lord as taxes.

⁴¹Moses gave the Lord’s taxes to the priest Eleazar, as the Lord had commanded him.

⁴²Moses took the Israelites’ half of the loot from the soldiers. ⁴³The community received 337,500 sheep and goats, ⁴⁴36,000 cattle, ⁴⁵30,500 donkeys, ⁴⁶and 16,000 people.

⁴⁷From the Israelites’ half Moses collected one out of every 50 things, including people and animals, as the Lord commanded him. Then he gave all this to the Levites who were in charge of the work done at the Lord’s tent.

⁴⁸Then the officers from the military divisions, the commanders of the companies and battalions of men, came to Moses. ⁴⁹They said to him, “Sir, we have counted all the soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing. ⁵⁰So we have brought as gifts to the Lord the gold jewelry that each of us found—arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants. We offer them to make peace with the Lord.”

⁵¹Moses and the priest Eleazar took all the hand-crafted gold articles from them. ⁵²All the gold contributed to the Lord by the commanders weighed about 420 pounds. ⁵³Each soldier kept his own loot. ⁵⁴Moses and the priest Eleazar took the gold from the commanders and brought it into the Lord’s presence at the tent of meeting as a reminder to the Israelites.

Footnotes:

30:1 Numbers 30:1–16 in English Bibles is Numbers 30:2–17 in the Hebrew Bible.
31:23 “Clean ” refers to anything that is presentable to God.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 4:1-30

The Devil Tempts Jesus^(A)

4 Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the Jordan River. The Spirit led him while he was in the desert, ²where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days. During those days Jesus ate nothing, so when they were over, he was hungry.

³The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

⁴Jesus answered him, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone.’ ” ^[a]

⁵The devil took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant. ⁶The devil said to him, “I will give you all the power and glory of these kingdoms. All of it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please. ⁷So if you will worship me, all this will be yours.”

⁸Jesus answered him, “Scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

⁹Then the devil took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. He said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, jump from here! ¹⁰Scripture says, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully. ¹¹They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.’ ”

¹²Jesus answered him, “It has been said, ‘Never tempt the Lord your God.’ ” ^[b]

¹³After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, the devil left him until another time.

Nazareth Rejects Jesus^(B)

¹⁴Jesus returned to Galilee. The power of the Spirit was with him, and the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country. ¹⁵He taught in the synagogues, and everyone praised him.

¹⁶Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual he went into the synagogue on the day of rest—a holy day. He stood up to read the lesson. ¹⁷The attendant gave him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it read:

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is with me.
He has anointed me
to tell the Good News to the poor.
He has sent me ^[c]
to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin
and the restoring of sight to the blind,
to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,
¹⁹to announce the year of the Lord’s favor.”

²⁰Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue watched him closely. ²¹Then he said to them, “This passage came true today when you heard me read it.”

²²All the people spoke well of him. They were amazed to hear the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

²³So he said to them, “You’ll probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ and then say to me, ‘Do all the things in your hometown that we’ve heard you’ve done in Capernaum.’ ” ²⁴Then Jesus added, “I can guarantee this truth: A prophet isn’t accepted in his hometown.

²⁵“I can guarantee this truth: There were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time. It had not rained for three-and-a-half years, and the famine was severe everywhere in the country. ²⁶But God didn’t send Elijah to anyone except a widow at Zarephath in the territory of Sidon. ²⁷There were also many people with skin diseases in Israel in the prophet Elisha’s time. But God cured no one except Naaman from Syria.”

²⁸Everyone in the synagogue became furious when they heard this. ²⁹Their city was built on a hill with a cliff. So they got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the cliff. They intended to throw him off of it. ³⁰But Jesus walked right by them and went away.

Footnotes:

4:4 Some manuscripts and translations add “but on every word of God.”
4:12 Or “Never put the Lord your God to any test.”
4:18 Some manuscripts and translations add “to heal those who are brokenhearted.”

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 63

A psalm by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, you are my God.
At dawn I search for you.
My soul thirsts for you.
My body longs for you
in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
²So I look for you in the holy place
to see your power and your glory.
³My lips will praise you
because your mercy is better than life ⌞itself⌟.
⁴So I will thank you as long as I live.
I will lift up my hands ⌞to pray⌟ in your name.
⁵You satisfy my soul with the richest foods.
My mouth will sing ⌞your⌟ praise with joyful lips.
⁶As I lie on my bed, I remember you.
Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.
⁷You have been my help.
In the shadow of your wings, I sing joyfully.
⁸My soul clings to you.
Your right hand supports me.

⁹But those who try to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.
¹⁰They will be cut down by swords.
Their dead bodies will be left as food for jackals.
¹¹But the king will find joy in God.
Everyone who takes an oath by God will brag,
but the mouths of liars will be shut.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:20-21

²⁰Devious people are disgusting to the Lord,
but he is delighted with those whose ways are innocent.
²¹Certainly, an evil person will not go unpunished,
but the descendants of righteous people will escape.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 19, 2021

03/19/2021 DAB Transcript

Numbers 28:16-29:40, Luke 3:23-38, Psalms 62:1-12, Proverbs 11:18-19

Today is the 19^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is a joy and honor to be here with you. We’re rounding the corner on another week. We just keep moving forward, step-by-step day by day and when we do that without stopping, we actually make progress on our journey and we will indeed complete this journey if we keep putting one foot in front of the other. And that’s no different than any of the rest of life. We will complete what we do not quit. We will finish what we’ve started if we keep going and finish what we’ve started, which is what we’re gonna do. So, let’s dive in. We’re reading from the God’s Word translation this week. We got the news in the book of numbers yesterday that Moses time was short and that it was time for him to prepare new leadership for the emerging generation, that he wouldn’t be going into the promised land, but his assistant had been with him for a very long time, Joshua would emerge as the new leader. And, so, we will see that come to fruition as we continue put one foot in front of the other and take steps forward. Today, Numbers chapter 28 verse 16 through 29 verse 40.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of Numbers we’re kind of working through annual festivals and we’re still, you know, this is a portion of the law so it can be repetitive and even feel redundant because it’s explicit, it’s very clear.

