A Walk Through The Word

March 24, 2022

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

Deuteronomy 2-3

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Seir

2 We went back into the desert, following the road that goes to the Red Sea as the Lord had told me. For a long time we traveled around the region of Mount Seir.

²The Lord said to me, ³“You’ve traveled around this region long enough. Now go north. ⁴Give the people these instructions: ‘You’re going to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They’ll be afraid of you, but be very careful. ⁵Don’t start a fight with them, because I’m not giving you any of their land—not even enough to stand on. I’ve given Esau’s descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property. ⁶You must pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”

⁷The Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched over you as you traveled through this vast desert. For 40 years now the Lord your God has been with you, and you haven’t needed a thing.

⁸So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir. We turned off the road that goes through the plains to Elath and Ezion Geber and took the road that goes through the desert of Moab.

⁹The Lord said to me, “Don’t bother the people of Moab or start a war with them. I’m not giving you any of Ar as your property. I have given it to the descendants of Lot.”

¹⁰The Emites used to live there. These people were as strong, as numerous, and as tall as the people of Anak. ¹¹They were thought to be Rephaim, like the people of Anak, but the Moabites called them Emites. ¹²The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau claimed their land, wiped them out, and took their place, as Israel did in the land that the Lord gave them.

¹³Then the Lord said, “Now cross the Zered River.”

So we crossed the Zered River. ¹⁴Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered River. During that time all our soldiers from that generation died, as the Lord had sworn they would. ¹⁵In fact, it was the Lord himself who got rid of all of them until none were left in the camp.

Moses Reminds Israel about Ammon

¹⁶When the last of these soldiers had died, ¹⁷the Lord said to me, ¹⁸“Today you are going to pass by the border of Moab at Ar. ¹⁹When you come near the Ammonites, don’t bother them or start a fight with them. I’m not giving you any of the land that I have already given to the descendants of Lot as their property.”

²⁰This land was thought of as the land of the Rephaim who used to live there, but the Ammonites called them Zamzummim. ²¹These people were as strong, as numerous, and as tall as the people of Anak. But the Lord wiped them out before the Ammonites came so that the Ammonites claimed their land and took their place. ²²The Lord did the same thing for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir. Before the descendants of Esau came, he wiped out the Horites so that Esau’s descendants claimed their land and took their place. Esau’s descendants are still there today. ²³The same thing happened to the Avvites who lived in villages as far away as Gaza. The Caphtorites, who came from Crete, wiped them out and took their place.

Moses Reminds Israel about King Og and King Sihon

²⁴⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Now break camp. Cross the Arnon Valley. I’m going to hand King Sihon of Heshbon, the Amorite, over to you. Fight him, and take possession of his country. ²⁵Today I will start to make all the people under heaven terrified of you. When they hear about you, they will tremble and shake because of you.”

²⁶From the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following offer of peace: ²⁷“If you allow us to travel through your country, we’ll go straight through and won’t ever leave the road. ²⁸We’ll pay you in silver for the food we eat and the water we drink. Please let us go through, ²⁹as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us. We’ll keep going until we cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God is giving us.”

³⁰But King Sihon of Heshbon wouldn’t allow us to pass through. The Lord your God made him stubborn and overconfident in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done. ³¹The Lord said to me, “I have begun to give you Sihon and his country. Go ahead! Take possession of his land.”

³²Sihon and all his troops came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz. ³³The Lord our God gave Sihon to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and all his troops. ³⁴At that time we captured all his cities and claimed them for God by destroying men, women, and children. There were no survivors. ³⁵However, we did loot the cities that we captured, taking the cattle and goods. ³⁶From Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley and the city in that valley as far as Gilead, no city had walls that could keep us out. The Lord our God gave us all of them. ³⁷But the Lord our God had forbidden you to go anywhere near the land of the Ammonites. So you didn’t enter the land along the bank of the Jabbok River or capture the cities in the mountains.

