Month: February 2022

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday February 24, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 15:1-16:28

Bodily Discharges

15 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge(A) from his member, he is unclean. 3 This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge,[a] he is unclean. 4 Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. 5 Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 6 Whoever sits on furniture that the man with the discharge was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 7 Whoever touches the body[b] of the man with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 8 If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 9 Any saddle the man with the discharge rides on will be unclean.(B) 10 Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 11 If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water,(C) the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 12 Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.(D)

13 “When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean. 14 He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.(E) In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the Lord because of his discharge.

16 “When a man has an emission of semen,(F) he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 17 Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. 18 If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.(G)

19 “When a woman has a discharge, and it consists of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her menstruation(H) for seven days. Everyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will become unclean, and anything she sits on will become unclean. 21 Everyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 22 Everyone who touches any furniture she was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 23 If discharge is on the bed or the furniture she was sitting on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening. 24 If a man sleeps with her, and blood from her menstruation gets on him, he will be unclean for seven days, and every bed he lies on will become unclean.(I)

25 “When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation. 26 Any bed she lies on during the days of her discharge will be like her bed during menstrual impurity; any furniture she sits on will be unclean as in her menstrual period. 27 Everyone who touches them will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 28 When she is cured of her discharge, she is to count seven days, and after that she will be clean.(J) 29 On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the Lord because of her unclean discharge.

31 “You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle(K) that is among them. 32 This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it; 33 a woman who is in her menstrual period; anyone who has a discharge, whether male or female; and a man who sleeps with a woman who is unclean.”

The Day of Atonement

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence(L) of[c] the Lord and died.(M) 2 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place(N) behind the curtain(O) in front of the mercy seat(P) on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud(Q) above the mercy seat.(R)

3 “Aaron is to enter the most holy place(S) in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.(T) 4 He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He is to tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban.(U) These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them. 5 He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.(V)

6 “Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 After Aaron casts lots(W) for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for an uninhabitable place,[d][e](X) 9 he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering.(Y) 10 But the goat chosen by lot for an uninhabitable place is to be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement with it by sending it into the wilderness(Z) for an uninhabitable place.

11 “When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering. 12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense,(AA) and bring them inside the curtain.(AB) 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud(AC) of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony,(AD) or else he will die.(AE) 14 He is to take some of the bull’s blood(AF) and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.(AG)

15 “When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. 16 He will make atonement for the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites’ impurities and rebellious acts.(AH) He will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities. 17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the most holy place until he leaves after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.(AI) 18 Then he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar. 19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart(AJ) from the Israelites’ impurities.(AK)

20 “When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess(AL) over it all the Israelites’ iniquities(AM) and rebellious acts—all their sins.(AN) He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness(AO) by the man appointed for the task.[f] 22 The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land,(AP) and the man will release it there.

23 “Then Aaron is to enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments(AQ) he wore when he entered the most holy place, and leave them there. 24 He will bathe his body with water in a holy place(AR) and put on his clothes.(AS) Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering; he will make atonement for himself and for the people. 25 He is to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar. 26 The man who released the goat for an uninhabitable place is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp. 27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the most holy place to make atonement, must be brought outside the camp(AT) and their hide,(AU) flesh, and waste burned.(AV) 28 The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

Footnotes:

  1. 15:3 DSS, Sam, LXX; MT omits he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge
  2. 15:7 Or member, also in v. 13
  3. 16:1 LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg read they brought strange fire before; Nm 3:4
  4. 16:8 Lit for Azazel, also in vv. 10 (2x),26
  5. 16:8 Traditionally “for the scapegoat”; perhaps a term that means “for the goat that departs,” or “for removal,” or “for a rough, difficult place,” or “for a goat-demon”; Hb obscure, also in vv. 10,26
  6. 16:21 Lit wilderness in the hand of a ready man

Cross references:

  1. 15:2 : Lv 15:33; 22:4; Nm 5:2; 2Sm 3:29
  2. 15:9 : Gn 31:34–35
  3. 15:11 : Ex 30:19; Mt 15:2; Mk 7:3
  4. 15:12 : Lv 6:28; 11:33
  5. 15:15 : Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5; Nm 6:11; Jos 8:31; 1Ch 16:1; Ps 20:3; Mc 6:6
  6. 15:16 : Lv 15:32; 19:20; 22:4; Nm 5:13
  7. 15:18 : 2Sm 11:2–4
  8. 15:19 : Lv 12:2,5; 18:19; Ezk 22:10; 36:17
  9. 15:24 : Lv 18:19; 20:18; Ezk 18:6
  10. 15:28 : Lv 15:13; Mt 9:20–22
  11. 15:31 : Ex 25:9; Nm 5:2–3
  12. 16:1 : Gn 4:14
  13. 16:1 : Lv 10:1–2
  14. 16:2 : Heb 6:19
  15. 16:2 : Mk 15:38
  16. 16:2 : Ex 31:7
  17. 16:2 : Ex 16:10
  18. 16:2 : Nm 7:89; 16:42; 1Kg 8:10–12; Heb 9:5
  19. 16:3 : Lv 4:1–12; Heb 9:7,24–25
  20. 16:3 : Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5; Nm 6:11; Jos 8:31; 1Ch 16:1; Ps 20:3; Mc 6:6
  21. 16:4 : Ex 28:42–43; Lv 6:10; 8:7–8; Ezk 44:17–19
  22. 16:5 : Lv 4:23–24; 8:18–21; 9:15
  23. 16:8 : Nm 26:55
  24. 16:8 : Lv 16:26
  25. 16:9 : Nm 29:11
  26. 16:10 : Gn 14:6
  27. 16:12 : Nm 7:14
  28. 16:12 : Mk 15:38
  29. 16:13 : Ex 16:10
  30. 16:13 : Ex 31:18
  31. 16:13 : Lv 10:1; Nm 16:46–48; Ps 141:2; Rv 8:3–5
  32. 16:14 : Heb 9:22
  33. 16:14 : Lv 4:6; Heb 9:4–5
  34. 16:16 : Ex 22:9
  35. 16:17 : 1Tm 2:5; Heb 9:7
  36. 16:19 : Lv 8:10
  37. 16:17–19 : Heb 9:11–14
  38. 16:21 : Lv 5:5; 26:40; Nm 5:7; 2Ch 30:22; Neh 1:6; 9:2; Dn 9:4,20
  39. 16:21 : Lv 5:1
  40. 16:21 : Ezr 10:1; Neh 9:2–3; Dn 9:20; 2Co 5:21; Jms 5:16; 1Jn 1:9
  41. 16:21 : Lv 14:7
  42. 16:22 : Ps 103:12; Is 53:4,6,11–12; Jn 1:29; Heb 9:28; 1Pt 2:24; 1Jn 3:5
  43. 16:23 : Lv 6:11
  44. 16:24 : Ex 29:31; Lv 6:16,26–27; 7:6; 10:13; 24:9; Ec 8:10; Ezk 42:13
  45. 16:24 : Lv 8:6–9
  46. 16:27 : Lv 8:17
  47. 16:27 : Lv 7:8
  48. 16:27 : Lv 4:11–12; Heb 13:11–12
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Mark 7:1-23

The Traditions of the Elders

7 The(A) Pharisees(B) and some of the scribes(C) who had come from Jerusalem(D) gathered around him. 2 They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean(E)—that is, unwashed—hands. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace,(F) they do not eat unless they have washed.(G) And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.[a](H)) 5 So the Pharisees(I) and the scribes(J) asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live[b] according to the tradition of the elders,(K) instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[c] hands?”

6 He answered them, “Isaiah(L) prophesied(M) correctly about you hypocrites,(N) as it is written: (O)

This people honors(P) me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching(Q) as doctrines(R) human commands.[d](S)

8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”[e] 9 He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up[f] your tradition! 10 For Moses(T) said: Honor your father and your mother; [g](U) and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.[h](V) 11 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit(W) you might have received from me is corban’” (that is, an offering(X) devoted to God), 12 “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God(Y) by your tradition that you have handed(Z) down. And you do many other similar things.”

14 Summoning(AA) the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:(AB) 15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[i]

17 When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach(AC) and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean(AD)). 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,(AE) thefts, murders,(AF) 22 adulteries,(AG) greed,(AH) evil actions, deceit,(AI) self-indulgence,(AJ) envy,[j] slander,(AK) pride,(AL) and foolishness.(AM) 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

Footnotes:

  1. 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches
  2. 7:5 Lit walk
  3. 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed
  4. 7:6–7 Is 29:13
  5. 7:8 Other mss add The washing of jugs, and cups, and many other similar things you practice.
  6. 7:9 Or to maintain
  7. 7:10 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  8. 7:10 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  9. 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”
  10. 7:22 Or evil eye

Cross references:

  1. 7:1–23 : Mt 15:1–20
  2. 7:1 : Mk 7:3
  3. 7:1 : Mt 2:4
  4. 7:1 : Mt 23:37
  5. 7:2 : Ac 10:28
  6. 7:4 : Mk 6:56
  7. 7:4 : Heb 6:2; 9:10
  8. 7:4 : Lk 5:18
  9. 7:5 : Mk 7:3
  10. 7:5 : Mt 2:4
  11. 7:5 : 3Jn 1
  12. 7:6 : Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17
  13. 7:6 : Jn 11:51
  14. 7:6 : Lk 6:42
  15. 7:6 : Ac 15:15
  16. 7:6 : 1Tm 5:3
  17. 7:7 : Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
  18. 7:7 : Rm 15:4
  19. 7:7 : Is 29:13; Col 2:22
  20. 7:10 : Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2
  21. 7:10 : Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  22. 7:10 : Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  23. 7:11 : Mk 5:26
  24. 7:11 : Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4
  25. 7:13 : Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32
  26. 7:13 : Jd 3
  27. 7:14 : Lk 18:16
  28. 7:14 : Mt 13:13
  29. 7:19 : Php 3:19
  30. 7:19 : 1Jn 1:7
  31. 7:21 : 1Th 4:3
  32. 7:21 : Pr 1:16
  33. 7:22 : Nm 5:11
  34. 7:22 : Eph 5:3
  35. 7:22 : Ps 10:7
  36. 7:22 : Rm 13:13; 2Co 12:21; Gl 5:19; Eph 4:19; 1Pt 4:3; 2Pt 2:2,7,18
  37. 7:22 : Jn 10:33; Rv 13:6
  38. 7:22 : Ps 17:10
  39. 7:22 : 2Co 11:1
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Psalm 40:11-17

11 Lord, you do not[a] withhold your compassion from me.
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.(A)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.(B)
13 Lord, be pleased to rescue me;
hurry to help me, Lord.(C)

14 Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.(D)
15 Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be appalled because of their shame.(E)

16 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
let those who love your salvation continually say,
“The Lord is great!” (F)
17 I am oppressed and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.(G)

Footnotes:

  1. 40:11 Or Lord, do not

Cross references:

  1. 40:11 : Ps 36:5; 57:3; 61:7
  2. 40:12 : Ps 38:4; 65:3
  3. 40:13 : Ps 70:1
  4. 40:14 : Ps 35:4,26; 63:9; 70:2
  5. 40:15 : Ps 35:21,25; 70:3
  6. 40:16 : Ps 35:27; 70:4
  7. 40:17 : Ps 86:1; 109:22
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Proverbs 10:13-14

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.(A)

14 The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.(B)

Cross references:

  1. 10:13 : Pr 19:29; 26:3
  2. 10:14 : Pr 10:8; 12:13; 13:3; 18:7
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2/23/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 14:1-57, Mark 6:30-56, Psalm 40:1-10, Proverbs 10:11-12

Today, is the 23rd day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it’s great to be here with you here today around the Global Campfire as we gather and take the next step forward. Which leads us back to where we left off and that is in the Book of Leviticus where the law is being given and we’re learning about clean and unclean. And so, let’s dive in today, Leviticus 14.