And then we move into the book of Luke today and we’re reading the genealogy of Jesus, like tracing the family story back all the way to the first man and to where humanity originated with God.

And then we flipped over the Psalms, “my soul waits calmly for God alone. And even more accurately, “my…my soul waits in silence for God alone.” I’m not…I’m not sure I could stress how important of a statement that actually is. Let’s think about…let’s think about the way we interact with God. What does that look like for you? you know, it can include prayer, right? Where we wake up in the morning and we acknowledge God and are grateful and maybe tell Him some of the things that we’re facing today or maybe we are remembering our children or our spouse, family, our extended family. Maybe we’re just praying over people that are in our communities are friends of ours. Maybe we move through the day and have ongoing conversations with God. Maybe we talk to Him at a red light or maybe we talk to Him before we eat dinner or maybe we talk to Him before we fall asleep or maybe we fall asleep talking to Him. The point is that when we interact with God, we’re usually doing almost all the talking. It’s us that’s filling the world with words. And yet the psalmist suggests that there are other ways to be in God’s presence, there are other ways to pray. Maybe we should listen more than we speak. It’s funny because we’ll maybe sit down to give God five minutes of conversation or whatever and we run out of words to say and we don’t know exactly what to do but we know we need to do it and so we just, you know, we talk about all the evil things in the world that needs to be corrected and we’re just talking about ourselves and what would improve the world and our lives were God to…to intervene on our behalf in some way or another. What if He would like you to intervene in some way or another on His behalf because He is a job for you to do but we don’t listen. I’ve done a pretty deep dive for an extended period of time in this area just realizing that a one-sided conversation isn’t really that much of a conversation. And what the early monks and those in monastic orders and the mystics of the Christian faith understood was that some of the most valuable prayer that you could ever be involved in is one in which you present yourself in silence before God and wait, whether…whether He says anything or not, wait to just be comfortable in the silence with God like you can be comfortable with somebody that you really love and really know where something is going on that’s beyond words alone, that there’s an intimacy there that transcends what you can say. When you begin to practice that it’s kinda odd at first because it’s like nothing’s happening, you’re just sitting there, and you just realize how disruptive silence can be. You just begin to…like even just trying to sit for five minutes in silence or ten minutes in silence and you become so acutely aware of how addicted to distraction we are, like how we can’t actually be still. And if we can’t be still, then how can we be still and know He is God? And, so, is it any wonder that we really don’t functionally live as if that’s true? It’s a verse we share. It’s a verse quote but it’s a…it’s also an invitation to deeper intimacy. “For God alone, my soul waits in silence.” Maybe we can carve out a little silence for ourselves over the weekend. It’s shocking how restorative it actually is to kinda move past the distractions and needing to check the phone every 30 seconds, twiddling, twiddling, twitching, twitching to just be still and breathe and know that He is God.

Prayer:

And, so, Father, we…we confess. We…we do most of the talking and that’s, You know we try to develop the narrative that tells the story of our lives and we have to additionally acknowledge that we avoid silence. It’s disruptive. We don’t know what to do with it. And that’s just it. There’s nothing to do with it but rest, be still and know. And, so, help us Father to begin this even if it’s just a one minute practice that we do twice a day or something, just that we acknowledge You, that we sit with You, that we’re before You without some other plea or ask, without some other ask, that we just present ourselves before You in full-blown worship beyond words in silence that speaks far more than our words or our vocabulary is capable of. Come Holy Spirit, lead us deeper into Jesus we pray. In the precious name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning this is Pamela from Pennsylvania. I would appreciate your prayers. I’m going to invite my husband to be a part of this community, the DAB and to listen to the regular DAB every day. I’ll give you some the back story to that. We’ve been separated for six years now and prior to that it was a very, very unhealthy environment. The enemy did many things, outlandish things to manipulate him and manipulate me to harm one another. In saying that, I think the degree of harm to me was…was much greater. But the enemy has been trying to get at me for many, many years and has been successful. I’m recently learning how to live free from the enemy’s attacks and standing in victory, standing firm. So, I believe it’s a good time to introduce my husband to the things that have been feeding me. He has now finally come to remorse and repentance. So, I would appreciate your prayers as we go through this first step. Thank you very much. God bless you all. Bye-bye.

Hi DAB family this is Sparky From Texas. And I was just gonna call and see if you guys could pray for me a little while. I have real bad depression and it’s…it’s pretty painful and you don’t necessarily know how to deal with it sometimes. But I just wanted to ask for some prayer, if I can work from home and everything else. I’m just trying to stay the word, keep my focus here, but I know we have a very powerful community and if you could pray for me, I’d greatly appreciate it, for some clarity. And it’s just a tough time. I love you guys. I appreciate the prayers. Bye-Bye.

Hello DAB family this is Melissa in Arkansas and this is the first time I’ve called in to respond to somebody’s prayer request but for some reason I am today. I’m not sure why I don’t pray out loud in front of people. So, I’m a little nervous about this but I feel like God told me to do it. So, this is what I’m doing. Please forgive me. But it’s not a very…I don’t pray very elegantly but I’m just…it’s March 16^th and I just got through listening and a lady called in and she called herself C and she said she’s been dealing with postpartum depression since December and was just having a hard time seeing God’s light. So, I just…Father I just pray for C. I just pray that You show her Your light and grab her in Your arms and give her some comfort Father and let her know that You’re there. Just let her see You in a big way. Lord help her through this. I know dealing with depression and postpartum and all of that is really hard and you just feel alone. So, I just pray that You just show up like I said in a big way and bless her and bless Your family. And thank You Father. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Good morning DAB family this is Tina here from Cross Harbor which is on the East Coast of Australia. Could you please, please pray for our friend Robbie. He’s a much loved church musician, songwriter, preacher, lover of Jesus, one of God’s really choice ones. And about 12 years ago or so he suffered a work injury and was severely poisoned. And at that time, he became like a baby in the way that he functioned and his ability. But through God’s miracle and the love and care of his wife Bronnie who helped him with brain retraining and diet and chelation and much, much prayer he recovered almost fully. Well, this year he began to relapse of three days ago tried to take his own life in the most horrible of ways. I can’t even describe it. Bronnie rushed him to hospital the surgeon operated, though it was touch and go he did survive that and he’s now on 24/7 supervision. His family and his church family all are in shock and disbelief. He’s in and out of psychosis and says he’ll do it again. Please pray. It’s…it’s not Robbie. It’s just not the way he is. Could you just pray that Bronnie can get him into a rehab facility, the one that she has her eye on, is safe and will get them the help he needs. So, appreciate you guys. So appreciate DAB. Thanks family. Bless you all. Bye.