Moses Reminds Israel of How They Defeated King Og of Bashan

3 Next we turned and followed the road that goes to Bashan. King Og of Bashan and all his troops came to fight us at Edrei. ²The Lord said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him. I’ll hand him, all his troops, and his land over to you. Do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

³So the Lord our God also handed King Og of Bashan and all his troops over to us. We defeated him, leaving no survivors. ⁴At that time we captured all of his cities. There wasn’t a city we didn’t take. We captured a total of 60 cities—the whole territory of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ⁵All of these cities were fortified with high walls and double-door gates with bars across the gates. We also captured a large number of unwalled villages. ⁶We claimed them all for God, destroying every city, including men, women, and children—as we did to King Sihon of Heshbon. ⁷However, we did loot the cities, taking all of the cattle and goods.

⁸We took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon. ⁹(The Sidonians call Mount Hermon by the name Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.) ¹⁰We took all of the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ¹¹(Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than 13 feet long and 6 feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

¹²At that time we took possession of this land. I gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land north of Aroer near the Arnon Valley and half of the mountain region of Gilead with its cities. ¹³I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan ruled by Og to half of the tribe of Manasseh. (The whole territory of Argob in Bashan used to be called the land of the Rephaim. ¹⁴Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole territory of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites. The settlements in Bashan he named Havvoth Jair after himself. This is still their name today.) ¹⁵I gave Gilead to Machir. ¹⁶I gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad some of Gilead from the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley is the border) to the Jabbok River, which is the border of Ammon. ¹⁷Their land included the plains around the Jordan River. The western border was the river, from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of the Plains (the Dead Sea), which is near Mount Pisgah on the east.

¹⁸I gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh this command: “The Lord your God has given you this land so that you can take possession of it. All your soldiers must be ready for battle when they cross ⌞the Jordan River⌟ ahead of the other Israelites. ¹⁹I know you have a lot of livestock. Your wives, children, and livestock must stay here in the cities that I gave you. ²⁰Your soldiers will go with the other Israelites until they take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then they will have a place to rest as you have. After that each of you may go back to the land I gave you.”

²¹I also gave Joshua this command: “You have seen with your own eyes everything that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all of the kingdoms on the other side ⌞of the Jordan River⌟ where you’re going. ²²Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God himself will fight for you.”

Moses Reminds Israel Why He Will Not Enter Canaan

²³Then I pleaded with the Lord: ²⁴“Almighty Lord, you have ⌞only⌟ begun to show me how great and powerful you are. What kind of god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and the mighty acts you have done? ²⁵Please let me go over and see the beautiful land on the other side of the Jordan River—those beautiful mountains in Lebanon.”

²⁶The Lord was angry with me because of you, so he wouldn’t listen to me. He said, “That’s enough out of you! Don’t talk to me anymore about this. ²⁷Go to the top of Mount Pisgah, and look west, north, south, and east. You may look at the land, but you will never cross the Jordan River. ²⁸Give instructions to Joshua. Encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people across ⌞the Jordan River⌟, and he will help them take possession of the land you see.”

²⁹So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 6:12-38

Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles^(A)

¹²At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

¹³When it was day, he called his disciples. He chose twelve of them and called them apostles. ¹⁴They were Simon (whom Jesus named Peter) and Simon’s brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the Zealot), ¹⁶Judas (son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).

Many People Are Cured^(B)

¹⁷Jesus came down from the mountain with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples and many other people were there. They had come from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. ¹⁸They wanted to hear him and be cured of their diseases. Those who were tormented by evil spirits were cured. ¹⁹The entire crowd was trying to touch him because power was coming from him and curing all of them.