Commentary:

Okay so, in the book of Leviticus as we said a few minutes ago, we’re learning about what is clean and what is unclean. And so yesterday, skin…skin diseases, open sores, that sort of thing boils, also fabric and mildew. And then today, we talked about mildew are like mold inside of a dwelling. And once again, we can read these things, think about these things in terms of how many thousands of years old they are, we can even think why is this in the Bible and what is it matter but these things that we are talking about right now, clean and unclean, we still pay attention to all of these things, we just do it differently. So, if mold is in your house, that’s a problem. And depending on what kind of mold it is, it’s a big problem. And if it’s a really, really bad kind of mold and it’s a really, really bad infestation and it’s spreading then it could and probably will affect the health and well-being of the people inside the home. And so, there’s all kinds of things we do to eradicate that but there are situations where that can’t happen and it has to get torn down, sort of like what was being talked about from thousands of years ago in the book of Leviticus today. But as I have been saying as we, we see the wall revealed we begin to understand that everything that they do, everything that they are required to do in their daily lives, roots them to spiritual truths and implications that ultimately remind them who God is, where they came from and who they are. And so, like yesterday, we’re talking about rash or an open sore where the sore has split the skin and so, there’s like raw flesh that appears and we talked about that being biohazard even today, like if there’s, certain correlations that are very relevant even today. One of the things that the priest was supposed to do when observing a skin rash or a sore or something like that was to determine whether or not it was more than skin deep. Like is this something on the surface of the skin or is this going down into the flesh and it’s below the skin, it’s more than skin deep, two different things, two different problems. If it’s gotten below the skin, if it’s more than skin deep it can be very, very serious, a very serious problem for that person. But also, something that they may be able to transmit throughout the camp that could cause devastation to everybody. So, if we think about this, though with a spiritual connection it's…it’s amazing how relevant this is because we are encountering interactions, thoughts, words and deeds, all day, every day, while we are consciously awake. We are continually interacting in some way and something can catch us. So, let’s just imagine, I don’t know, a coworker says something to you, you take it the right way or the wrong way, either way, you are offended by. So, now it’s on the surface of your skin. And if you let that kind of linger in your mind, you chew on and you start having imaginary conversations then it’s beginning to spread and you begin to notice that your morale is plummeting and your energy is affected and you are pouring so much energy into this offense that it is drawing energy from the good things in your life. It’s a problem. And you realize that it’s a problem but if you go on right, if you get consumed with this, it’s making you lose sleep, you are burning up the phones with all of your friends telling about this offense, maybe you’re even posting nasty things on social media, etc. etc. There comes a time where you’re gonna get sick with this thing, it’s going to really affect other relationships in your lives. It is getting to be more than skin deep and that can be serious and that can infect everyone around you. So, you see the Bible can become a mirror so quickly or our dwelling with mold in it, we can’t just leave it alone, it will only get worse. So, think about the places where mold grows right, it’s that dark wet, dank, untouched places where these things can thrive. So, think about your heart, think about the basement of your heart where a lot of these offenses have been stored, a lot of the wounds in life have been shoved, it’s not organized down there, it’s kind of a mess, we kind of don’t go down there unless we have to and when we do we think, I got a clean this out and we make a resolution but we don’t. And so, it just stays dark and dank down there and things can start growing and if we catch them, they can be made clean again. But if we leave them it’s gonna pull the whole thing down on top of our heads. Above all of this though, is what we’re learning, the distinction between what is clean and what is unclean. And we can see that it matters, it matters in the society that is being formed practically so, that people don’t die by catching what each other has. But the implication spiritually, are so profound that we have to pay attention, clean and unclean, they still exist, we actually have intuition about what they are, we typically know when we are stepping into something that is unclean. We typically understand as nuanced as it might be, generally speaking, what we’re doing. So, if we have something that is getting more than skin deep and we let it, that will become a serious disease, whether in our heart, our soul or whether in our body. If we leave things just grow and dwelling the dank, dark places of our dwelling, it’s gonna be a problem spiritually just the same. The goal is to be clean, that is the offer like, that is what they’re being commanded to be, which means that’s possible. And all of these laws, like, if people will remain clean in this context, they don’t ever have to do any of the ritual of purification, they’re already clean. But when a person becomes unclean there are processes to go through that are ritual but that identify that this person has been made clean again, clean is the goal and so let’s open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, on these things.

Prayer:

What is getting more than skin deep, what is growing up the walls in the basement of our hearts. And Holy Spirit, we confess that although even as we’re talking about it, some things may have been identified that we realize, now I really do have to go down in the basement and clean it, I have to deal with this or I can’t just keep letting this thing fester, it’s getting more than skin deep, we may know some of those things but there may be other things that we are just shut off to, it is in a box at the bottom of the pile in the back of the basement and we need Your help because we want to be clean, we want to be true, we want to be free. So, come Holy Spirit and help us as we begin to do the excursion, as we begin to open ourselves to considering things that are nothing more than poison to us and don’t belong in our lives anymore. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hey guys, my name is Mary and I live in the United States. I’m a nurse. Hey, this message is specifically for two people from the UK. I apologize, I’m terrible with names but both of your messages really spoke to my heart. First, I wanted to pray for the dad who is the father to Hannah, who is suffering with anorexia nervosa. And secondly, I wanted to pray for the beautiful woman who had to move and now she’s having to move again because somethings going on with her land lady and she’s just really suffering from a lot of depression and anxiety. I just wanted to offer encouragement. I have also suffered with all three of these things, depression, anxiety and anorexia and God has delivered me from all of these things. That’s not to say I don’t still struggle. Sometimes I…I hate eating all over again, it’s just a time when I get back on my knees and ask God for mercy and the same with anxiety and depression. But just know that I am lifting you up in prayer and the Lord is there for you through every trial and every…every circumstance. You know that He never forsakes you and that I am praying for you and interceding for both of you. Love you guys. Bye.

Recindos, Gracandos, Inuendos and drills
It’s like my brother this bird has two bills
So many praises, coming out of one mouth
I haven’t seen anything like this since I’ve been in the South
Human, animal or anything else
When I listen to this songbird all the worldliness just melts
Because His praises continue and he’s bold, God, for thee
I thank You, my Father, for eyes that can see
That all of creation gives glory and praise
To the source of all life, the ancient of days
Multi-active warbles are paused and achieved
A twittly, twittly dee, a chirped and a beep
Stigatto, Legatto, a dot and a dash
Melodious harmonics, slow and then fast
Tremelous, pianist and most,
Swartandos, retarts sweet
His repetware of music if full and complete
This birds little light seems to never grow dim
Help me, my Father, to be more like him
Praising You continuous, empty of me
Yet filled up completely with all that is Thee
Because my cup runneth over, let praise overflow
Reflecting Your goodness wherever I go
And that all men who see me, in me, my Father, see You
Let praise be the trademark of everything I do
And even in darkness be a light shining bright
Praising You Father, from morning till night
A bird unconcerned and truly at peace
Even though necessities and problems don’t cease
Storms still assailing, strong winds still blow
But Your love’s always there, Father, wherever I go
Because when the praises go up, then the blessings come down
So help me to remember to smile and not frown
Because Your love’s always with me and You show me everyday
I thank You for the songbird that You sent my way
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Hi, DAB family, this is Tammy from the Adirondacks. I just got done listening to the February 19th podcast and I didn’t get your name sister but the lady that called in who’s dealing with anxiety and depression and fear of taking medication and has to move again. I get it, I get it, I understand it and just know that, just keep breathing scripture over yourself. Just keep, this too shall pass, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, just keep doing what you’re doing, sister. Because God will never leave us, He will never forsake us, He is with you, even when it doesn’t feel like He is, I know that feeling. You are not alone, you are so not alone. I understand and I pray that Jesus, we ask You Father to just come against this anxiety, to come against this depression, to come against the fear of medication Father, give her an answer. Give her an answer, Father God, to help her know whether to take the medication is what she should or shouldn’t do, Lord. And just come against this anxiety and depression, in Your might name, Jesus. Help her Father to fight this, this that she’s going through. You are our Protector, You are our Healer, You are our Strength, You are our Refuge, You are our Shield and all the glory and the honor and the majesty goes to You, Father God. So, I just lift our sister up to You, Father God and I ask You to just help her in the way that only You can, Father. We thank you Jesus, we give You the praise. Be encouraged my sister, you’re not alone, you’re so not alone. I’ve been where you are. Love you.

Hey everybody, this is John from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I hope you’re doing well. It’s the 20th of February, it is a balmy 15 degrees here in Pennsylvania today. Bright and sunny, I think I’ll get the tanning oil out, probably not really. Family, this call is for Curious George from Georgia, it was great to hear your call George. And it’s also for anyone who’s interested in a resource that I find of tremendous, tremendous value. George, first of all, welcome, glad that you’re here, congratulations on your anniversary. I’ve been a listener since 2012. You’ve landed in a great space; this is an awesome community. You’ve joined a community of believers all over the world and you can already tell that you’re, you know, just really, really enjoying hearing so many different accents. You mentioned that you have a tough time remembering the names so, does everybody else, unless they’re writing them down. And that’s not possible sometimes while you’re listening to the program so, what we’ve got for you is this tremendous resource, The Daily Audio Bible transcripts. These are available both for the Daily Audio Bible and the Daily Audio Bible Chronological. And you can get to them at dailyaudiobible.tumblr.com. dailyaudiobible.t-u-m as in boy, not m as in boy, m as in Mary, b as in boy, l as in Larry, r as in Ralph.com. dailyaudiobible.tumblr.com and what you’ll get there is the daily transcripts. So, Brian’s opening, his commentary, if there’s commentary, his prayer, and then announcements and the best part of all George is that you got the prayer and praise – the community prayer and praise written down for you so, you can go back and look at those names and you can read what’s been spoken and you can reiterate those prayers. And pray them out loud yourself, as well. Listen, I love you family. George, I hope that’s helpful for you. People, I hope that’s helpful for you as well.

Hey, DAB family, this is Leeza calling from the West Coast. I wanted to pray over Julie from the UK and really anyone else who’s suffering from anxiety and depression, right now. I know it’s just such a beast to struggle with and I just wanted to pray for everyone who needs it right now. God, I just pray that You surround Julie and anyone who’s suffering from anxiety and depression. God, I just pray that You surround them with Your love. That you comfort them in those moments where it’s just hard to see the light. God, in those moments where it just seems like the walls are closing in. God, I pray that You push out any thoughts from the enemy of feeling unworthy or feeling hopeless or wondering what’s coming next. And I pray that You help them focus on You God to see Your love, to see how much You’ve protected them, to feel You’re comforting presence and to just feel thankful for one little thing, whether it’s the air in their lungs or the sun shining or the rain in England. God, I just pray that You show them just how much You love them and remind them just how much you’ve done in the past and that Your promises are something that You will fulfill. I pray that You shine a light into their lives on those moments, in those moments where it just seems like there is darkness everywhere and that You guide them to You. God, we love everyone who is calling in and not calling in and especially anyone who’s suffering from anxiety and depression right now. I’m thinking of all of you and I’m praying for each of you. I know how hard it is and I just, I hope that you remember that we are all thinking of you and praying for you. Bye all.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday February 23, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 14

Cleansing of Skin Diseases

14 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “This is the law(A) concerning the person afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing.(B) He is to be brought to the priest,(C) 3 who will go outside the camp(D) and examine him.(E) If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,[a] 4 the priest will order that two live clean birds,(F) cedar wood,(G) scarlet(H) yarn, and hyssop(I) be brought for the one who is to be cleansed. 5 Then the priest will order that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot. 6 He is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them all into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 He will then sprinkle the blood seven times on the one who is to be cleansed from the skin disease. He is to pronounce him clean and release the live bird over the open countryside.(J) 8 The one who is to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; he is clean. Afterward he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. 9 He is to shave off all his hair again on the seventh day: his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; he is clean.