Words of life even more than before reaching all the way to our wayward way. The ache so deep beyond our sleep the aching abyss of our souls. [singing starts] You alone can reach us here in the dark. You alone bring us out of the cold. Lord you shine so bright unbearable light hope of all the ages. Appreciate what you have you tell me. Where you are and watch who you are with. Richer than richly you pour out blessings in this moment now [singing stops]. Half a body still lingers here without the love of my life but Lord you enliven this half the remains with [singing starts] music bike rides and students [singing stops] dear young ones struggling too. You Lord made the magic of falling in love. You will see us through. Jesus, lover of our souls you will make us new. I will walk in the ways of your commands [singing starts] when you enlarge my heart [singing stops]. You’ve been here from the start and long before, but your great goodness open every door. You’re the mystery were invited to know in whom dwells all the treasures of wisdom. Christ Jesus our Savior, love defined, love imbued. Wholeness now and forever more our strength our joy our song.

March 19, 2021

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday March 19, 2021 (NIV)

Numbers 28:16-29:40

Annual Sacrifices

¹⁶“The fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover. ¹⁷The fifteenth of this same month is a pilgrimage festival. For seven days you must eat only unleavened bread. ¹⁸On the first day there will be a holy assembly. Don’t do any regular work. ¹⁹Instead, bring the Lord an offering by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs, all of them without defects. ²⁰Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16 cups for each ram, ²¹and 8 cups for each of the seven lambs. ²²Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin to make peace with the Lord. ²³Offer these in addition to the morning burnt offering. ²⁴Bring all these offerings on each of the seven days. They are food. They are offerings by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord. They will be offered in addition to the daily burnt offering and the wine offering that goes with it. ²⁵On the seventh day you must have a holy assembly. You must not do any regular work.

²⁶“During the Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly. On that day you must not do any regular work. Bring the Lord your new grain offering, the first produce harvested from your fields. ²⁷Bring a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord—two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs. ²⁸Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16 cups for each ram, ²⁹and 8 cups for each of the seven lambs. ³⁰Also bring one male goat to make peace with the Lord. ³¹Offer these animals that have no defects along with their wine offerings, in addition to the daily burnt offerings and their grain offerings.”

29 ⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “On the first day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must not do any regular work. It is a day for ⌞the trumpets to sound⌟ a fanfare. ²As a burnt offering, a soothing aroma to the Lord, bring one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ³Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16 cups for each ram, ⁴and 8 cups for each of the seven lambs. ⁵Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin to make peace with the Lord. ⁶Offer these in addition to the monthly burnt offering with its grain offering, and the daily burnt offerings with their proper grain offerings and wine offerings. They are a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

⁷“On the tenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves. You must not do any work. ⁸As a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, bring one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs, all of them without defects. ⁹Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16 cups for each ram, ¹⁰and 8 cups for each of the seven lambs. ¹¹Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin (in addition to the ⌞other⌟ offering for sin to make peace with the Lord) and the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

¹²“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days. ¹³As a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord, bring 13 young bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs, all of them without defects. ¹⁴Along with them bring grain offerings of flour mixed with olive oil. Bring 24 cups for each of the 13 bulls, 16 cups for each of the 2 rams, ¹⁵and 8 cups for each of the 14 one-year-old lambs. ¹⁶Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

¹⁷“On the second day bring 12 young bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ¹⁸Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ¹⁹Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

²⁰“On the third day bring 11 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ²¹Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ²²Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

²³“On the fourth day bring 10 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ²⁴Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ²⁵Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

²⁶“On the fifth day bring 9 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ²⁷Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ²⁸Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

²⁹“On the sixth day bring 8 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ³⁰Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ³¹Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

³²“On the seventh day bring 7 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ³³Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for each of the bulls, rams, and lambs. ³⁴Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

³⁵“On the eighth day you must hold a religious assembly. You must not do any daily work. ³⁶As a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord, bring one bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ³⁷Along with them bring the proper amount of grain offerings and wine offerings for the bull, the ram, and the lambs. ³⁸Also bring one male goat as an offering for sin in addition to the daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and wine offerings.

³⁹“These are the offerings you must bring to the Lord at your festivals. They are the offerings you must bring in addition to the offerings for anything you vowed to give to the Lord, your freewill offerings, your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your wine offerings, and your fellowship offerings.” ^[a]

⁴⁰Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him.

Footnotes:

29:39 Numbers 29:40 in English Bibles is Numbers 30:1 in the Hebrew Bible.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 3:23-38

²³Jesus was about 30 years old when he began ⌞his ministry⌟.

The Ancestors of Jesus

Jesus, so people thought, was the son of Joseph, son of Eli,

²⁴son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,

²⁵son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,

²⁶son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,

²⁷son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,

²⁸son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,

²⁹son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi,

³⁰son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,

³¹son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,

³²son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,

³³son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,

³⁴son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

³⁵son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,

³⁶son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,

³⁷son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,

³⁸son of Enos, son of Seth,

son of Adam,

son of God.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 62

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun; a psalm by David.

62 My soul waits calmly for God alone.
My salvation comes from him.
²He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold.
I cannot be severely shaken.