Jesus Teaches His Disciples

²⁰Jesus looked at his disciples and said,

“Blessed are those who are poor.
God’s kingdom is theirs.
²¹Blessed are those who are hungry.
They will be satisfied.
Blessed are those who are crying.
They will laugh.
²²Blessed are you when people hate you, avoid you,
insult you, and slander you
because you are committed to the Son of Man.
²³Rejoice then, and be very happy!
You have a great reward in heaven.
That’s the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

²⁴“But how horrible it will be for those who are rich.
They have had their comfort.
²⁵How horrible it will be for those who are well-fed.
They will be hungry.
How horrible it will be for those who are laughing.
They will mourn and cry.
²⁶How horrible it will be for you
when everyone says nice things about you.
That’s the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Love Your Enemies^(C)

²⁷“But I tell everyone who is listening: Love your enemies. Be kind to those who hate you. ²⁸Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who insult you. ²⁹If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other cheek as well. If someone takes your coat, don’t stop him from taking your shirt. ³⁰Give to everyone who asks you for something. If someone takes what is yours, don’t insist on getting it back.

³¹“Do for other people everything you want them to do for you.

³²“If you love those who love you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Even sinners love those who love them. ³³If you help those who help you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Sinners do that too. ³⁴If you lend anything to those from whom you expect to get something back, do you deserve any thanks for that? Sinners also lend to sinners to get back what they lend. ³⁵Rather, love your enemies, help them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward. You will be the children of the Most High God. After all, he is kind to unthankful and evil people. ³⁶Be merciful as your Father is merciful.

Stop Judging^(D)

³⁷“Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. ³⁸Give, and you will receive. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your pocket. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.”

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 67

For the choir director; on stringed instruments; a psalm; a song.

67 May God have pity on us and bless us!
May he smile on us. Selah
²Then your ways will be known on earth,
your salvation throughout all nations.

³Let everyone give thanks to you, O God.
Let everyone give thanks to you.
⁴Let the nations be glad and sing joyfully
because you judge everyone with justice
and guide the nations on the earth. Selah
⁵Let the people give thanks to you, O God.
Let all the people give thanks to you.
⁶The earth has yielded its harvest.
May God, our God, bless us.
⁷May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth worship him.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:27

²⁷Whoever eagerly seeks good searches for good will,
but whoever looks for evil finds it.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 23, 2022

03/23/2022 DAB Transcript

Numbers 36:1 - Deuteronomy 1:46, Luke 5:29-6:11, Psalms 66:1-20, Proverbs 11:24-26

Today is the 23^rd day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian and it’s great to be here with you today. It’s a bit of the day of transition for us. We will conclude the book of Numbers today. So, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers four pretty big books in the Old Testament we’ve made our way through, which will lead us forward in a few minutes to the book of Deuteronomy and we’ll talk about Deuteronomy when we get there but first, let’s conclude the book of Numbers, chapter 36.

Introduction to the book of Deuteronomy:

Okay, so that concludes the book of Numbers, which brings us to the threshold of the book of Deuteronomy which is the fifth book in the Old Testament, but the final book in the grouping of books known as the Torah or the Pentateuch - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. So, when we finish…when we finish this book and check off that last day in the app we’ll get our first badge, the Torah, but we have to read the whole book of Deuteronomy before we get there. And as we move into the book of Deuteronomy, we may like have this déjà vu, like I…didn’t I just hear this? Haven’t I heard this? And it would be correct. Many of the things in Deuteronomy would be things that we saw happen as they happened in the earlier books. Deuteronomy is slightly different, even though there’s review in it, that it’s clear now, that emerging generation, the one that will go into the promised land is arising and taking control and being raised up and taught and power is being transferred and the previous generation that did not have faith in God when they were sent into the promised land have died out. Moses is not going to be leading the children of Israel into the promised land and it’s time for them to go into the promised land. So, he’s not going to be going with them He’s going to pass into history as we’ll see. But before he does he gathers all of the people who he has sweat for, cried for, prayed for, lead, put down uprisings, you name it. We saw it all. We’ve travelled this journey together of the wilderness. He brings these people that he loves, these people that are supremely frustrating together to make sure that he has left nothing left unsaid, that he says everything that he needs to say, that there is nothing between him and anyone else as he leaves the stage, basically as he leaves the story and dies and becomes part of the history. So, if we understand that going in then we can pay really close attention, as if we were those children of Israel because, haven’t we learned that we behave similarly in so many situations? Haven’t we learned about our grumbling? Haven’t we learned about wandering in the wilderness? Haven’t we learned about the lesson of the wilderness? Most of those things that we learned we learned through the work of Moses as God worked through Moses to raise up this people. He’s not going to be a voice anymore. So, if we put ourselves in that crowd, understanding that we’re not gonna hear this leadership anymore we’re not gonna hear this voice anymore. This is what he wants to say before he goes. Then it has some gravity to it. Then becomes meaningful to us. And what we find in Deuteronomy is three different talks or discourses, three different speeches, three different times when he gets in front of the people to say the things that need to be said. And, so, let’s dive in. Deuteronomy chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word and we thank you for this day that is a transition day where we transitioned out of the book of Numbers and into the book of Deuteronomy and thank you for us having an understanding of what it represents so that we can tune our hearts and minds to pay close attention to these discourses of Moses before he retreats and the children of Israel move forward. And we thank you for all of the parallels, all of the things that we can look at and consider as we travel with the children of Israel. Putting ourselves in their story we also find our own story in so many ways. And, so, we thank you for that when we ask, come Holy Spirit plant what we’ve read today in the soil of our hearts, and may we collaborate as we weed this garden and as you bring the warmth and the water that we need to grow. Come Holy Spirit into all of this we ask in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

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March 23, 2022

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

Numbers 36 - Deuteronomy 1

The Rights of Women to Inherit Land

36 The heads of the households whose families were descended from Gilead, son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh, (families of Joseph’s descendants) came and spoke to Moses and the leaders of the other Israelite households. ²They said, “Sir, the Lord commanded you to give the Israelites their land by drawing lots. The Lord also commanded you to give the land of our relative Zelophehad to his daughters. ³Suppose they marry men from the other tribes of Israel. Their land will be taken away from that of our ancestors and added to the land of the tribe they marry into. Then we will have lost part of our land. ⁴When the Israelites’ jubilee year comes, their land will be added to that of the tribe they married into. Then part of the land of our ancestors’ tribe will be gone.”

⁵So Moses gave the Israelites a command from the Lord. “The tribe of Joseph’s descendants is right. ⁶This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they want to, but only within a family of their ancestor’s tribe. ⁷In this way no land of the Israelites will pass from one tribe to another. Every Israelite must keep the tribal land inherited from his ancestors. ⁸A woman who inherits land in any of the tribes of Israel may marry a man from any family in her ancestor’s tribe. In this way every Israelite keeps the land inherited from his ancestors. ⁹No land may pass from one tribe to another. Each Israelite tribe must keep the land it inherits.”

¹⁰Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. ¹¹Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father’s side of the family. ¹²They married within the families of the descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph. So their land stayed in the tribe of their father’s family.

¹³These are the commands and rules the Lord gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Moses Speaks to the People 40 Years after Leaving Egypt

1 This is the speech Moses gave in the desert east of the Jordan River, on the plains, near Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and near Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab. He spoke to all the Israelites. ²(It takes 11 days to go from Mount Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir.)

³On the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year ⌞after they had left Egypt⌟, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to tell them. ⁴This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and ^[a] in Edrei. ⁵The Israelites were east of the Jordan River in Moab when Moses began to review God’s teachings.

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Horeb

This is what he said:

⁶At Mount Horeb the Lord our God said to us, “You have stayed at this mountain long enough. ⁷Break camp, and get ready! Go to the mountain region of the Amorites, and go to everyone living on the plains, in the mountains, in the foothills, in the Negev, on the whole Mediterranean coast (the land of the Canaanites), and into Lebanon as far as the Euphrates River. ⁸I’m giving you this land. Enter, and take possession of the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to you, their descendants.”