10 “On the eighth day he must take two unblemished(K) male lambs, an unblemished year-old ewe lamb, a grain offering of six quarts[b] of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one-third of a quart[c] of olive oil. 11 The priest who performs the cleansing will place the person who is to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 12 The priest is to take one male lamb and present it as a guilt offering,(L) along with the one-third quart of olive oil, and he will present them as a presentation offering(M) before the Lord. 13 He is to slaughter the male lamb at the place in the sanctuary area where the sin offering(N) and burnt offering(O) are slaughtered,(P) for like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(Q) it is especially holy.(R) 14 The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.(S) 15 Then the priest will take some of the one-third quart of olive oil and pour it into his left palm. 16 The priest will dip his right finger into the oil in his left palm and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 17 From the oil remaining in his palm the priest will put some on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.(T) 18 What is left of the oil in the priest’s palm he is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the Lord. 19 The priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness.(U) Afterward he will slaughter the burnt offering. 20 The priest is to offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. The priest will make atonement for him, and he will be clean.(V)

21 “But if he is poor(W) and cannot afford these,(X) he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be presented in order to make atonement for him, along with two quarts[d] of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, one-third of a quart of olive oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whatever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23 On the eighth day he is to bring these things for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord. 24 The priest will take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the one-third quart of olive oil, and present them as a presentation offering before the Lord. 25 After he slaughters the male lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 Then the priest will pour some of the oil into his left palm. 27 With his right finger the priest will sprinkle some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the Lord. 28 The priest will also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the same place as the blood of the guilt offering. 29 What is left of the oil in the priest’s palm he is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.(Y) 30 He is to then sacrifice one type of what he can afford, either the turtledoves or young pigeons, 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, sacrificing what he can afford together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord for the one to be cleansed. 32 This is the law for someone who has[e] a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

Cleansing of Contaminated Objects

33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan(Z) that I am giving you as a possession,(AA) and I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess,[f] 35 the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared[g] in my house. 36 The priest must order them to clear the house before he enters to examine the contamination, so that nothing in the house becomes unclean. Afterward the priest will come to examine the house. 37 He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations[h] that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, 38 the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days. 39 The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house, 40 the priest must order that the stones with the contamination be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. 41 He is to have the inside of the house completely scraped, and have the plaster[i] that is scraped off dumped in an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they are to take different stones to replace the former ones and take additional plaster to replaster the house.

43 “If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered, 44 the priest is to come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean. 45 It must be torn down with its stones, its beams, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place. 46 Whoever enters the house during any of the days the priest quarantines it will be unclean until evening. 47 Whoever lies down in the house is to wash his clothes, and whoever eats in it is to wash his clothes.

48 “But when the priest comes and examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the house after it was replastered, he is to pronounce the house clean because the contamination has disappeared.[j] 49 He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house, 50 and he is to slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot containing fresh water. 51 He will take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird into the open countryside(AB) outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

54 “This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak, 55 for mildew in clothing or on a house, 56 and for a swelling, scab, or spot, 57 to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”

Footnotes:

  1. 14:3 Lit the person afflicted with skin disease
  2. 14:10 Lit three-tenths; probably three-tenths of an ephah
  3. 14:10 Lit one log, also in vv. 12,15,21,24
  4. 14:21 Lit him, and one-tenth; probably one-tenth of an ephah
  5. 14:32 Lit someone on whom there is
  6. 14:34 Lit land of your possession
  7. 14:35 Lit appeared to me
  8. 14:37 Or eruptions; Hb obscure
  9. 14:41 Lit dust, also in v. 42
  10. 14:48 Lit healed

Cross references:

  1. 14:2 : Lv 11:46
  2. 14:2 : Lv 12:4–5; Nm 6:9; Ezk 44:26
  3. 14:2 : Lv 4:16
  4. 14:3 : Lv 8:17
  5. 14:3 : Lv 13:2–3
  6. 14:4 : Gn 40:17
  7. 14:4 : Jdg 9:15; 2Sm 5:11; 7:2,7; 1Kg 5:13; 6:9–10; Ps 29:5; Sg 1:17; 8:9; Am 2:9; Zch 11:1–2
  8. 14:4 : Ex 25:4; Nm 4:8; 19:6
  9. 14:4 : Ex 12:22
  10. 14:7 : Lv 14:53; 16:21–22
  11. 14:10 : Ex 29:1
  12. 14:12 : Lv 5:6–19
  13. 14:12 : Ex 29:24
  14. 14:13 : Ex 29:14
  15. 14:13 : Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5; Nm 6:11; Jos 8:31; 1Ch 16:1; Ps 20:3; Mc 6:6
  16. 14:13 : Lv 1:11; 6:25; 7:2
  17. 14:13 : Lv 7:7
  18. 14:13 : Lv 2:3; 6:10; 7:1,6; 10:12; 24:9; 27:28
  19. 14:14 : Ex 29:20; Lv 8:23–24; 14:25,28
  20. 14:17 : Lv 14:14
  21. 14:19 : Lv 5:3
  22. 14:20 : Mt 8:1–4; Mk 1:21–44; Lk 5:12–14
  23. 14:21 : Am 5:11
  24. 14:21 : Lv 5:7–13; 12:8
  25. 14:29 : Lv 14:18
  26. 14:34 : Gn 37:1
  27. 14:34 : Gn 17:8; 23:4; 36:43; 47:11; 48:4; 49:30; 50:13; Dt 32:49; Jos 21:12,41
  28. 14:53 : Lv 14:7
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Mark 6:30-56

Feeding of the Five Thousand

30 The(A) apostles(B) gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

32 So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place, 33 but many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.[a]

34 When he went ashore, he saw a large crowd and had compassion(C) on them, because they were like sheep(D) without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things.

35 When it grew late, his disciples(E) approached him and said, “This place is deserted,(F) and it is already late. 36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

37 “You give them something to eat,” he responded.

They said to him, “Should we go and buy two hundred denarii[b] worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

38 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 Then he instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 Everyone ate and was satisfied.(G) 43 They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish. 44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.

Walking on the Water

45 Immediately(H) he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida,(I) while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After he said good-bye to them, he went away to the mountain(J) to pray.(K) 47 Well into the night, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 He saw them straining(L) at the oars,[c] because the wind was against them. Very early in the morning[d] he came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them. 49 When they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost(M) and cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified.(N) Immediately he spoke with them and said, “Have courage!(O) It is I.(P) Don’t be afraid.”(Q) 51 Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded, 52 because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.(R)

Miraculous Healings

53 When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gennesaret(S) and anchored there.

54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized him. 55 They hurried throughout that region and began to carry the sick(T) on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 Wherever he went, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch just the end(U) of his robe.(V) And everyone who touched it was healed.

Footnotes:

  1. 6:33 Other mss add and gathered around him
  2. 6:37 A denarius = one day’s wage
  3. 6:48 Or them being battered as they rowed
  4. 6:48 Lit Around the fourth watch of the night = 3 to 6 a.m.

Cross references:

  1. 6:30–44 : Mt 14:13–21; Lk 9:10–17; Jn 6:1–15
  2. 6:30 : Ac 1:2; Jd 17
  3. 6:34 : Lk 15:20
  4. 6:34 : Mt 7:15
  5. 6:35 : Mk 10:10
  6. 6:35 : Jn 1:23; Rv 12:6
  7. 6:42 : Mt 5:6
  8. 6:45–56 : Mt 14:22–36; Jn 6:16–21
  9. 6:45 : Jn 12:21
  10. 6:46 : Mt 4:8
  11. 6:46 : Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12
  12. 6:48 : Rv 20:10
  13. 6:49 : Mt 14:26
  14. 6:50 : Jn 5:7
  15. 6:50 : Jn 16:33
  16. 6:50 : Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24
  17. 6:50 : Jn 6:20
  18. 6:52 : Mk 8:17; Heb 3:8
  19. 6:53 : Mt 14:34; Lk 5:1
  20. 6:55 : Lk 5:31
  21. 6:56 : Mt 23:5
  22. 6:56 : Mt 9:20; 14:36; Lk 8:44; 19:36
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Psalm 40:1-10

Psalm 40

Thanksgiving and a Cry for Help

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

1 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.(A)
2 He brought me up from a desolate[a] pit,
out of the muddy clay,(B)
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.(C)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.(D)
Many will see and fear,
and they will trust in the Lord.(E)

4 How happy is anyone
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!(F)
5 Lord my God, you have done many things—
your wondrous works and your plans for us;
none can compare with you.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.(G)

6 You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
you open my ears to listen.[b]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.(H)
7 Then I said, “See, I have come;
in the scroll it is written about me.(I)
8 I delight to do your will, my God,(J)
and your instruction is deep within me.”(K)

9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed[c]—
as you know, Lord.(L)
10 I did not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.(M)

Footnotes:

  1. 40:2 Or watery
  2. 40:6 Lit you hollow out ears for me
  3. 40:9 Lit not restrain my lips

Cross references:

  1. 40:1 : Ps 27:14; 34:15; 37:7
  2. 40:2 : Ps 69:2,14; Jr 38:6–13
  3. 40:2 : Ps 27:5; 37:23
  4. 40:3 : Ps 33:3
  5. 40:3 : Dt 13:11
  6. 40:4 : Jb 23:11; Ps 84:12
  7. 40:5 : Jb 5:9; Ps 71:15; 139:17–18
  8. 40:6 : 1Sm 15:22; Ps 51:16; Am 5:22
  9. 40:7 : Lk 24:44
  10. 40:8 : Ps 119:16,24; Jn 4:34
  11. 40:6–8 : Ps 119:11; Heb 10:5–9
  12. 40:9 : Ps 22:22,25
  13. 40:10 : Ac 20:20
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Proverbs 10:11-12

11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,(A)
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(B)

12 Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.(C)

Cross references:

  1. 10:11 : Ps 37:30; Pr 13:14; 14:27; 16:22
  2. 10:11 : Pr 10:6
  3. 10:12 : Pr 17:9; Jms 5:20; 1Pt 4:8
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02/22/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 13:1-59, Mark 6:1-29, Psalms 39:1-13, Proverbs 10:10

Today is the 22nd day of February welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful, it is a joy and a privilege to be around the Global Campfire with you today as we release the stresses and strains that life brings our way every day and slumps our shoulders like we’re carrying a burden that is simply too heavy and the burden is life and sometimes it feels that way. But we have this place, a little oasis in all of it to just rest, exhale and allow God to speak through His word, reprioritizing and reorient…reorienting us to God. And, so, I am grateful, deeply, deeply grateful to be here around the Global Campfire with you today as we take the next step forward. And that will lead us back to the book of Leviticus. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Leviticus chapter 13.

Commentary:

Okay, in the book of Leviticus today we talked about skin problems and fabric problems. And we again can go, that’s why I always have stopped my journey when I got to the book of Leviticus. I don’t know what’s going on here. But actually we kinda do. And we talked about this some yesterday. But there are practical and spiritual implications here. What we are moving through in the law is the distinction between what is clean and what is unclean. So, for example, in the case of an open sore on a person’s body in their skin below the skin, that could be an infectious problem or a biohazard in some sort of way. It’s an open, oozing sore. And, so, we may think, okay, you get out the first day care or you go to the doctor, you run to the hospital, whatever what is. These people don’t have any of those options. Those things don’t exist. They didn’t have a ministry of disease control or anything like that. In fact, what we notice in this culture is that the priest is central. His job is not only spiritual. There are practical things that the priest does and declaring clean and unclean is one of those things for the protection of all of the people. Infection or disease that can spread in a closed community out in the wilderness with nowhere to go could be devastating. It could cause the annihilation of the people. It would be hard for us to not grasp the significance or the importance of this knowing what we have been through in the world for the last couple of years with all of our fancy advanced technologies. And then we get to the fabric portion of the law. And again, there isn’t a ministry of agriculture or a ministry of textiles. Like, they don’t have any of this, but they have experienced mildew. We still deal with that today. We just have fast ways to deal with it. They didn’t. They had water. And, so, we can understand the practical implications of what’s going on here, but there’s something greater also happening. Yes, they need practical measures to deal with certain things that will establish a cohesive people where everybody is generally on the same page and knows what they’re supposed to do and what they’re not supposed to do, but in this culture, what is being kinda woven in is the fact that practical things for living life as a human being in a human body are important, but they have correlations to spiritual life. There is clean. There is unclean. Clean leads to holiness. Unclean leads to destruction. And, so, let’s keep that kind of in mind and before us as we continue this portion of the law in the coming days.