³How long will all of you attack a person?
How long will you try to murder him,
as though he were a leaning wall or a sagging fence?
⁴They plan to force him out of his high position.
They are happy to lie.
They bless with their mouths,
but in their hearts they curse. Selah

⁵Wait calmly for God alone, my soul,
because my hope comes from him.
⁶He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold.
I cannot be shaken.

⁷My salvation and my glory depend on God.
God is the rock of my strength, my refuge.
⁸Trust him at all times, you people.
Pour out your hearts in his presence.
God is our refuge. Selah

⁹Common people are only a whisper in the wind.
Important people are only a delusion.
When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing.
They are less than a whisper in the wind.
¹⁰Do not count on extortion ⌞to make you rich⌟.
Do not hope to gain anything through robbery.
When riches increase, do not depend on them.

¹¹God has spoken once.
I have heard it ⌞said⌟ twice:
“Power belongs to God.
¹²Mercy belongs to you, O Lord.
You reward a person based on what he has done.”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:18-19

¹⁸A wicked person earns dishonest wages,
but whoever spreads righteousness earns honest pay.
¹⁹As righteousness leads to life,
so whoever pursues evil finds his own death.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 18, 2021

03/18/2021 DAB Transcript

Numbers 26:52-28:15, Luke 3:1-22, Psalms 61:1-8, Proverbs 11:16-17

Today is the 18^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s wonderful to be here with you today as we do what we do, which is take steps forward. Kind of hard…I don’t even know how we would take a step backward and read the Bible in reverse or something but we’re here to take steps forward. The only way is forward. So, let’s dive in. We’re reading from the God’s Word translation this week and we’re in the book of Numbers chapter 26 verse 52 through 28 verse 15 today.

Commentary:

Okay. In the book of Numbers today we have begun a transition and it’s gonna take us a while to get through this transition. But it’s a major major transition, a transition of leadership, a passing of the torch as it were from Moses, who we’ve been traveling with so long…like a long time now - many many miles together with Moses, many trials and many of…of God’s miraculous deeds and provision for His people. So, that transition is…is beginning. It will take us a minute to get there because we’ll conclude the book of Numbers less than a week from now but then we will enter the final book of the Torah, the book of Deuteronomy. And, so, we won’t be leaving Moses. Deuteronomy really is the last speeches or discourses of Moses to the people, to the people that he’s been leading before he dies. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’ll talk about that when we get there. But there is a transition beginning here now, where God is instructing Moses that he will leave…leave the scene basically, leave the stage, die, join his ancestors and then we will continue to move on without Moses. Joshua is being commissioned to take the place of Moses in the future when Moses is gone. Ironically, Joshua or Yehoshua, or Yeshua in Hebrew might sound familiar because it’s the same name as Jesus and this name means God’s salvation. And, so, we see connecting threads and ironically they’re very…they’re very connected in our reading today because when we turn to the book of Luke we are at the very inauguration or consecration of…of Jesus who is at the Jordan River being baptized by John and he comes up out of the water and the Spirit comes down on him and says, “you are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” The irony is that Joshua is being commissioned to lead the people forward. Jesus is God’s son, leading the people forward and we have shared names with shared meanings with redemptive threads with stories of redemption kind of tying a thread between the two today. And we’ll be able to watch both of those stories unfold before us in great detail as we continue our journey forward.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for all these connecting points that connect over centuries in the Scriptures of an ongoing redemptive thread that winds its way into our lives as well as we carry the story forward. And, so, come Holy Spirit into all that we’ve read today. Plant it into the soil of our lives. We continue to open ourselves to You fully inviting You to rearrange our lives, shape us, conform us to Your image we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

DAB family Kathleen Mount Zion IL I am calling today…I tried calling earlier on my way to work and for some reason I just kept redoing and redoing these recordings. So, I finally just stopped and said I will just wait till after work. But I just wanted to pray. I…I read something about Nigeria again and Nigeria’s always been dear to my heart. I have called in the past. It’s been a couple of years at least calling for Nigeria and every once in a while, I call in about that. But I’m just asking you to pray with me right now because there was another recent kidnapping of Christian children right out of their school. They’ve done this before. The last time the girls came back many of them had children they had been forced into marriage with Islamic extremists. And, you know, I just…it’s just awful. Anyway, just pray with me. Lord Jesus I pray for Nigeria. I pray for this country Lord. There are many many Christians in Nigeria. Lord you are the King of all, you are the one’s…with you we can walk on water we can move mountains and I pray that the people of Nigeria the Christians of Nigeria will bind together, they were bind together and they will force Boca Ram out of their country and they will first however retrieve what has been lost, their lost children, lost young Christians. I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Hi this is Gloria calling from Florida. This call is for Tammy from the Adirondacks. She is in remission from ovarian cancer. I don’t know what you’re going through, but I want you to take comfort in a God who loves you. He has healed your cancer and He can also heal your heart and your mind in what you’re going through right now. Jesus came to bind the broken hearted. Take heart that He has overcome. I pray that you would wear the full armor of God, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith and yield the sword of the Spirit of the word and pray. I pray that you reach out to those that are close with you, that you share your burdens with them so they can help you carry this burden. I’m so glad that you called so that we could pray for you. In Jesus’ name. Amen. We love you.