⁹At that time I said to you, “I’m not able to take care of you by myself. ¹⁰The Lord your God has made your population increase so that you are now as numerous as the stars in the sky. ¹¹May the Lord God of your ancestors make you a thousand times more numerous, and may he bless you as he has promised. ¹²How can I take care of your problems, your troubles, and your disagreements all by myself? ¹³From each of your tribes, choose some men who are wise, intelligent, and experienced, and I’ll appoint them to be your leaders.”

¹⁴You agreed that this was a good idea.

¹⁵So I took the heads of your tribes who were wise and experienced men and made them officers for each of your tribes. I put them in charge of groups of 1,000, or 100, or 50, or 10 people. ¹⁶Also at that time I gave these instructions to your judges: “Hear the cases that your people bring. Judge each case fairly, no matter whether it is ⌞a dispute⌟ between two Israelites or ⌞a dispute⌟ between an Israelite and a non-Israelite. ¹⁷Be impartial in your decisions. Listen to the least important people the same way you listen to the most important people. Never be afraid of anyone, since your decisions come from God. You may bring me any case that’s too hard for you, and I will hear it.” ¹⁸So I told you how to handle these situations.

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Kadesh Barnea

¹⁹So we left Mount Horeb, as the Lord our God had commanded. We traveled through all that vast and dangerous desert you saw on the way to the mountain region of the Amorites. At last we came to Kadesh Barnea. ²⁰Then I said to you, “We have come to the mountain region of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. ²¹The Lord your God is giving you this land. Go ahead! Take possession of it, as the Lord God of your ancestors told you. Don’t be afraid or terrified.”

²²All of you came to me and said, “Let’s send men ahead of us to gather information about the land for us. Have them report to us about the route we should take and the cities we’ll come to.”

²³It seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of your men, one from each tribe. ²⁴They left and went into the mountains. When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they explored it. ²⁵They took some of the region’s fruit with them and brought it back to us. They reported, “The land that the Lord our God is giving us is good.”

²⁶But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to go. ²⁷You complained in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us! That’s why he brought us out of Egypt. He wanted to hand us over to the Amorites so that they could destroy us! ²⁸Where are we going anyway? Our own men have discouraged us by saying, ‘The people there are taller and stronger than we are. The cities are big with sky-high walls! We even saw the people of Anak there.’ ”

²⁹Then I said to you, “Don’t tremble. Don’t be afraid of them. ³⁰The Lord your God, who is going ahead of you, will fight for you as you saw him fight for you in Egypt ³¹and in the desert.” There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as parents carry their children. He carried you wherever you went until you came to this place.

³²In spite of this, you didn’t trust the Lord your God, ³³who went ahead of you to find places for you to camp. He appeared in a column of fire at night and in a column of smoke during the day to show you which route to take.

³⁴When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and took this oath: ³⁵“Not one of these evil people will ever see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors, ³⁶except Caleb, son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give the land that he set his feet on to him and his descendants, because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord.”

³⁷The Lord became angry with me because of you. He said, “You won’t go there either. ³⁸But your assistant Joshua, son of Nun, will go there. Encourage him, because he will help Israel take possession of the land. ³⁹Although you thought the little children would be captured in war, your children, who are still too young to know the difference between good and evil, will enter that land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it. ⁴⁰Turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea.”

⁴¹You responded, “We have sinned against the Lord. We’ll go and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us to do.” Each of you armed yourself for war, thinking you could easily invade the mountain region.

⁴²But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go and fight, because I won’t be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’ ”

⁴³I told you, but you wouldn’t listen. You defied the Lord’s command and invaded the mountain region. ⁴⁴The Amorites who lived there came out and attacked you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They defeated you, chasing you from Seir all the way to Hormah. ⁴⁵When you came back, you cried to the Lord, but the Lord didn’t listen to you or hear you. ⁴⁶That’s why you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.