Prayer:

Father, we love You. We thank You. We thank You for the practical things that we see here and understand here, and we ask that Your Holy Spirit come and help us to connect the dots between practical and our spiritual journey and how similar things work. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi everyone, it’s Christy from Kentucky. I wanted to call today for a couple of reasons. My precious husband is sitting here in the hospital. And he has been having issues from a gallstone that passed into his bowel duct and it’s been giving him problems. His bilirubin has been high and has not come down. He had two scopes and his gall bladder removed and we sit here on day 6 waiting for those numbers to come down and other things to happen in his body that will clear us to go home. So, if you would please pray for my precious husband Tim. I also wanted to pray today for Val in Vegas. Sister, first of all happy belated birthday. I’m so sorry, so, so sorry that you are suffering from the symptoms of Covid. Lord, I'm…I’m asking You Jesus to breathe life, breathe Your breath of life into Val Father. Clear her lungs. And Father for all those who are suffering, my friend Carla who are all having issues with upper respiratory and with COVID. Father God having a hard time getting breath COPD, whatever it is Lord Jesus, I’m asking You to please breathe your breath of life father God into them. Give them a clear pathway to breathe in the precious name of Jesus. Alright everyone I love you guys. I pray each of you are having the most blessed and lovely day today.

Good morning God, just want to thank You so much and praise Your holy name for being so good, so kind so generous. Thank You for Your provision and protection and for making all things new again in our hearts as we listen to the word, as we invite the Holy Spirit to take over those things that we know we can’t do on our own. Father there are so many hurts, so many disappointments, so many frustrations, so many sorrows. God so many of us don’t have a clue of what to do but we want to know. And Father we know that You have our best interest in mind. So, as we wait for You to reveal the…the plan for our lives or the direction we’re supposed to go or how we’re supposed to show up in our relationships, as we wait for You to do that marvelous thing empowering us, strengthening us, giving us hope and courage to move forward into today You tell us that today Your mercies are new in the morning., Today if we hear Your voice we are to not harden our hearts but to allow Your Spirit and the sweet rain of Your Spirit to soften our hearts. So today dear Jesus take us, mold us, make us, shape us and may we be used to Your names honor and glory. Thank You so much for hearing this prayer dear God, for Your son Jesus, and for the baptism of Your Spirit. We love You. Amen.

Dear heavenly Father, dear Jesus it’s February 19th and I just heard the beautiful blessing prayer that Radiant Rachel left for all of her DAB family. It was so dear and especially since I believe she is currently in the hospital suffering under a serious condition. Father, please reach down and be with her. Surround her with your healing love and make her whole again. She is so precious to us. I know she’s precious us to You, but she is one of our sweet sisters. Please watch over her and heal her and bring her back to us. And Father I also heard a disturbing prayer about a conference of Satan…Satan worshippers in Phoenix. Father, my own grandson has been told that you don’t exist. Please, Father help us to save our children and our grandchildren and our brothers and sisters from this evil, evil influence. Give us the strength and the courage to renounce his evil ways in Your name when they come anywhere near to us. Thank You, Father. Forgive us for taking You for granted sometimes. We don’t deserve You but we love You and we want to be…

Hi, DABbers this is Emily in…of Emily and Jim, Emily in Cardiff and Jim and Texas. First, I want to thank the sister back in January or December who prayed for us. We are so grateful. We got to spend a beautiful two weeks together. In January I flew out there. And it was so wonderful and so hard to leave. So, please pray as we continue to put the spouse application together and that his project would…would complete and he’d get the spouse visa at about the same time so he can come back to me. We miss each other so much. But I really have wanted to pray over the past month or so for marriages where one person is praying for the restoration of the marriage and the other one has…has left. And in the midst of this we had some friends who are going through exactly through that. I want to remind you first of all that Jesus requires us to forgive, to repay evil with blessing, evil with good and cursing with blessing. And also that we here all lift up our shields of faith together to stand with you in a turtle formation against those fire darts of the enemy that may be coming for your spouse but are really lies from the devil. So, Lord God we lift up to You marriages. Lord we lift up to You the brothers and sisters who have called in and have asked us to pray for the restoration of their marriages. We pray Lord that Your Holy Spirit will teach them and give them divine strategies how to stand for their marriages. But together we lift up our shields of faith and we stand with them against the fiery darts of the enemy trying to destroy their marriage and we proclaim in the name of Jesus these marriages restored. We look forward to hearing the testimonies. Bless you guys. Love you.

Hello, my beautiful DAB family this is Asia from the city of angels and this one goes out to the woman who called on February 19th from the UK who is just in the grip of fear and anxiety over her current situation. She has to move houses and she’s just crippled with anxiety. And I heard the fear in her voice as she weeped. And, so, I am just coming to you to offer this word that I had just read fresh that morning before I heard your prayer. So, I’m going to read it from you. It’s from Joshua 1:9 and it says, “have I not commanded you be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” And my sister, I just want you to write that down. Read it every day and commit your anxiety to the Lord. Put it in His hands. He will deliver you. My daughter also has anxiety and recently had a bad bout with it as well and we’ve talked it through, and we went through some scripture. And ultimately it is your choice whether you want to hand this over to God and ask Him to remove it from you and replace your fear with His faith and His hope. And I just give you all the encouragement that I can possibly muster in my heart and all my love sister. You can overcome this with God’s love and the faith in the Lord. So, please be encouraged today and know that I’m praying for you. Take care. God bless you.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday February 22, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 13

Skin Diseases

13 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 2 “When a person has a swelling,[a] scab,[b] or spot on the skin of his body, and it may be a serious disease on the skin(A) of his body, he is to be brought to the priest Aaron or to one of his sons, the priests. 3 The priest will examine the sore(B) on the skin of his body. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is in fact a serious skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean. 4 But if the spot on the skin of his body is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the stricken person for seven days.(C) 5 The priest will then reexamine him on the seventh day. If he sees that the sore remains unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine him for another seven days. 6 The priest will examine him again on the seventh day. If the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean;(D) it is a scab. The person is to wash his clothes and will become clean. 7 But if the scab spreads further on his skin after he has presented himself to the priest for his cleansing,(E) he is to present himself again to the priest. 8 The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a serious skin disease.

9 “When a case of serious skin disease may have developed on a person, he is to be brought to the priest. 10 The priest will examine him. If there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is a patch of raw flesh in the swelling, 11 it is a chronic serious disease on the skin of his body, and the priest must pronounce him unclean.(F) He need not quarantine him, for he is unclean. 12 But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see, 13 the priest will look, and if the skin disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the stricken person clean.(G) Since he has turned totally white, he is clean. 14 But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean. 15 When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; this is a serious skin disease. 16 But if the raw flesh changes[c] and[d] turns white, he is to go to the priest. 17 The priest will examine him, and if the sore has turned white, the priest must pronounce the stricken person clean; he is clean.

18 “When a boil appears on the skin(H) of someone’s body(I) and it heals, 19 and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, the person is to present himself to the priest. 20 The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil. 21 But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin but is faded, the priest will quarantine him seven days. 22 If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a disease. 23 But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

24 “When there is a burn on the skin of one’s body produced by fire, and the patch made raw by the burn becomes reddish-white or white, 25 the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a serious skin disease. 26 But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in the spot and it is not beneath the skin but is faded, the priest will quarantine him seven days. 27 The priest will reexamine him on the seventh day. If it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a case of serious skin disease. 28 But if the spot has remained where it was and has not spread on the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest is to pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.

29 “When a man or woman has a condition on the head or chin, 30 the priest is to examine the condition. If it appears to be deeper than the skin,(J) and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or chin. 31 When the priest examines the scaly condition, if it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest will quarantine the person with the scaly condition for seven days. 32 The priest will reexamine the condition on the seventh day. If the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 33 the person is to shave himself(K) but not shave the scaly area. Then the priest will quarantine the person who has the scaly outbreak for another seven days. 34 The priest will examine the scaly outbreak on the seventh day, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce the person clean. He is to wash his clothes, and he will be clean. 35 But if the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing, 36 the priest is to examine the person. If the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair; the person is unclean. 37 But if as far as he can see, the scaly outbreak remains unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed; he is clean. The priest is to pronounce the person clean.

38 “When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin of the body, 39 the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash[e] that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

40 “If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald,(L) but he is clean. 41 Or if he loses the hair at his hairline, he is bald on his forehead, but he is clean. 42 But if there is a reddish-white condition on the bald head or forehead, it is a serious skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead.(M) 43 The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the condition on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a serious skin disease on his body, 44 the man is afflicted with a serious skin disease;(N) he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head.

45 “The person who has a case of serious skin disease is to have his clothes torn(O) and his hair hanging loose, and he must cover his mouth(P) and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ 46 He will remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.(Q)

Contaminated Fabrics

47 “If a fabric is contaminated with mildew—in wool or linen fabric, 48 in the warp or weft of linen or wool, or in leather or anything made of leather— 49 and if the contamination is green or red in the fabric, the leather, the warp, the weft, or any leather article, it is a mildew contamination and is to be shown to the priest. 50 The priest is to examine the contamination and quarantine the contaminated fabric for seven days. 51 The priest is to reexamine the contamination on the seventh day. If it has spread in the fabric, the warp, the weft, or the leather, regardless of how it is used, the contamination is harmful mildew; it is unclean.(R) 52 He is to burn the fabric, the warp or weft in wool or linen, or any leather article, which is contaminated. Since it is harmful mildew it must be burned.

53 “When the priest examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the fabric, the warp or weft, or any leather article, 54 the priest is to order whatever is contaminated to be washed and quarantined for another seven days. 55 After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine the contamination. If the appearance of the contaminated article has not changed, it is unclean. Even though the contamination has not spread, you must burn the fabric. It is a fungus[f] on the front or back of the fabric.

56 “If the priest examines it, and the contamination has faded after it has been washed, he is to cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, the leather, or the warp or weft. 57 But if it reappears in the fabric, the warp or weft, or any leather article, it has broken out again. You must burn whatever is contaminated. 58 But if the contamination disappears from the fabric, the warp or weft, or any leather article, which have been washed, it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.

59 “This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, warp or weft, or any leather article, in order to pronounce it clean or unclean.”(S)

Footnotes:

  1. 13:2 Or discoloration
  2. 13:2 Or rash, or eruption
  3. 13:16 Or recedes
  4. 13:16 Or flesh again
  5. 13:39 Hb obscure
  6. 13:55 Hb obscure

Cross references:

  1. 13:2 : Lv 14:3,7,32,44,54–57; Dt 24:8; 2Kg 5:3,6–7,27; 2Ch 26:19
  2. 13:3 : Ex 11:1; Dt 17:8; 21:5; Is 53:8
  3. 13:4 : Nm 12:14–15; 2Kg 15:5
  4. 13:6 : Nm 8:6–7; Ps 51:2; Ezk 24:13
  5. 13:7 : Lv 14:2
  6. 13:11 : Lv 11:4
  7. 13:13 : Lv 10:10
  8. 13:18 : Lv 13:2
  9. 13:18 : Ex 9:9–11; Dt 28:27,35; Jb 2:7
  10. 13:30 : Lv 13:2
  11. 13:33 : Gn 41:14; Lv 14:8–9; 21:5; Nm 6:9,18–19; Dt 21:12; Jdg 16:17,19,22
  12. 13:40 : 2Kg 2:23
  13. 13:42 : 2Ch 26:19–20
  14. 13:44 : Ex 4:6; Lv 14:2–3; 22:4; Nm 5:2; 12:10
  15. 13:45 : Lv 10:6; 21:10
  16. 13:45 : Ezk 24:17,22; Mc 3:7
  17. 13:46 : Nm 5:1–4; 8:17; 12:14–15
  18. 13:51 : Lv 11:24; 15:10–12,21–27; Hg 2:12–13
  19. 13:59 : Lv 10:10–11
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Mark 6:1-29

Rejection at Nazareth

6 He(A) left there and came to his hometown,(B) and his disciples(C) followed him. 2 When the Sabbath(D) came, he began to teach(E) in the synagogue,(F) and many who heard him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom(G) that has been given to him, and how are these miracles(H) performed by his hands? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter,(I) the son of Mary,(J) and the brother of James,(K) Joses, Judas,(L) and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended(M) by him.