Hey DABbers, this is Keira from Denver I am so grateful to God for everything He’s done for me. And y’all I would like continued prayer for my son, Nish. Tonight…today was the second day this week that I had to call the police because…because I had concern for my own safety in regards to my son. The earlier one last Tuesday they took him to the hospital and they…he went to the psych unit but then he got released the next day. Tonight, they took him to the hospital again and this time they took him to this city detox place. And I know this place is not that great. It’s not a rehab and it’s not a lockup. He can leave anytime. But I pray that he stays till…until tomorrow and I pray…I pray and I would like for you…you guys to stand in prayer with me that he…everyone he comes in contact with…with is Spirit filled and Christ filled and can give him guidance. And I pray that maybe this is…this is the moment, this is the moment that Nish makes a decision to change and that he can actually go into a rehab and get the help he needs. And he’s had these issues of psychosis ever since 2012 but he’s continued using drugs this whole time. So, it’s just a compounding of problems. And please pray, please pray everybody with me. Thank you. I love you DAB…

Good morning friends and family this is Justified Smile I am a new listener from late last year and this is my first time calling. It is the morning of March 16^th and I just heard C’s prayer request about her postpartum depression and her feelings of worthlessness. And also, just last night dear friend and sister of mine that I’ll call M texted me last night about suicidal thoughts asking for prayer. I’ve seen in the past year that a spirit of death haunts this world. So, I ask you all to join me in prayer. Jesus, teach us to pray. Lord You are King, comforter and shepherd. You are goodness and life. And in Your name, we repel death from the hearts and mind of C and M and all Your children who it attacks along with its every backup replacement and contingency. Let Your life and joy rule in the lives of Your children. Protect those who pray for retaliation and comfort, those who have been hounded and antagonized. Keep us good Shepherd. All this for Your glory oh God my sovereign King.

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask for some prayer today. Been listening for a while and this is…Daily Audio Bible’s really been an encouragement to me. Last year I had a…a pulmonary embolism and it’s kind of been…otherwise been really healthy but it’s kind of since last year seem to have gone downhill. So, I had this embolism and then about…about a month ago I started getting these really bad migraines and…and some double vision. Went to the doctor and he told me to get an MRI. It came back with a…a…a…s brain tumor that’s 3.4 cm. It’s called an acoustic neuroma that kind of grows in my ear next to my brain but it’s pushing against my brainstem. And, you know it…it…it…it…it would be pretty dangerous. They’re gonna have to take it out in the next couple weeks. So, I am praying for obviously as a successful surgery but I’m also praying…there’s…there’s two risks. They…they have already told me I’ll probably lose my hearing in my right ear but also the…the risk that…that…that is possible is kind of almost permanent, is Bell’s palsy because it’s right there on the facial nerve as well. So, just praying for that, praying for my family. I can’t drive right now because…because my double vision and so my wife’s having to take me around everywhere and we have three small boys. So, I really…I pray…I pray for the prayers. I have lot’s of people praying for me but if, you know, more…more people going to the Lord on my behalf would be amazing. The only last thing I pray well…

March 18, 2021

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday March 18, 2021 (NIV)

Numbers 26:52-28:15

⁵²Then the Lord said to Moses, ⁵³“The land these people will possess must be divided using the list of names ⌞from the census⌟. ⁵⁴Give more land to larger tribes and less land to smaller ones. Use the totals ⌞from the census⌟ in giving land to each tribe. ⁵⁵But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors. ⁵⁶Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots.”

⁵⁷The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.

⁵⁸These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family, and the Korahite family.

Kohath was the ancestor of Amram. ⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born in Egypt. She gave birth to Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. ⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu had died because they offered unauthorized fire in the Lord’s presence.

⁶²The total number of all the ⌞Levite⌟ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.

⁶³Moses and the priest Eleazar added up the total number of Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. ⁶⁴Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai. ⁶⁵The Lord had said, “They must all die in the desert.” The only ones left were Caleb (son of Jephunneh) and Joshua (son of Nun).

A Request from Zelophehad’s Daughters

27 The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They came ²to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said, ³“Our father died in the desert. He was not a part of Korah’s followers who joined forces against the Lord. He died for his own sin and left no sons. ⁴Why should our father’s name be allowed to die out in his family because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

⁵So Moses brought their case to the Lord, ⁶and the Lord said to him, ⁷“Zelophehad’s daughters are right. You must give them property of their own among their father’s relatives. Turn their father’s property over to them.

⁸“Tell the Israelites: If a man dies and leaves no sons, turn his property over to his daughters. ⁹If he has no daughters, give his property to his brothers. ¹⁰If he has no brothers, give his property to his uncles on his father’s side of the family. ¹¹If he has no uncles, give his property to the nearest relative in his family, and that relative will take possession of it. This will be a rule for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

The Lord Appoints Joshua to Succeed Moses

¹²The Lord said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites. ¹³After you see it, you, too, will join your ancestors ⌞in death⌟, as your brother Aaron did. ¹⁴You both rebelled against my command in the Desert of Zin. You didn’t show the people how holy I am when they were complaining at the oasis.” (This was the oasis of Meribah at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)

¹⁵Moses said to the Lord, ¹⁶“Lord, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone. Please appoint someone over the community ¹⁷who will lead them in and out ⌞of battle⌟ so that the Lord’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

¹⁸So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua, son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit, and place your hand on him. ¹⁹Make him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community, and give him his instructions in their presence. ²⁰Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him. ²¹He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim ^[a] to make decisions in the Lord’s presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return.”

²²Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community. ²³Moses placed his hands on Joshua and gave him his instructions as the Lord had told him.

Daily Sacrifices

28 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Give this command to the Israelites: Be sure to bring me my offerings at the right times. They are my food. They are offerings by fire, a soothing aroma. ³These are the offerings by fire that you must bring to the Lord. Every day you must bring as a daily burnt offering two one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ⁴Offer one in the morning and the other at dusk. ⁵⌞With each of them⌟ also bring a grain offering of eight cups of flour mixed with one quart of virgin olive oil. ⁶This is the daily burnt offering which was established on Mount Sinai. This offering is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. ⁷Also bring a wine offering of one quart of wine for each lamb. Pour it out to the Lord in a holy place. ⁸Offer the other lamb at dusk along with the same grain offering and wine offering as you brought in the morning. This is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Weekly Sacrifices

⁹“On the day of rest—a holy day, offer two one-year-old lambs that have no defects, a grain offering of 16 cups of flour mixed with olive oil, and the wine offering that goes with it. ¹⁰This burnt offering is for every day of rest—a holy day, in addition to the daily burnt offerings and the wine offerings that go with them.

