The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday February 21, 2022 (NIV)

Clean and Unclean Land Animals

11 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ² “Tell the Israelites: You may eat^(A) all these kinds of land animals.^{(B) 3} You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. ⁴ But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

⁸ Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses—they are unclean for you.^(E)

Clean and Unclean Aquatic Animals

⁹ “This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams. ¹⁰ But these are to be abhorrent to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures^(F) in the water. ¹¹ They are to remain abhorrent to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must abhor their carcasses. ¹² Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you.

Unclean Birds

¹³ “You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent:

Clean and Unclean Flying Insects

²⁰ “All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you. ²¹ But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. ²² You may eat these:

²³ All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.

Purification after Touching Dead Animals

²⁴ “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean^(M) until evening, ²⁵ and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.^{(N) 26} All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean. ²⁷ All the four-footed animals^(O) that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, ²⁸ and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

²⁹ “These creatures that swarm^(P) on the ground are unclean for you:

³¹ These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. ³² When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean—any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth,^(R) or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. ³³ If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you are to break it. ³⁴ Any edible food^(S) coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean. ³⁵ Anything one of their carcasses falls on will become unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it is to be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you. ³⁶ A spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but someone who touches a carcass in it will become unclean. ³⁷ If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is clean; ³⁸ but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.

³⁹ “If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening. ⁴⁰ Anyone who eats some of its carcass is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

Unclean Swarming Creatures

⁴¹ “All the creatures that swarm on the earth are abhorrent; they must not be eaten. ⁴² Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet,^[t] for they are abhorrent. ⁴³ Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them. ⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God,^(T) so you must consecrate yourselves^(U) and be holy because I am holy.^(V) Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. ⁴⁵ For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God,^(W) so you must be holy because I am holy.^(X)

⁴⁶ “This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground, ⁴⁷ in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals^(Y) that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”

Purification after Childbirth

12 The Lord spoke to Moses: ² “Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child,^(Z) she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.^{(AA) 3} The flesh of his foreskin^(AB) must be circumcised^(AC) on the eighth day.^{(AD) 4} She will continue in purification^(AE) from her bleeding^(AF) for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification. ⁵ But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

⁶ “When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin^[u] offering. ⁷ He will present them before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female. ⁸ But if she doesn’t have sufficient means^[v](AG) for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,^(AH) one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”

A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

²¹ When^(A) Jesus had crossed over again by boat^[a] to the other side, a large crowd^(B) gathered around him while he was by the sea. ²² One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,^(C) came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet^{(D) 23} and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on^(E) her so that she can get well^[b](F) and live.” ²⁴ So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

²⁵ Now a woman suffering from bleeding^(G) for twelve years ²⁶ had endured^(H) much under many doctors.^(I) She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. ²⁷ Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched^(J) his clothing.^{(K) 28} For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.”^{(L) 29} Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed^(M) of her affliction.

³⁰ Immediately Jesus realized that power^(N) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd^(O) and said, “Who touched my clothes?”^(P)

³¹ His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’”

³² But he was looking around to see who had done this. ³³ The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down^(Q) before him, and told him the whole truth.^{(R) 34} “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith^(S) has saved you.^(T) Go in peace and be healed^(U) from your affliction.”^(V)

³⁵ While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher^(W) anymore?”

³⁶ When Jesus overheard^[c] what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.^(X) Only believe.” ³⁷ He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter,^(Y) James,^(Z) and John,^(AA) James’s brother. ³⁸ They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹ He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?^(AB) The child^(AC) is not dead but asleep.”^{(AD) 40} They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,^(AE) mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹ Then he took the child^(AF) by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”^[d] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”^(AG)). ⁴² Immediately the girl got up^(AH) and began to walk.^(AI) (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.^{(AJ) 43} Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this^(AK) and told them to give her something to eat.

Psalm 38

Prayer of a Suffering Sinner

A psalm of David to bring remembrance.^(A)