4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet(N) is not without honor(O) except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” 5 He was not able to do a miracle(P) there, except that he laid his hands on(Q) a few sick(R) people and healed(S) them. 6 And he was amazed(T) at their unbelief.(U) He was going around the villages teaching.(V)

Commissioning the Twelve

7 He(W) summoned(X) the Twelve(Y) and began to send(Z) them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean(AA) spirits.(AB) 8 He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a staff—no bread, no traveling bag,(AC) no money in their belts, 9 but to wear sandals and not put on an extra shirt.(AD) 10 He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. 11 If any place does not welcome(AE) you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet(AF) as a testimony(AG) against them.”[a] 12 So they went out and preached(AH) that people should repent.(AI) 13 They drove out many demons,(AJ) anointed(AK) many sick(AL) people with oil(AM) and healed them.(AN)

John the Baptist Beheaded

14 King(AO) Herod(AP) heard about it, because Jesus’s name(AQ) had become well known. Some[b] said, “John the Baptist(AR) has been raised from the dead,(AS) and that’s why miraculous powers(AT) are at work(AU) in him.” 15 But others said, “He’s Elijah.”(AV) Still others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.”(AW)

16 When Herod(AX) heard of it, he said, “John,(AY) the one I beheaded, has been raised!” (AZ)

17 For(BA) Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain(BB) him in prison on account of Herodias,(BC) his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her.(BD) 18 John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful(BE) for you to have your brother’s wife.”(BF) 19 So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill(BG) him. But she could not, 20 because Herod feared(BH) John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous(BI) and holy(BJ) man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed,[c](BK) and yet he liked to listen to him.(BL)

21 An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet(BM) for his nobles,(BN) military commanders,(BO) and the leading men of Galilee.(BP) 22 When Herodias’s own daughter[d] came in and danced,(BQ) she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 He promised her with an(BR) oath:(BS) “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”(BT)

24 She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”

“John the Baptist’s(BU) head,” she said.

25 At once she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s(BV) head on a platter(BW) immediately.” 26 Although the king was deeply distressed,(BX) because of his oaths(BY) and the guests[e] he did not want to refuse(BZ) her. 27 The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison, 28 brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When John’s disciples(CA) heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.(CB)

Footnotes:

  1. 6:11 Other mss add Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah on judgment day than for that town.
  2. 6:14 Other mss read He
  3. 6:20 Other mss read When he heard him, he did many things
  4. 6:22 Other mss read When his daughter Herodias
  5. 6:26 Lit and those reclining at the table

Cross references:

  1. 6:1–6 : Mt 13:53–58
  2. 6:1 : Mk 1:9
  3. 6:1 : Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1
  4. 6:2 : Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10
  5. 6:2 : Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
  6. 6:2 : Jms 2:2
  7. 6:2 : Pr 3:19; Ac 7:22; 1Co 1:21
  8. 6:2 : Ac 19:11
  9. 6:3 : Mt 13:55
  10. 6:3 : Mt 1:16
  11. 6:3 : Jms 1:1; Jd 1
  12. 6:3 : Mt 13:55; Jd 1
  13. 6:3 : Jn 16:1
  14. 6:4 : Mt 2:23
  15. 6:4 : Mt 13:57; 1Co 4:10; 12:23
  16. 6:5 : Ac 19:11
  17. 6:5 : 1Tm 5:22
  18. 6:5 : 1Co 11:30
  19. 6:5 : Ac 8:7
  20. 6:6 : Rv 17:6
  21. 6:6 : Heb 3:12,19
  22. 6:6 : Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
  23. 6:7–13 : Mt 10:5–42; Lk 9:1–6
  24. 6:7 : Lk 18:16
  25. 6:7 : Mk 11:11
  26. 6:7 : Mk 3:14
  27. 6:7 : 2Co 6:17
  28. 6:7 : Lk 11:24
  29. 6:8 : Lk 10:4
  30. 6:9 : Jn 19:23
  31. 6:11 : Ac 17:11
  32. 6:11 : Mt 10:14; Lk 9:5; 10:11; Ac 13:51
  33. 6:11 : 1Tm 2:6
  34. 6:12 : Mk 1:4
  35. 6:12 : Ac 3:19; 26:20
  36. 6:13 : Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2
  37. 6:13 : Mk 16:1
  38. 6:13 : 1Co 11:30
  39. 6:13 : Jms 5:14
  40. 6:13 : Ac 8:7
  41. 6:14–16 : Lk 9:7–9
  42. 6:14 : Mt 14:1
  43. 6:14 : Jn 10:25
  44. 6:14 : Mk 1:4
  45. 6:14 : Mt 17:9; Jn 21:14
  46. 6:14 : Mk 5:30
  47. 6:14 : 1Co 12:6
  48. 6:15 : Mk 8:28
  49. 6:15 : Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52
  50. 6:16 : Mt 14:1
  51. 6:16 : Mk 1:4
  52. 6:16 : Mt 26:32
  53. 6:17–29 : Mt 14:6–12
  54. 6:17 : Mk 15:1
  55. 6:17 : Mt 14:3,6; Lk 3:19
  56. 6:17 : 1Tm 5:14
  57. 6:18 : Mk 2:24; Jn 18:31
  58. 6:18 : Lv 18:16; 20:21
  59. 6:19 : Lk 20:15
  60. 6:20 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
  61. 6:20 : Mt 13:17
  62. 6:20 : Ps 20:6; 1Co 7:14
  63. 6:20 : Lk 24:4; Jn 13:22; Ac 25:20; 2Co 4:8; Gl 4:20
  64. 6:20 : 2Co 11:19
  65. 6:21 : Jn 13:2
  66. 6:21 : Rv 6:15
  67. 6:21 : Ac 21:31
  68. 6:21 : Mt 17:22
  69. 6:22 : Mt 11:17
  70. 6:23 : Heb 6:16
  71. 6:23 : Mt 5:34
  72. 6:23 : Lk 4:5
  73. 6:24 : Mk 1:4
  74. 6:25 : Lk 7:20
  75. 6:25 : Mt 14:8
  76. 6:26 : Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34
  77. 6:26 : Mt 5:33
  78. 6:26 : 1Th 4:8
  79. 6:29 : Mk 10:10; Jn 3:25
  80. 6:29 : Jn 5:28
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Psalm 39

Psalm 39

The Fleeting Nature of Life

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(A)
2 I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.(B)
3 My heart grew hot within me;
as I mused, a fire burned.(C)
I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, make me aware of my end
and the number of my days
so that I will know how short-lived I am.(D)
5 In fact, you have made my days just inches long,
and my life span is as nothing to you.
Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.(E)Selah
6 Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.(F)

7 “Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.(G)
8 Rescue me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.(H)
9 I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what you have done.(I)
10 Remove your torment from me.
Because of the force of your hand I am finished.(J)
11 You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;(K)
yes, every human being is only a vapor.(L)Selah

12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.(M)
For I am here with you as an alien,
a temporary resident like all my ancestors.(N)
13 Turn your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”(O)

Cross references:

  1. 39:1 : Ps 34:13; Jms 3:5–12
  2. 39:2 : Jb 40:4; Ps 38:13
  3. 39:3 : Ps 32:4; Jr 20:9; Lk 24:32
  4. 39:4 : Ps 78:39; 90:12; 103:14
  5. 39:5 : Ps 62:9; 89:47; 144:4
  6. 39:6 : Ps 49:10; Ec 2:18–19; Lk 12:20; 1Co 7:31
  7. 39:7 : Ps 38:15
  8. 39:8 : Ps 44:13; 79:4; 119:22
  9. 39:9 : Ps 39:2
  10. 39:10 : Jb 9:34; 13:21; Ps 32:4
  11. 39:11 : Is 50:9
  12. 39:11 : Ps 39:5
  13. 39:12 : Ps 35:22
  14. 39:12 : 1Ch 29:15; Heb 11:13; 1Pt 2:11
  15. 39:13 : Jb 7:19; 10:20–21; Ps 102:24
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Proverbs 10:10

10 A sly wink of the eye(A) causes grief,
and foolish lips will be destroyed.

Cross references:

  1. 10:10 : Ps 35:19; Pr 6:13; 16:30
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2/21/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 11:1-12:8, Mark 5:21-43, Psalm 38:1-22, Proverbs 10:8-9

Today is the 21st day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today as we gather, move forward together and the way that we move forward together is the same every day, we pick up where we left off the previous day. And so, that brings us back into the book of Leviticus where we are learning about the laws and rituals and customs and holidays and all of the things that will govern this brand-new people being formed in the wilderness, preparing them for the land of promise. So, today, Leviticus chapters 11 and 12.

Commentary:

Okay so, in the book of Leviticus as we’re moving through the giving of the law, we have begun to understand a concept: clean and unclean. And so, we went through clean animals, kind of like these animals you can eat, these you can’t, can’t even touch them. Or these kind of see living, water-dwelling creatures can be harvested and eaten, these cannot. These kinds of flying animals can be used for food, these cannot, they are unclean. And we can look and go, oh ish’t that quaint or isn’t that antiquated or isn’t that so ancient and irrelevant, but I would say well, you now, go head over to your local bookstore, walk into the diet and nutrition section and you will find that plenty of people still have plenty opinions about what is clean and unclean to eat. And then we moved to purification rights, like a woman who has a baby, that makes her unclean because of a flow of blood. And so, that is after childbirth but it is compared to the uncleanness that would come every month for a woman, the flow of blood is an unclean thing. We could take a step back and go well, that’s not fair but we have to remember because if we back read our culture into something that is thousands of years old, we run into problems. They didn’t have any way to dispose of biohazards and you can only imagine what an infection could do in a community that has nothing like an antibiotic. If you go to a doctor or a hospital today and are going to have blood drawn or you are bleeding, they’re going to be suited up to protect themselves from uncleanness, something that could make them unclean or eventually kill them. And then if it’s a male child, they are to take it for circumcision after eight days and then she will remain unclean or in a rehabilitative mode, like resting and recuperating from childbirth for 33 days. If she has a girl, then it’s 66 days for recovery. And we could be like why pick on, like why curse it so that it’s twice as long for the girls. What if it’s not a curse. What if she gets double the time to not have to observe rituals and observations and do all of the things were she’s able to kind of step back, check out for a minute and bond. But speaking of flowing blood and uncleanness, this was the law, and so if you’re bleeding and its ongoing than you are unclean until it stops.

We flip the page into the gospel of Mark and read a story that we encountered in the gospel of Matthew as well, Jesus is on his way to see about healing a synagogue leaders’ daughter, who is dying, when a woman with a flow of blood that had not stopped for 12 years, thought to herself if she could just touch Jesus clothes that she could be made well. So, by the law, as they had interpreted it and as they had carried it forward, this woman had been unclean every minute of every day for over a decade. And it wasn’t like she hadn’t done everything she could to get well. She had done everything she could and spent all that she had to get well and only was made worse and then she believes that she can be made well and touches Jesus clothes and is made well. While she touched Jesus, she touched him and made him unclean which could have been a pretty risky move, was a pretty risky move. And when Jesus stops and starts looking around and says who touched me, she's…she’s busted. But she comes and throws herself before Jesus and tells him the truth and his kindness just permeates the page, daughter go in peace, your faith has made you whole. It’s a beautiful picture of redemption itself. We, unclean with nothing we can possibly do about it, we can do everything in our own power and spend everything we have pursuing cleanness before God or holiness, righteousness, but we find that at the end of that we have no power and then we believe that Jesus can do it and he does. We the unclean, lawbreakers find wholeness and cleanness in Christ. It’s a beautiful picture of the gospel itself.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for that, we thank You for that example, we thank You that so often we can read of the formation of a thing and then move forward in time in the Scriptures and see what became of the thing and especially in the New Testament, in the Gospels, we see You, not only coming to rescue us, but to set things straight. So, help us listen, learn, understand and obey as we trust in You with all of our hearts. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

This message goes out to Val in Vegas. Ma’am, I pray that the rest of life will reenter your lungs and that you will be healed, in Jesus’ name. I sense a urgency of just joining you in prayer that your lungs will be healed, that your respiratory issues will be healed, that you will breathe once again. I just got over COVID, my wife just got over COVID and it’s a rough road but as long as you continue to believe in the Lord and have faith that He can heal you, I believe that He can heal you. I pray that you have success over this issue. We all have this issue and we need to deal with it. So, be strong, be strong in the faith continue to listen to the word. I pray blessings over your life. In Jesus name, amen.