Monthly Sacrifices

¹¹“On the first of every month bring the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs that have no defects. ¹²With each bull there will be a grain offering of 24 cups of flour mixed with olive oil, with each ram a grain offering of 16 cups of flour mixed with olive oil, ¹³and with each one-year-old lamb a grain offering of 8 cups of flour mixed with olive oil. This is a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. ¹⁴The wine offering that goes with each bull will be 2 quarts of wine, with each ram 1½ quarts of wine, and with each lamb 1 quart of wine. This will be the monthly burnt offering for every month of the year. ¹⁵In addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, one male goat must be offered to the Lord as an offering for sin.

Footnotes:

27:21 The Urim and Thummim were used by the chief priest to determine God’s answer to questions.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 3:1-22

John Prepares the Way^(A)

3 It was the fifteenth year in the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod ruled Galilee, and his brother Philip ruled Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene. ²It was at the time when Annas and Caiaphas were chief priests that God spoke to John, son of Zechariah, in the desert. ³John traveled throughout the region around the Jordan River. He told people about a baptism of repentance ^[a] for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴As the prophet Isaiah wrote in his book,

“A voice cries out in the desert:
‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
Make his paths straight!
⁵Every valley will be filled.
Every mountain and hill will be leveled.
The crooked ways will be made straight.
The rough roads will be made smooth.
⁶All people will see the salvation that God gives.’ ”

⁷Crowds of people were coming to be baptized by John. He would say to them, “You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God’s coming anger? ⁸Do those things that prove that you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act. Don’t say, ‘Abraham is our ancestor.’ I guarantee that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones. ⁹The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.”

¹⁰The crowds asked him, “What should we do?”

¹¹He answered them, “Whoever has two shirts should share with the person who doesn’t have any. Whoever has food should share it too.”

¹²Some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

¹³He told them, “Don’t collect more money than you are ordered to collect.”

¹⁴Some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He told them, “Be satisfied with your pay, and never use threats or blackmail to get money from anyone.”

¹⁵People’s hopes were rising as they all wondered whether John was the Messiah. ¹⁶John replied to all of them, “I baptize you with water. But the one who is more powerful than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷His winnowing ^[b] shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor.^[c] He will gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

¹⁸With many other encouraging words, he told the Good News to the people.

¹⁹John spoke out against the ruler Herod because Herod had married his own sister-in-law, Herodias. He also spoke out against Herod for all the evil things he had done. ²⁰So Herod added one more evil to all the others; he locked John in prison.

The Baptism of Jesus^(B)

²¹When all the people were baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened, ²²and the Holy Spirit came down to him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you.”

Footnotes:

3:3 Repentance is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts.
3:17 Winnowing is the process of separating husks from grain.
3:17 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 61

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument; by David.

61 Listen to my cry for help, O God.
Pay attention to my prayer.
²From the ends of the earth, I call to you
when I begin to lose heart.
Lead me to the rock that is high above me.
³You have been my refuge,
a tower of strength against the enemy.
⁴I would like to be a guest in your tent forever
and to take refuge under the protection of your wings. Selah
⁵O God, you have heard my vows.
You have given me the inheritance
that belongs to those who fear your name.
⁶Add days upon days to the life of the king.
May his years endure throughout every generation.
⁷May he sit enthroned in the presence of God forever.
May mercy and truth protect him.
⁸Then I will make music to praise your name forever,
as I keep my vows day after day.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:16-17

¹⁶A gracious woman wins respect,
but ruthless men gain riches.
¹⁷A merciful person helps himself,
but a cruel person hurts himself.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 17, 2021

03/17/2021 DAB Transcript

Numbers 26:1-51, Luke 2:36-52, Psalms 60:1-12, Proverbs 11:15

Today is the 17^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we move through the center of our week right here at the center of our month. It’s been quite a week. We’re in the gospel of Luke. And, so, this week we read of the coming of John the Baptist. we read of the birth of Jesus. And in the book of Numbers, we have read the story of Balaam and Balak and have applied that to our lives. So, let’s take the next step forward. We’re reading from the God’s Word translation this week. Numbers chapter 26 versus 1 through 51.

Commentary:

Okay. I think it was the day before yesterday in the gospel of Luke that we read of John the Baptist or John the one that would grow to be John the Baptist of the story surrounding his birth. And we did that in the context of saying like John didn’t just show up magically at the Jordan River and everybody just went down to see the crazy man walking in out of the desert, that there was a story surrounding his life that people would have known and watched as he grew up. And then even as he went into the wilderness, when he came back out of the wilderness to the Jordan River calling people to repentance there was a story around him. Everybody was looking to see what would become of him and then they realized he was a prophet of God. We have similar things with Jesus. Obviously, the angelic visitations letting the shepherds know and then the following of the star. Like all of those things would announce the arrival of the Savior, certainly. So, like with the shepherds, you can only imagine how many people they told of what they had seen. Whether they were believed or not, the story began to spread. You can only imagine the wise men making their journey and then returning back after having seen the child and spreading the word. Like, the story is beginning to get out. And then Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple to dedicate Him to God and offer the appropriate sacrifices and there’s prophetic utterances over Him. This is happening in the temple complex. People would see this, wonder about it, talk about it. Maybe it wouldn’t spread all over the nation to every far-reach, but it will be something that was talked about. And, so, Jesus with his family, they would make an annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem. So, Jesus was familiar enough with the temple. And, so, it wouldn’t be like a terrible stretch into the realm of fantasy, and believe me, plenty in the realm of fantasy around Jesus Christ. But it wouldn’t be here in the realm of fantasy to say, okay annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Passover was a part of the story of Jesus upbringing. We get that from the Gospels. So, if you were visiting the temple complex on an annual basis it’s not a stretch that some of the people who were around Him as an infant, would begin to see Him become a toddler, would begin to see Him growing up and know who He was. But then we have this episode where Jesus is 12 years old, and we read this today where they’ve done exactly that. They’ve gone to Jerusalem for the Passover and then they’ve left. And that’s 90 miles roughly on foot from Jerusalem back to the Galilee near…near Nazareth. So, they would travel in caravans for safety, but also, it’s a long way. So, they would travel in caravans. And, so, they assume Jesus was among them when He wasn’t. That right there, like that part of the story if we enter into it as a parent, that’s a terrifying to thing, that’s a terrifying thing to think that you’ve lost your kid in a major metropolitan world center. And, you know, you discover this when you’re a day’s journey just to get back, just to start looking. So, they are several days removed from Jesus, at least five days removed from Jesus when they end up finding Him because they traveled a day away from Jerusalem and they travel a day back to Jerusalem and it took them three more days to find Jesus in the temple. So, you know, they’ve gotta be freaking out. Nevertheless, they find Jesus in the temple complex and He’s learning and He’s being taught and He’s asking questions and He’s answering questions and He is amazing. Like He is absolutely getting the attention of the rabbis who are there in Jerusalem. This would be the elite leaders and teachers who work in the temple of God and He’s answering them adequately to the point that they’re stunned by Him. Of course, as the story goes when Jesus’ parents find Him, they ask Him why He did this to them. And He says I must be about my father’s business, but the next thing you know, He submits to them, they go back to Nazareth. This is not the kind of thing that would be forgotten. Like, if a…a kid is speaking among the scholars and speaking coherently and asking important questions and…and giving answers and perspectives in a way that is amazing or stunning to the elite leaders, to the scholars of the Torah, then this is not something that is gonna just be forgotten. This is something that they would’ve been talking about for days after the fact and wondering similar things as they were wondering about John. What’s gonna become of this kid? Something special is happening. My point here isn’t like a theological point or something that we gotta hold up and apply to our lives. It’s the context here. It’s just having some sense of a back story. When Jesus began His ministry and began to speak with authority the Scriptures tell the people found that to be amazing, that He was amazing, that He was stunning, that what He said was not like what anybody else was saying. He spoke with authority. He spoke as if He knew what He was talking about. So, when the word spread that there was this rabbi up in Galilee, this person doing this kind of teaching, eventually word would’ve been like, what…what’s His name? Well, His name was Jesus. Dots would’ve been connecting. That’s that kid. That’s that kid that was up here in the temple when His parents left Him in Jerusalem. That’s that kid. And we get clues about this from the…the other gospel narratives, that Jesus began His ministry and was beginning to make waves. Rabbis, people traveled all the way from Jerusalem. Again, they walked 90 miles to hear Him. And we can see through the Gospels that the people who were making that kind of trek, like the scholars, like the elite, they were not antagonistic toward Jesus at first. It…it wasn’t a situation where right from the get-go they wanted Him dead. They were coming to check Him out. It took a while for that enmity to grow, and it mostly came out of Jesus calling the truth, exposing the darkness, especially among the religious. That definitely got Jesus on the wrong side…well…on the wrong side of the law, you might say. Because in the end He was condemned as a blasphemer, a lawbreaker. So, let’s just understand that. Jesus wasn’t born, and then He disappeared and then He just reappeared like some kind of magical apparition with magical powers and then people flocked to Him and nobody knew what was going on. This was an ongoing thing. And to look into this and just have a little bit of a context, this is kind of the only way that we get a bit of context about Jesus early life. There’s very…just very, very little in the Gospels between His birth and the beginning of His ministry. So, for example, this account of…well…everything that we’ve read here about Jesus in the temple when He’s an infant and then…then they go back to Nazareth. That is in the gospel of Luke, whereas in the Gospel of Matthew that also has an emphasis, an infancy narrative. They…they end up fleeing to Egypt for a season. And, so, when you think about some of the stuff, you’re like, “well man that would be so cool to…like what was that story? Like, what happened there?” And we don’t have all of that. There are ancient writings about it that date way back. These are the infancy Gospels. These are apocryphal writings that were not canonized. They are not part of Scripture. They’re just part of the early early stories in the church. And, so, obviously the story of Jesus going to Egypt is important to the…like those who are in the Coptic church, which is largely Egyptian. So there…there are definitely writings with stories in them about Jesus early life and His journey to Egypt and really, really interesting fanciful things but not contained in the canon of Scripture. I say all that just to simply say that, yeah, we get Jesus birth then we kind of skip to Jesus adulthood and that’s where the focus is and we wonder, “what was it like for Him to grow up?” And, so, we look into the Gospels and like, well here’s kinda what we can say, here’s what we can see from the gospel narratives that would allow us to…to understand that Jesus’ development wouldn’t have been completely unknown any more than John’s development would’ve been completely unknown. But also, that there’s a lot that we don’t know. But there’s a lot that we do. And isn’t that our desire, isn’t that our hearts’ desire, to know more. Not just to know more about, but to no more with.

Prayer:

Jesus, we invite You into that. It is deeply interesting and fascinating to learn of You because we’re learning what it looks like to be truly human. When we look at You, we’re looking at what it looks like for the most-high God to be willing to become one of His creation to identify with us so that we could understand. And the truth is we’ve missed so much of it but we’re so deeply grateful that we have this life to get to know You, deeply, from the Scriptures and deeply because we’re in relationship. And. so, Jesus, help us to learn of You, what we need to learn of You. We pray in Your precious name. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning DAB family I hope you’re all having a blessed blessed Sunday. I just thank God for all your lives and also thank you to the Hardin family for this amazing ministry. May God continue to add many many more years to this amazing ministry. In the UK today is Mother’s Day and I just wanted to say happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful mothers and carers to young children. I lost my mother on the 23^rd of October 2016. She was a woman of faith. She really loved God. She was my rock, the most loving, softest mother I could have ever asked for. So, a day like this normally makes me feel quite sad, quite low, quite lonely. And also, sometimes it feels as if people around me forget my pain and how a day like this makes me really feel. But my reassurance is that I know that my mother is in heaven where is, you know, that is a place that’s filled with laughter and praise to the Almighty. You’ll probably hear this later, but I just want to ask for prayers for God’s comfort for me during this time. I also want to say a prayer for all those who have lost mothers, for the Lord to give you strength. May He comfort you especially a day filled with mixed emotions. May His love provide you with confirmation that God will never leave you nor forsake you. Amen. And this is Sarah from London. God bless you all. Stay blessed.