Footnotes:

1:4 One Hebrew manuscript, Greek, Syriac, Latin; Masoretic Text omits “and .”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 5:29-6:11

²⁹Levi held a large reception at his home for Jesus. A huge crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

³⁰The Pharisees and their experts in Moses’ Teachings complained to Jesus’ disciples. They asked, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor; those who are sick do. ³²I’ve come to call sinners to change the way they think and act, not to call people who think they have God’s approval.”

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting^(A)

³³They said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. But your disciples eat and drink.”

³⁴Jesus asked them, “Can you force wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them? ³⁵The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. At that time they will fast.”

³⁶He also used these illustrations: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new coat to patch an old coat. Otherwise, the new cloth will tear the old. Besides, the patch from the new will not match the old. ³⁷People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the new wine will make the skins burst. The wine will run out, and the skins will be ruined. ³⁸Rather, new wine is to be poured into fresh skins.

³⁹“No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine. He says, ‘The old wine is better!’ ”

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(B)

6 Once, on a day of rest—a holy day, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, removing the husks, and eating the grain.

²Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are your disciples doing something that is not right to do on the day of rest—a holy day?”

³Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his men were hungry? ⁴Haven’t you read how he went into the house of God, ate the bread of the presence, and gave some of it to the men who were with him? He had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right.”

⁵Then he added, “The Son of Man has authority over the day of rest—a holy day.”

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(C)

⁶On another day of rest—a holy day, Jesus went into a synagogue to teach. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there. ⁷The experts in Moses’ Teachings and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see whether he would heal the man on the day of rest—a holy day, so that they could find a way to accuse him of doing something wrong.

⁸But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up, and stand in the center ⌞of the synagogue⌟!” The man got up and stood there. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you—what is the right thing to do on a day of rest—a holy day: to do good or evil, to give a person his health or to destroy it?” ¹⁰He looked around at all of them and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand became normal again.

¹¹The experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 66

For the choir director; a song; a psalm.

66 Shout happily to God, all the earth!
²Make music to praise the glory of his name.
Make his praise glorious.
³Say to God,
“How awe-inspiring are your deeds!
Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.
⁴The whole earth will worship you.
It will make music to praise you.
It will make music to praise your name.” Selah
⁵Come and see what God has done—
his awe-inspiring deeds for Adam’s descendants.
⁶He turned the sea into dry land.
They crossed the river on foot.
We rejoiced because of what he did there.
⁷He rules forever with his might.
His eyes watch the nations.
Rebels will not be able to oppose him. Selah

⁸Thank our God, you nations.
Make the sound of his praise heard.
⁹He has kept us alive
and has not allowed us to fall.
¹⁰You have tested us, O God.
You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.
¹¹You have trapped us in a net.
You have laid burdens on our backs.
¹²You let people ride over our heads.
We went through fire and water,
but then you brought us out and refreshed us.

¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings.
I will keep my vows to you,
¹⁴the vows made by my lips and spoken by my ⌞own⌟ mouth
when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer you a sacrifice of fattened livestock for burnt offerings
with the smoke from rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. Selah

¹⁶Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell you what he has done for me.
¹⁷With my mouth I cried out to him.
High praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸If I had thought about doing anything sinful,
the Lord would not have listened ⌞to me⌟.
¹⁹But God has heard me.
He has paid attention to my prayer.

²⁰Thanks be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or taken away his mercy from me.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:24-26

²⁴One person spends freely and yet grows richer,
while another holds back what he owes and yet grows poorer.
²⁵A generous person will be made rich,
and whoever satisfies others will himself be satisfied.^[a]
²⁶People will curse the one who hoards grain,
but a blessing will be upon the head of the one who sells it.