Hey, this one is for Candace from Oregon. This is Micah. What you said about your son really struck a chord with me. First, obviously, because my name is Micah and then I had alcohol and drug issues all growing up. Like, from the time I was, I think I first got drunk at like age 12 and then steadily drinking and did drugs all through my youth until age 25, is when God got a hold me and I started feeling that I was doing sin. I started having a conscious, but it was really God showing me what I was doing. So, I began to pray. I began to run from the evil situations and when there’s different evil happening and I asked God to take me away from my group of friends so that I wouldn’t be tempted to drugs or alcohol. And he brought me way out to Liberty where my dad lives, just far enough to where my friends wouldn’t drive out that far, just that far. Like, if it was 10 minutes closer, my friends probably would have came but it was just a little too far. And I pray today that God put your son just a little too far out of the reach of the enemy, and that in my likeness of how he stopped my urges for drugs and alcohol, that He’ll do that for your son Micah. And that it would be victory for all the Micah’s. I love you sister and I know God can do it cause he did it for me. So, believe God, can do it for your son. Bye.

Hey DAB fam, it’s Laura in Eugene. Just sitting in the parking lot at this lovely elementary school where I’m gonna substitute teach for a really active, fun group of third graders. So, I could use your prayers today and tomorrow. I’m a retired teacher, I taught for 31 years here at this school and now I’m subbing here and there. They just really can’t get subs; school do need our prayers. I heard someone on the community prayer line I think, lifting up a beautiful prayer for teachers and children and everyone who works at schools. And I just will be praying that as well. But I’m really on here because as I was driving, I was listening and I’ve never heard our cheerful Val in Vegas sounding the way she did and I just want her to know that she is loved and we are all praying for her. And I will pray now, Heavenly Father, I just lift Val in Vegas up to You Lord. I pray that You bring her healing and comfort and Your peace that surpasses all understanding. Lord, be with her and all the others who are suffering from COVID or upper respiratory illnesses Lord. We just know that You are in control and we cling to You, we hold on to You tightly. Father, just be with us all and especially a special prayer for Val as she is feeling horrible and still yet, praying for others. Lord, we thank You, we love You. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Good morning DAB family. This is Paula in Albuquerque. Hope that you all are doing well and staying in the word. Just wanna give a shout out to my brother Daniel and my sister, Treasure to Treasure. Thank you for praying for my daughter and her husband. As I heard both of those prayers, I just had to give you a little bit of an update. My son-in-law was admitted and had to have a toe amputated. He’s got diabetes and not taking care of himself. My daughter separated from him, almost two years ago. She is doing well in her own strength. Got a better job, making plans for the future without him. She just went on a date with somebody she met on a singles site. My heart just aches for my little grandson, who is our little miracle and for them too because they’re so lost. Would you please continue to pray for them? Jackie and D and for my precious grandson who we call Bubba. I will celebrate his 5th birthday with him in a couple of weeks, which is so exciting. Thank you all, I love you all so much. Have a blessed week in Him.

Hello, Daily Audio Bible family. It is February 18th, I just finished listening to the podcast. Thank you, pastor Brian, and thank you everybody who called in. This is Lavender Dream, I’m on day, I think, 14 with COVID. And I’m slowly getting better but I still have some hearing loss in my right ear and the respiratory stuff is getting, it was getting worse and I’m high dose prednisone and a Z-pack. Doing all my modalities that I need to do and just trusting in God that this is getting better. It is getting a little better every day. So, I just heard a woman share that she tested positive for Trisomy 13 at 17 weeks pregnant and I would like to offer some encouragement. I too, test positive for Trisomy 13 with my second boy and I had the amniocentesis done and I am grateful to let you know that I gave birth to a healthy baby boy and he did not have those characteristics. So, I’m trusting and believing that you too will have a very healthy baby. I think sometimes that those tests sometimes that we can be carriers but they’re not full proof. So, I’m trusting and believing that your baby is going to be healthy and God will carry you through this pregnancy. And I want to thank everybody for your, putting your logs on the fire and for being here every day. I love this app. And praying for all of you. And I just ask for prayer for me to continue to heal and get better as I have many risk factors that are troublesome. Thank you.

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

Leviticus 11-12

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:

camels,(C) though they chew the cud,

do not have divided hooves—they are unclean for you;

5 hyraxes,(D) though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

6 hares, though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

7 pigs, though they have divided hooves,

do not chew the cud—they are unclean for you.

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:

eagles,[a](G) bearded vultures,

Egyptian vultures,[b] 14 kites,[c]

any kind of falcon,[d](H)

15 every kind of raven, 16 ostriches,[e]

short-eared owls, gulls,[f]

any kind of hawk,(I)

17 little[g] owls, cormorants,[h]

long-eared owls,[i](J)

18 barn[j] owls, eagle owls,[k](K)

ospreys, 19 storks,[l]

any kind of heron,[m]

hoopoes, and bats.

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:

any kind of locust,(L) katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

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:

weasels,[n] mice,(Q)

any kind of large lizard,[o]

30 geckos, monitor lizards,[p]

common lizards,[q] skinks,[r]

and chameleons.[s]

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.”

Footnotes:

  1. 11:13 Or griffon-vultures
  2. 11:13 Or ospreys, or bearded vultures
  3. 11:14 Or hawks
  4. 11:14 Or buzzards, or hawks
  5. 11:16 Or eagle owls
  6. 11:16 Or long-eared owls
  7. 11:17 Or tawny
  8. 11:17 Or pelicans
  9. 11:17 Or ibis
  10. 11:18 Or little
  11. 11:18 Or pelicans, or horned owls
  12. 11:19 Or herons
  13. 11:19 Or cormorants, or hawks
  14. 11:29 Or mole rats, or rats
  15. 11:29 Or of thorn-tailed, or dabb lizard, or of crocodile
  16. 11:30 Or spotted lizards, or chameleons
  17. 11:30 Or geckos, or newts, or salamanders
  18. 11:30 Or sand lizards, or newts, or snails
  19. 11:30 Or salamanders, or moles
  20. 11:42 Lit fours, to anything multiplying pairs of feet
  21. 12:6 Or purification, also in v. 8
  22. 12:8 Lit if her hand cannot obtain what is sufficient

Cross references:

  1. 11:2 : Lv 11:1–23; Dt 14:3–21; Dn 1:3–16; Ac 10:9–16; 11:3; Rm 14:2; Gl 2:11–14
  2. 11:2 : Dt 14:4–21; Ac 10:9–16; Rm 14:14
  3. 11:4 : Gn 24:64; 31:34; Dt 14:7; Jr 2:23; Mt 19:24; 23:24; Mk 10:25; Lk 18:25
  4. 11:5 : Dt 14:7; Ps 104:18; Pr 30:26
  5. 11:8 : Lv 7:21; 11:24–27; Is 52:11; 2Co 6:17
  6. 11:10 : Gn 1:20; 2:19; Lv 11:46
  7. 11:13 : Dt 14:12; 28:49; 32:11; Pr 23:5; Is 40:31
  8. 11:14 : Dt 14:13; Jb 28:7
  9. 11:16 : Dt 14:15; Jb 39:26
  10. 11:17 : Dt 14:16
  11. 11:18 : Dt 14:17; Ps 102:6; Is 34:11; Zph 2:14
  12. 11:22 : Dt 28:38
  13. 11:24 : Ezk 22:3–4; 23:17; 44:25; Mc 2:10; Hg 2:13
  14. 11:25 : Lv 16:28; 17:15–16; 22:6; Nm 19:7–10
  15. 11:27 : Rv 18:2
  16. 11:29 : Ex 8:3
  17. 11:29 : 1Sm 6:4–5,11,18; Is 66:17
  18. 11:32 : Gn 37:34
  19. 11:34 : Lv 26:5
  20. 11:44 : Nm 15:41
  21. 11:44 : Ex 19:22; Lv 20:7; Nm 11:18; Ezk 38:23
  22. 11:44 : Lv 19:2; 20:7,26; 1Pt 1:16
  23. 11:45 : Ex 6:7; 20:2; Lv 25:38,42; 26:13,45
  24. 11:45 : Lv 21:8
  25. 11:47 : Lv 26:6
  26. 12:2 : Lv 10:14
  27. 12:2 : Lv 15:19
  28. 12:3 : Ex 4:25
  29. 12:3 : Gn 34:14
  30. 12:3 : Gn 17:12–13; 21:4; Lk 2:21; Gl 3:5; 5:6; 6:15
  31. 12:4 : Lv 14:2
  32. 12:4 : Lk 8:43
  33. 12:8 : Lv 14:21
  34. 12:8 : Lk 2:24
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Mark 5:21-43

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.

Footnotes:

  1. 5:21 Other mss omit by boat
  2. 5:23 Or she might be saved
  3. 5:36 Or ignored
  4. 5:41 An Aramaic expression

Cross references:

  1. 5:21–43 : Mt 9:18–26; Lk 8:40–56
  2. 5:21 : Mk 2:4
  3. 5:22 : Lk 8:41
  4. 5:22 : Rv 19:10
  5. 5:23 : 1Tm 5:22
  6. 5:23 : Mk 6:56
  7. 5:25 : Lk 8:43
  8. 5:26 : Php 1:29
  9. 5:26 : Col 4:14
  10. 5:27 : Jn 20:17
  11. 5:27 : Lk 19:36
  12. 5:28 : Mk 6:56; Ac 16:31
  13. 5:29 : Lk 7:7
  14. 5:30 : Lk 5:17; 6:19; 8:46
  15. 5:30 : Mk 2:13
  16. 5:30 : Lk 19:36
  17. 5:33 : Lk 8:47
  18. 5:33 : Jn 14:6
  19. 5:34 : Mt 8:10
  20. 5:34 : Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56
  21. 5:34 : Ac 4:10
  22. 5:34 : Mk 5:29
  23. 5:35 : Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11
  24. 5:36 : Jn 6:20
  25. 5:37 : Lk 6:14
  26. 5:37 : Ac 12:2
  27. 5:37 : Jn 21:7
  28. 5:39 : Mt 9:23
  29. 5:39 : Lk 1:7
  30. 5:39 : Mt 9:24
  31. 5:40 : Col 3:21
  32. 5:41 : Lk 1:7
  33. 5:41 : Mk 1:31; 2:11; 4:27,38; 9:27; 14:41–42
  34. 5:42 : Mk 9:27
  35. 5:42 : Mt 11:5
  36. 5:42 : Mk 16:8; Ac 10:45
  37. 5:43 : Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56
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Psalm 38

Psalm 38

Prayer of a Suffering Sinner

A psalm of David to bring remembrance.(A)

1 Lord, do not punish me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(B)
2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has pressed down on me.(C)

3 There is no soundness in my body
because of your indignation;
there is no health[a] in my bones
because of my sin.(D)
4 For my iniquities have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.(E)
5 My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.(F)
6 I am bent over and brought very low;
all day long I go around in mourning.(G)
7 For my insides are full of burning pain,
and there is no soundness in my body.(H)
8 I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.(I)

9 Lord, my every desire is in front of you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.(J)
10 My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.[b](K)
11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.(L)
12 Those who intend to kill me set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.(M)

13 I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.(N)
14 I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.(O)
15 For I put my hope in you, Lord;
you will answer me, my Lord, my God.(P)
16 For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”(Q)
17 For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.(R)
18 So I confess my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.(S)
19 But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;[c]
many hate me for no reason.(T)
20 Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.(U)

21 Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.(V)
22 Hurry to help me,
my Lord, my salvation.(W)

Footnotes:

  1. 38:3 Hb shalom
  2. 38:10 Or and the light of my eyes—even that is not with me
  3. 38:19 Or numerous

Cross references:

  1. 38:0 : Ps 70
  2. 38:1 : Ps 6:1; Jr 10:24
  3. 38:2 : Jb 6:4; Ps 32:4
  4. 38:3 : Jb 33:19; Ps 31:10; 102:10
  5. 38:4 : Ezr 9:6; Ps 40:12
  6. 38:5 : Is 1:6
  7. 38:6 : Ps 35:14
  8. 38:7 : Ps 38:3; Lm 1:13
  9. 38:8 : Jb 3:24; Ps 6:6; 32:3; Lm 2:11
  10. 38:9 : Ps 10:17
  11. 38:10 : Ps 6:7; 69:3; 88:9
  12. 38:11 : Jb 19:13–20; Ps 31:11; 88:18
  13. 38:12 : Ps 35:4,20; 54:3; 140:5
  14. 38:13 : Ps 39:2,9
  15. 38:14 : Jb 23:4
  16. 38:15 : Ps 17:6; 39:7
  17. 38:16 : Ps 13:4; 35:26
  18. 38:17 : Ps 13:2; 35:15
  19. 38:18 : Ps 32:5; 2Co 7:9–10
  20. 38:19 : Ps 18:17; 35:19
  21. 38:20 : Ps 35:12; 109:5; 3Jn 11
  22. 38:21 : Ps 22:19; 35:22
  23. 38:22 : Ps 40:13,17
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Proverbs 10:8-9

8 A wise heart accepts commands,(A)
but foolish lips will be destroyed.

9 The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(B)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(C)

Cross references:

  1. 10:8 : Mt 7:24
  2. 10:9 : Ps 23:4; Pr 2:7; 3:23; 19:1; 20:7; 28:6,18; Is 33:15–16
  3. 10:9 : Pr 26:26; Mt 10:26; 1Tm 5:25
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02/20/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 9:7-10:20, Mark 4:26-5:20, Psalms 37:30-40, Proverbs 10:6-7

Today is the 20th day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new shiny sparkly week and remind ourselves that it’s a reset and the story of this week will be written, it will be written by us, we will live it and it will be created out of the choices and thoughts and words and interactions that we have this week. And may we be wise. And one wise move that we make every day is to come here around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward. And, so, let’s do that. It’s a brand-new week. We’ll read from the Christian Standard Bible this week. And picking up in the story that we left off, the giving of the law and the enactment of…well…where we left off yesterday, Aaron and his sons are going through the ordination process. What we are watching is the formation of the culture of Israel, the Hebrew people, the children of Israel. Today, Leviticus chapter 9 verse 7 through 10 verse 20.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for bringing us safely and successfully into this brand-new week. And today we heard words from the Psalms, “the mouth of the righteous others wisdom. His tongue speaks what is just. The instruction of his God is in his heart. His steps do not falter.” Lord, that is what we want our lives to look like. And we confess plenty of times our steps have faltered. We cannot do this on her own and so we humble ourselves before You, asking Your Holy Spirit to come and lead us that we might be transformed, that You are holy, so we must be holy as we are learning in the Old Testament. Help this to begin to sink in, that there are things that have to change. And guide our steps as we collaborate with You, acknowledge You, step forward with You into what needs to change. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello, my DAB family my DAB house, my family that came straight from God. Today’s the 16th of February 22 and my name is Memory. I live in Hanchard England, and I’ve been listening to the DAB for nearly ten years now thanks to my baby brother Pitzi. God bless him. This is my first time to call family. I am asking if you may please pray for my 15-year-old niece MJ who has serious anger issues and is being very rebellious and getting into trouble at school. My sister is dealing with a lot of issues at the moment and the rebellion in MJ is really affecting her. Please may you pray that MJ be at peace with the passing of her dad and also that she stops acting up at school and at home. Please also pray for her butter who is in the midst of it all and for my sister that God may meet her at her point of need. I thank you my Daily Audio Bible family. I pray that the Lord bless you and keep you and I also thank you…thank Brian and all the Hardin family and all the people that work behind the lines to keep this platform going. Have a blessed day.

Hello this is John from the UK. I’d like to pray for my daughter Hannah who’s 13-/12 who has anorexia nervosa. She was a perfectly healthy girl until about September and then just started restricting on her eating and drinking to the point where she was dehydrated and had to be admitted to hospital. She’s in hospital now with my wife Rachel who has been caring for her and she’s been in the hospital with her 24/7 most of the time and is quite exhausted. We’ve had a lot of prayer, but we ask that in Jesus’ name you would set Hannah free from any evil that is making her not eat or drink and free her to eat and drink normally like a healthy girl and be the healthy, happy, Hannah she was especially when she gave her heart to Jesus last summer at the church youth camp. So, I pray please agree with me in Jesus’ name that she would be healed. Thank you very much. And bless you all. Amen.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible this is Curious George from Georgia first-time caller new to Daily Audio Bible this is Wednesday Thursday 17th of February my one-month anniversary of finding and join…joining the Daily Audio Bible. It is so good to hear the prayers of people from all over the world. I so enjoy hearing the different accents of believers all around this planet. It is so good to hear encouragement and prayers from other believers and to know that through prayer we can help each other. I’m reminded of one of my favorite verses in James chapter 5 where it says “the fervent effectual prayer of righteous people will availith much.” I believe that’s the old King James version, but I think you get the feeling. It’s so good to hear people and I so want to be able to pray better for the people that I hear but it’s hard to remember all of them of course. But just…I want you to know that I’m with you I love you all and I’m praying for you. And, so, again first-time caller. I want to check in regularly and become part of this community in this giant Global Campfire. I look forward to more encouragement and more praying. Talk to you later. Bye.

Good morning DAB family this is BW and NC. I wanted to call in this morning and first of all I want to pray for the young lady that called in on…the call was played last on February the 8th who is suffering from abuse and is new to our country. And, so, Lord I just pray that You…that You come alongside this Young lady, give her a faith community in her local area where she can go, and she can be safe and she can find resources that she needs for help. Lord, I pray that You protect her in the…in the interim. And Lord please…please I pray for the heart of…of the abuser Lord. Please just overcome the evil in this person part. Convict them, convict them with Your goodness so that they may see the error of their ways. So, Lord I just pray that in Your name. Before I go I just wanna say…I want to say hello to a few DAB friends and family. I want to say I’m thinking of you guys. Let’s see…who am I thinking of here? I’m thinking of Victoria Soldier, Blind Tony, Renzo. Renzo, I hope your family is doing well. I hope all is going well for you. Christy in Kentucky and Kathy in Kentucky. Soaring on Eagles Wings in Canada. His Little Chery in Canada. Someone I’ve been thinking about lately that I haven’t heard from is Melissa from Albertville AL. Hope you’re doing OK and you’re still with us. Also think of Whiter Than Snow. I hope you’re doing well. So, family I just want you to know that I’m thinking of you and I’m praying for you, and I enjoy hearing each and every one of you. Alright. Thanks, and have a great day.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday February 20, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 9:7-10:20

7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering; make atonement for yourself and the people.[a](A) Sacrifice the people’s offering and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

8 So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9 Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10 He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 11 He burned the flesh and the hide(B) outside the camp.(C)

12 Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 13 They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, along with the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before. 16 He presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it according to the regulation.(D) 17 Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.(E)

18 Finally, he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s fellowship sacrifice. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 19 They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver— 20 and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar, 21 but he presented the breasts(F) and the right thigh as a presentation offering(G) before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.[b]

22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed(H) them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering. 23 Moses and Aaron then entered the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 Fire came from the Lord and consumed(I) the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted(J) and fell facedown.(K)

Nadab and Abihu

10 Aaron’s sons Nadab(L) and Abihu(M) each took his own firepan,(N) put fire in it, placed incense on it,(O) and presented unauthorized(P) fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do. 2 Then fire came from the Lord(Q) and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.(R) 3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken:

I will demonstrate my holiness[c](S)
to those who are near me,(T)
and I will reveal my glory[d](U)
before all the people.”

And Aaron remained silent.

4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,(V) sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,(W) and said to them, “Come here and carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”(X) 5 So they came forward and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.

6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,(Y) “Do not let your hair hang loose(Z) and do not tear your clothes,(AA) or else you will die, and the Lord will become angry(AB) with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep(AC) over the fire that the Lord caused. 7 You must not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, for the Lord’s anointing oil(AD) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

Regulations for Priests

8 The Lord spoke to Aaron: 9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine(AE) or beer(AF) when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute(AG) throughout your generations. 10 You must distinguish(AH) between the holy and the common,(AI) and the clean and the unclean,(AJ) 11 and teach the Israelites all the statutes(AK) that the Lord has given to them through Moses.”

12 Moses spoke to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: “Take the grain offering that is left over from the food offerings(AL) to the Lord, and eat it prepared without yeast beside the altar, because it is especially holy. 13 You must eat it in a holy place because it is your portion[e] and your sons’ from the food offerings to the Lord, for this is what I was commanded. 14 But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution in any ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the Israelites’ fellowship sacrifices. 15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the presentation offering, together with the food offerings of the fat portions, to present as a presentation offering before the Lord. It will belong permanently(AM) to you and your children, as the Lord commanded.”

16 Then Moses inquired carefully about the male goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s surviving sons, and asked, 17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area?(AN) For it is especially holy, and he has assigned it to you to take away the guilt(AO) of the community(AP) and make atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Since its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”(AQ)

19 But Aaron replied to Moses, “See, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the Lord’s sight?” 20 When Moses heard this, it was acceptable to him.[f]

Footnotes:

  1. 9:7 LXX reads and your household
  2. 9:21 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sam read as the Lord commanded Moses
  3. 10:3 Or will be treated as holy
  4. 10:3 Or will be glorified
  5. 10:13 Or statute
  6. 10:20 Lit acceptable in his sight

Cross references:

  1. 9:7 : Heb 5:1–3; 7:26–27
  2. 9:11 : Lv 7:8
  3. 9:11 : Ex 29:14; Lv 4:8–10,12,21; 8:17; 16:27
  4. 9:16 : Lv 18:26
  5. 9:17 : Ex 29:38–42; Lv 2:2
  6. 9:21 : Ex 29:26–27; Lv 7:30–34; 8:26; 10:14–15; Nm 6:20; 18:18
  7. 9:21 : Ex 29:24
  8. 9:22 : Gn 14:19; Nm 6:24–26
  9. 9:24 : 1Kg 18:38–39; 2Ch 7:1
  10. 9:24 : Ps 35:27; Is 12:6; 24:14
  11. 9:24 : Nm 16:4
  12. 10:1 : Ex 6:23; 28:1; Nm 3:2,4; 26:60–61; 1Ch 6:3
  13. 10:1 : Ex 24:1
  14. 10:1 : Ex 27:3; 38:3; 1Kg 7:50; 2Kg 25:15; Jr 52:19
  15. 10:1 : Ex 30:7–9; Lv 16:12; Nm 16:17,46
  16. 10:1 : Ex 30:9; Nm 3:4; 26:61; Jr 2:25; 3:13; Hs 5:7
  17. 10:2 : Gn 4:14
  18. 10:2 : Nm 26:61; Dt 4:24; 2Sm 6:7
  19. 10:3 : Nm 20:13; Ezk 20:41; 28:22,25; 36:23; 38:16; 39:27
  20. 10:3 : Dt 30:14; Heb 7:19
  21. 10:3 : Ex 14:4,17–18; Is 26:15; Ezk 28:22; 39:13; Hg 1:8
  22. 10:4 : Ex 6:22
  23. 10:4 : Nm 3:19
  24. 10:4 : Lv 8:17; Heb 13:11–13
  25. 10:6 : Ex 6:23
  26. 10:6 : Lv 13:45; 21:10; Nm 5:18; Jdg 5:2
  27. 10:6 : Lv 21:10; Mk 14:63
  28. 10:6 : Ex 16:20
  29. 10:6 : Gn 37:34
  30. 10:7 : Ex 29:7; Lv 21:12
  31. 10:9 : Gn 9:21
  32. 10:9 : Nm 6:3–4; Dt 7:13; 11:14; Jdg 13:4; Pr 20:1; Ezk 44:21; Dn 1:3–16; 10:3; Am 2:12; Mk 4:23–25; Lk 1:15; Jn 2:1–11; Rm 14:21; 1Tm 3:3,8
  33. 10:9 : Ex 28:43; Lv 11:46
  34. 10:10 : Lv 20:25
  35. 10:10 : Ezk 22:26; 42:20; 44:23; 48:15; Ac 10:28
  36. 10:10 : Lv 11:4; Nm 19:13
  37. 10:11 : Gn 47:26
  38. 10:12 : Dt 18:1
  39. 10:15 : Ex 29:28; 30:21; Lv 6:18,22; 24:9; Nm 18:8,11,19; Jr 5:22
  40. 10:17 : Lv 6:26,29
  41. 10:17 : Nm 5:31
  42. 10:17 : Ex 28:38; Hs 14:2; Jn 1:29
  43. 10:18 : Lv 6:26,29–30
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Mark 4:26-5:20

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 “The kingdom of God(A) is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps(B) and rises(C) night(D) and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop(E) by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain(F) on the head. 29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle,(G) because the harvest(H) has come.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 And(I) he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God,(J) or what parable(K) can we use to describe it? 31 It’s like a mustard seed(L) that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown,(M) it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants,(N) and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky(O) can nest in its shade.”