Hello this is Charlene from Akron OH first time caller. I had started listening to DAB a couple years ago and just each year I would get distracted, and I would just fall away, and I just wouldn’t see it through, but this year so far has been going so much better and I just really want to stick with it. I was calling to reach out to D from Pennsylvania whose son is moving to California just let her know that I had a son that went to school and hasn’t been home since he’s 18 he’s down 26 and he lives in Texas. And while it’s getting easier there’s always that longing to have him home, but it does get better, and they do learn to live and be on their own and…but I just want to let you know you’ll be in my prayers. And I also wanted to ask for prayer for my oldest one period his wife. She is facing a hysterectomy on April 9^th and I just want to pray that this is really the right thing. They do not have any children and obviously this would make it permanent not to be able to have any children of their own. I know adoption is an option. This is also my first born and he was saved when he was five years old and had stayed with his faith all the way through college, taught Bible studies, and all kinds of stuff. And then just a little bit before he moved out of the house, he was just sharing how he was just doubting things how he’s letting it ride out. And he’s never fully committed to coming back and he’s very respectful, loves family. And I just want prayer for them. And I don’t know if this is something that maybe God is using to bring him and his wife to Him and make their relationship with Him the strongest it could be. Well, I’m out of time. Thank you so much.

Hello everyone, this is Rachel from Oregon. I’m actually going to change my name to Redeemed Rachel. I just wanna ask for a couple prayers. First of all, the pastor and…and his wife of our church are being called to be missionaries in Norway and it’s just such an amazing thing that God has called them to do and they are being obedient in it, but they are also super amazing people who have really stewarded our church so well and taught so many people how to walk in line with the word of God and just what God’s love really looks like. And I’ve never grown more than being at this church with them as pastors. So, I know a lot of people are having a hard time with it in my church and I just ask that you pray, that God will bring along the next right person and bring our body over here peace through this time of transition and adjusting to whoever does come along. And also, I ask prayer for my family because we are making a cross country move, totally uprooting. I have to say a lot of goodbyes over here which is going to be really hard and I’m going to a place I’ve never been to and don’t know much about but I am…I’m really excited about it but it is very nerve wracking. I have a couple months to get rid of all this stuff in our apartment and pack up we’re taking and clean up our apartment and just get everything in…in order and I’m also nervous about finding a good church over there because until the one I’m at right now I’ve only been in bad churches. So, just please pray for my family and bring us peace and let us stay in God’s will. Thank you.

Hi everyone, this is Jeanette from Denmark. I’m calling for prayer against a tumor which has developed in the left stump of my arm under the elbow. I’ve had cancer before about 16 years ago and it came back under the stress of covid. And I am so blessed right now to be able to speak the language here where I live and to participate in the local church. And I thank God so much for what He’s taught me through this walk of a totally different life of where I come from in the states. I bless his name because he has blessed me with a dependent…a sense of dependency upon Him. And I know that He has much more in store. I want to share about healing and about the love of Father God here and help the church to grow here. And I thank him for blessing my family with peace of mind in this time and inspiring us with what to do and holding us tight in these days. And I pray He does the same for so many of you. Thank you for the DAB and the time we spend together every day. And [singing starts] may the Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you because He loves you, He is your Father He is a wonderful Father [singing stops]. Amen. Thank you.

Hello DABbers, it’s your girl Val here in Vegas. Oh my gosh y'all. This makes one year. Whoo…i got to get through this call! It’s been one year since I called in and asked for help. I was sitting alone in the hospital in a zero-gravity room believing the lies of the enemy that God was mad at me with double pneumonia. You guys prayed me…well…you prayed me out of that situation, but man you did so much more than that. I’m literally about to celebrate on April 6^th a year at my dream job. My health is literally better than it’s been in quite some time. I can’t even name in the two minutes that I have all the blessings in this last year. I’ve grown closer to my family. I’ve been more prayerful. I understand now that God wasn’t mad at me then and he’s not mad at me now. And I say all this to say to anybody that is just at that edge where you feel like you want to give up, don’t! Please don’t. Stand strong. Call in. Know that this family is praying for you. We believe in you. We are people that love the Lord. We want to pray for you, and we want you to call in and we want to hear your words of encouragement. Those praise reports warm my heart. I love you guys. Please hold on.

Numbers 33:40-35:34

Drive Out the Inhabitants

Boundaries of the Land

List of Tribal Chiefs

Cities for the Levites

Cities of Refuge

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Luke 5:12-28

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Jesus Calls Levi

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Psalm 65

O God of Our Salvation

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

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Proverbs 11:23

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Numbers 32:1-33:39

Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead

Recounting Israel's Journey

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Luke 4:31-5:11

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

Jesus Heals Many

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

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Psalm 64

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

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Proverbs 11:22

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Numbers 30-31

Teachings about Vows

The Lord Commands Israel to Defeat Midian

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Luke 4:1-30

The Devil Tempts Jesus(A)

Nazareth Rejects Jesus(B)

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Psalm 63

A psalm by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

Proverbs 11:20-21

Numbers 28:16-29:40

Annual Sacrifices

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Luke 3:23-38

The Ancestors of Jesus

Psalm 62

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun; a psalm by David.

Proverbs 11:18-19

Numbers 26:52-28:15

A Request from Zelophehad’s Daughters

The Lord Appoints Joshua to Succeed Moses

Daily Sacrifices

Weekly Sacrifices

Monthly Sacrifices

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Luke 3:1-22

John Prepares the Way(A)

The Baptism of Jesus(B)

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Psalm 61

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument; by David.

Proverbs 11:16-17

The Devil Tempts Jesus^(A)

Nazareth Rejects Jesus^(B)

John Prepares the Way^(A)

The Baptism of Jesus^(B)