Footnotes:

11:25 Or “and whoever gives someone a drink will also get a drink.”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 23, 2022

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

Numbers 36 - Deuteronomy 1

The Rights of Women to Inherit Land

¹³These are the commands and rules the Lord gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Moses Speaks to the People 40 Years after Leaving Egypt

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Horeb

This is what he said:

¹⁴You agreed that this was a good idea.

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Kadesh Barnea

⁴²But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go and fight, because I won’t be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’ ”

Footnotes:

1:4 One Hebrew manuscript, Greek, Syriac, Latin; Masoretic Text omits “and .”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 5:29-6:11

²⁹Levi held a large reception at his home for Jesus. A huge crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

³⁰The Pharisees and their experts in Moses’ Teachings complained to Jesus’ disciples. They asked, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting^(A)

³³They said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. But your disciples eat and drink.”

³⁴Jesus asked them, “Can you force wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them? ³⁵The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. At that time they will fast.”

³⁹“No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine. He says, ‘The old wine is better!’ ”

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(B)

6 Once, on a day of rest—a holy day, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, removing the husks, and eating the grain.

²Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are your disciples doing something that is not right to do on the day of rest—a holy day?”

⁵Then he added, “The Son of Man has authority over the day of rest—a holy day.”

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(C)

¹¹The experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 66

For the choir director; a song; a psalm.

²⁰Thanks be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or taken away his mercy from me.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:24-26

Footnotes:

11:25 Or “and whoever gives someone a drink will also get a drink.”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 22, 2022

3/22/2022 DAB Transcript

Numbers 33:40-35:34, Luke 5:12-28, Psalm 65:1-13, Proverbs 11:23

Today is the 22nd day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, it’s great to be here with you today. Like it always is as a come around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together through the Scriptures. And we are rounding the corner on the Book of Numbers, we’ll be concluding Numbers tomorrow, but today we have a little ground to cover so that that can happen. Numbers chapter 33 verse 40 through 35 verse 34 today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we have reached our last full day in the Book of Numbers and we’ll finish Numbers and transition tomorrow and so there’s plenty to talk about then but we see regulations, statutes being implemented, being given to this next generation, the one that had to grow up in the wilderness, wandering for 40 years, things that they’re going to need to know and establish in the Promised Land when they have the cities, things that pull the people forward into a more cohesive civilized people under You, under God.

And then once again, we flip over into the Gospel of Luke and we see a chasm between the religious leaders trying to steward these rules and statutes. And Jesus, which lets us know that things got sideways and upside down somewhere and that somewhere was not You. And so, once again we can see that, left to our own devices trying to be in control and power, we end up corrupting ourselves, operating in contrary ways to You while thinking we’re doing You a favor, which yet again, like most every day, gives us pause and an opportunity to simply reflect. Is what we say and do represent You and Your will and Your ways? Or does it represent what we think You want or what we’ve been told here after because it’s pretty clear in the Scriptures that what You want is our hearts, You want us, You want us to give ourselves to You unreservedly, naked and unashamed, after the same fashion that You have given Yourself to us. You aren’t demanding our loyalty or demanding our love, You have loved us first, and Your love compels us and sometimes it compels us to self-reflection. So, come Holy Spirit, we pray, in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hello, this is Angel Heart. I just have a prayer request. I was in the hospital last night having problems with my voices and I met this gentleman his name was Michael. He had been in the military and he was having problems. I overheard his conversation with his mom and I guess he had jumped out of the car while it was moving and he went down a cliff. And he’s okay but after he got off the phone, I waited a little bit and then I said Michael, and Michael drew the curtains and he said yes ma’am, and I said maybe you should give Jesus a chance and he said, yeah but I’m a heathen though. And I said, God even gives heathens a chance. And then we stopped and he started pacing the floor and he talked to me for a little bit and then he started pacing the floor again and when he got to my bed he went back to the desk and he asked the people for a bible and they didn’t have one. So, I told him he could have my bible and he took my bible and started reading it and he got through a lot of the, I told him to start, well, I didn’t know where to tell him to start but he started in Proverbs. I don’t know if that was the right chapter to say or not but I did tell him to start in Proverbs. I would just like you guys to pray for him if you could. And hope that he can give God a chance. Thank you.