Using Parables

33 He was speaking the word(P) to them with many parables(Q) like these, as they were able to understand.(R) 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples.(S)

Wind and Waves Obey Jesus

35 On(T) that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.” 36 So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm(U) arose, and the waves(V) were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 He was in the stern, sleeping(W) on the cushion. So they woke him up(X) and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die?” (Y)

39 He got up, rebuked(Z) the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence!(AA) Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid?(AB) Do you still have no faith?”

41 And they were terrified[a](AC) and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey(AD) him!” (AE)

Demons Driven Out by Jesus

5 They(AF) came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.[b] 2 As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean(AG) spirit(AH) came out of the tombs(AI) and met him. 3 He lived in the tombs,(AJ) and no one was able to restrain him anymore—not even with a chain(AK)— 4 because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed(AL) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue(AM) him. 5 Night(AN) and day among the tombs(AO) and on the mountains,(AP) he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. 7 And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son(AQ) of the Most High God?(AR) I beg you before God, don’t torment(AS) me!” 8 For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean(AT) spirit!”(AU)

9 “What is your name?” he asked him.

“My name is Legion,”(AV) he answered him, “because we are many.” 10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

11 A large herd of pigs(AW) was there, feeding(AX) on the hillside. 12 The demons[c] begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.” 13 So he gave them permission, and the unclean(AY) spirits(AZ) came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

14 The men who tended them ran off(BA) and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. 15 They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed,(BB)(BC) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;(BD) and they were afraid.(BE) 16 Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed(BF) man and told about the pigs. 17 Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him. 19 Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord(BG) has done(BH) for you and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So he went out and began to proclaim(BI) in the Decapolis(BJ) how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.(BK)

Footnotes:

  1. 4:41 Or were filled with awe
  2. 5:1 Some mss read Gadarenes; other mss read Gergesenes
  3. 5:12 Other mss read All the demons

Cross references:

  1. 4:26 : Mk 1:15
  2. 4:27 : Mt 9:24
  3. 4:27 : Mk 5:41
  4. 4:27 : Jn 9:4
  5. 4:28 : Col 1:10
  6. 4:28 : Lk 16:7
  7. 4:29 : Jl 3:13; Rv 14:14–19
  8. 4:29 : Rv 14:15
  9. 4:30–34 : Mt 13:31–35; Lk 13:18–21
  10. 4:30 : Mk 1:15
  11. 4:30 : Mk 12:1
  12. 4:31 : Mt 17:20; Lk 17:6
  13. 4:32 : Gl 6:7
  14. 4:32 : Lk 11:42
  15. 4:32 : Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10
  16. 4:33 : Lk 6:47; Jn 18:32
  17. 4:33 : Mk 12:1
  18. 4:33 : Jn 16:12
  19. 4:34 : Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1
  20. 4:35–41 : Mt 8:23–27; Lk 8:22–25
  21. 4:37 : Ps 107:25; Jnh 1:5–6
  22. 4:37 : Jd 13
  23. 4:38 : Mt 9:24
  24. 4:38 : Mk 5:41
  25. 4:38 : Jn 6:27
  26. 4:39 : 2Tm 4:2
  27. 4:39 : Mt 22:12; Mk 3:4
  28. 4:40 : Mt 8:26; Rv 21:8
  29. 4:41 : Rv 11:11
  30. 4:41 : Mk 1:27
  31. 4:41 : Jnh 1:10,16; Mk 6:50–51
  32. 5:1–20 : Mt 8:28–34; Lk 8:26–39
  33. 5:2 : 2Co 6:17
  34. 5:2 : Lk 11:24
  35. 5:2 : Jn 5:28
  36. 5:3 : Lk 23:53
  37. 5:3 : Mk 15:1
  38. 5:4 : Rm 16:20; Rv 2:27
  39. 5:4 : Jms 3:7–8
  40. 5:5 : Jn 9:4
  41. 5:5 : Lk 23:53
  42. 5:5 : Mt 4:8
  43. 5:7 : Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2
  44. 5:7 : Ps 78:35
  45. 5:7 : Rv 20:10
  46. 5:8 : 2Co 6:17
  47. 5:8 : Lk 11:24
  48. 5:9 : Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30
  49. 5:11 : Mt 7:6; 8:30–32; Lk 8:32–33; 15:15–16
  50. 5:11 : Jn 21:15
  51. 5:13 : 2Co 6:17
  52. 5:13 : Lk 11:24
  53. 5:14 : Jms 4:7
  54. 5:15 : Mt 9:32
  55. 5:15 : Mk 5:9
  56. 5:15 : 1Pt 4:7
  57. 5:15 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
  58. 5:16 : Mt 9:32
  59. 5:19 : Col 4:1; Jd 5
  60. 5:19 : Lk 1:25; 8:39; Ac 15:17; Rm 9:28
  61. 5:20 : Mk 1:4
  62. 5:20 : Mt 4:25; Mk 7:31
  63. 5:20 : Rv 17:6
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Psalm 37:30-40

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.(A)
31 The instruction of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not falter.(B)

32 The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous
and intends to kill him;(C)
33 the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.(D)

34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land.
You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.(E)

35 I have seen a wicked, violent person
well-rooted,[a] like a flourishing native tree.(F)
36 Then I[b] passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.(G)

37 Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the person of peace will have a future.[c](H)
38 But transgressors will all be eliminated;
the future of the wicked will be destroyed.(I)

39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord,
their refuge in a time of distress.(J)
40 The Lord helps and delivers them;
he will deliver them from the wicked and will save them
because they take refuge in him.(K)

Footnotes:

  1. 37:35 Hb obscure
  2. 37:36 LXX, Syr, Vg, Jer; MT reads he
  3. 37:37 Or posterity, also in v. 38

Cross references:

  1. 37:30 : Ps 49:3; 119:13; Pr 10:13
  2. 37:31 : Dt 6:6; Ps 40:8; 119:11
  3. 37:32 : Ps 10:8; 17:11
  4. 37:33 : Ps 34:22; 109:31; 2Pt 2:9
  5. 37:34 : Ps 27:14; 52:5–6; 91:8
  6. 37:35 : Jb 5:3; Jr 12:2
  7. 37:36 : Jb 20:5
  8. 37:37 : Is 57:1–2
  9. 37:38 : Ps 1:4–6; Pr 2:22
  10. 37:39 : Ps 3:8; 9:9; 62:1
  11. 37:40 : Ps 22:4; 34:22; 54:4
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Proverbs 10:6-7

6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(A)

7 The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.(B)

Cross references:

  1. 10:6 : Pr 10:11
  2. 10:7 : Ps 9:5–6; 112:6
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2/19/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 7:28-9:6, Mark 3:31-4:25, Psalm 37:12-29, Proverb 10:5

Today is the 19th day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today, as we bring to a close another one of our weeks and we’re seven weeks in now. So, let’s continue our journey with the next step forward together. Leviticus chapter 7 verse 28 through 9 verse 6.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another week together in Your word, we thank You for all that You have spoken through Your word, we thank You for all the new complexions and territories we get to experience as we experience the Bible, we thank You for Your kindness and patience with us as we learn. We ask Holy Spirit, that You would come and seal everything that has come through our minds and into our hearts this week through the Scriptures, lead us on the narrow path that leads to life, lead us deeper into Jesus. We pray. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Good morning, Daily Audio Bible, it’s Julie in the UK. I did ring in last year and was so grateful for lots of prayer regarding me being in a bad place, sat in the same chair every day and crying and down. Thank you that your prayers lifted me a little bit out of that situation. I have had to leave where I was living and move back to my hometown. And then, I just desperately ask for your prayers again because I’m struggling. I’ve been here 3 months and I’ve got to find another house come April cause the land lady’s selling. And I’m so afraid, I’ve really got anxiety again. And I’m praying and I’m listening to sermons and I’m doing the Daily Audio Bible. And I can just relate to Jackie so much in Canada. She you know, feels she’s not being heard and I’m, you know, she’s not getting any better and that’s exactly how I feel. And I just ask for your prayers everybody and I thank you so much for this platform, it helps me every day, I listen to all the prayers and I pray for everybody. I just ask for your prayers again to get me out of this pit of anxiety and depression please. And I fear of taking medication because I have a fear of medication too which I know would probably help. So, thank you everybody, love you all.

Good morning, friends, Aaron from Vegas. Hope all is well. God is so good. I just want to reach out and pray for all those who are struggling in their faith, cause without faith it’s impossible to please God. And we want to please God in everything that we do and everything that we say. Father, in the name of Jesus, I want to pray for all those out there in the Campfire land, in the DAB world, Lord Father. All those that are struggling with their faith Lord, to believe in You, that You are rewarding them that diligently seek You. Lord, increase their faith. Lord, bless them and keep them. Lord, show them Your, shoe them Your hand Lord God. Show them Your mercy and Your grace. Show them who You are, make Yourself strong on their behalf Father. In the name of Jesus, they need You Lord God. They need You in these last evil days when the enemy is come in like a flood. Oh God, lift up Your standard oh God, in the name of Jesus. Oh God, close their eyes so they can see the army surrounding them Father God, the army of that You prepared to surround us on a daily basis. Lord, give them that peace that goes beyond their understanding and keep their hearts and their minds on Your son, Jesus Christ. Show them Yourself Lord, make Yourself known to them God. Hallelujah, in the name of Jesus. Lord, speak into their hearts and speak into their minds Lord, give them an encounter with You God. Give them a burning bush encounter Father God. In the name of Jesus, Lord, they need You, they can’t make it without You Lord. Those of the sick, Father God and You can heal them, Father God. Show Yourself strong again, Father God by Your stripes Lord, they are healed. Lord, heal and deliver and set free. In the powerful name of Jesus Christ, and we thank You in advance in Jesus powerful name. Amen. God bless you DABers. Have an awesome and wonderful day.

Good morning, Daily Audio Bible family. February 16, 2022, this is, I am Michael in Scottsdale, Arizona and I’m calling for prayer. This is, this is desperate hour for the city of Phoenix. There is a rise of satanic worship going on in this town and Satan desires to make this town an example for the rest of the world. They just recently had a satanic conference of how to, their teaching people how to bring their families and their children into satanic worship openly. So, Father, not on my watch, not…not long as I am here, I will fight against that evil. I will stand against it. And I’m calling on all of you to pray with me in the name of Jesus. Lift the yoke of Satan off of this town and to humble the arrogance of these…these cultic worshipers. Please pray with me, my family that this evil will not spread and grow to the point of being a beacon for evil, for other cities to follow. We are definitely living in the last days, my friends. Come, Lord Jesus, come and put an end to this evil. Thank you, Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.

Hi, I just wanted to send out a blessing to you today. Blessing on your life in the name of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. Blessings on your day in the name of Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Blessings on your family, blessings on your health, blessings on your job and finances. Blessings on all aspects of your life in the name of Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Be blessed, be blessed, be blessed, be blessed. Blessings on you in the name of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Love you guys, this is Radiant Rachel have a great day, have a blessed day and I bless the Lord for you. I bless God, I bless Jesus and I bless the Holy Spirit for you. Blessings to you and for you to God the Father. In Jesus’s name. Bye now.