My name is Santiago calling, I consider myself a Beloved Child of God. Calling from Maryland and I just heard a prayer request by sister Grace about her bullies. It broke my heart sister and I want to pray. Heavenly Father, please help this poor woman and the desperation, the pain in her heart was so evident Father God. And I believe that You have a purpose in this confrontation that she’s experiencing, this suffering Father God, that she’s expressing. Father God, please give this woman the strength, be beside her, accompany her, Father God. Strengthen her, give her that peace that’s beyond understanding, give her that strength that will help her maintain the course. And Father God, should she lose her employment, I pray that there would be something else available for her. Father God, please help this woman. Now, help her and help her in the future and give her the strength to proceed with whatever plans You have for her, Father God. I know that You love her, we feel Your love for her through us, Father God as we feel compassion for her, Father God, and trust that You will provide. And we pray Father God, that You will be with her. In Your Sons precious name, Jesus Christ. Please mighty Father, please Lord Jesus, help this poor woman. Amen.

Hi everyone, this is Karen in St. Louis. Diane Olive Brown, you are such a sweet woman. I love you so much and so grateful for your comment and your prayers for me. I just cried when I heard your message. So grateful that you have a loving husband that’s like Jesus with skin on and that you’ll be celebrating 50 years of marriage. What an incredible testimony to God’s faithfulness, thank you so much for praying for me. And Grace, I heard your prayer hon. I, just my heart goes out to you. I’ve been there. I, about 30 years ago was persecuted relentlessly. When I was a newer believer and eventually lost that job, they let me go and I met with my pastor, it was just so hard. I met with him several times throughout the, I don’t know how many years I worked there but I know what it’s like to be in that fire and I am just wanted to pray for you. Father God, I just pray that You would strengthen Grace, that You would help her to put on her armor each day, Father, that she would keep that breastplate of righteousness on and the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit Lord, put that shield of faith out in front of her and the sandals of peace and the belt of truth that holds everything altogether, Lord, as she goes into the battle each day. I pray Father God, that You would open the door to another opportunity for a place for her to work Lord, that You would, in the meantime, give her, just help her to be basically walking in Your spirit and I pray that You would encourage her heart. Give her strength and help her to know that she is loved so much more by You. That she is the daughter of the King and Jesus

Hi Daily Audio Bible family, my names Michael and I would like it if y'all could please pray for my autistic brother named Elijah. My brother has been going through a lot of stress recently and I found out from my cousin today that he has been cussing in school, that he’s been, he’s been shouting in class and scaring away all the other special needs children that are in the classes with him. That he’s been quoting a bunch of like emotional, like a bunch of scenes from movies that cause emotional like uproar. Like, he would quote like, I am bolted to the wall from Beauty and the Beast. I think Beauty and the Beast II, it was but yeah, he’s been quoting a bunch of those sort of quotes. He loves the emotional stark that he gets from movies like that but we’re trying to help teach him right to not cuss. And so, if you could all please pray for my brother. I would really appreciate it. And if you could also please pray for my family so, me, my cousin, niece and my brother. We’re all the ones that are living together and so we’ve kind of been going through a lot of stress recently because my cousins being overwhelmed with so much work to help keep a roof over our heads since my mom had passed away and my dad is in Kansas. Please pray for us.

Hi everyone, this is Rob from Alabama. This message is for Halo from Colorado. Just wanted to say I heard your request for prayer the other day when one of your friends was not being a good influence on you and I just want to say how proud of you I am, for having the wisdom at such a young age and the courage to stand up to someone who’s not really looking out for your best interest. I’ve had many friends that were not doing things they should’ve been doing and I didn’t just write them off, I tried to stay friends with them. But I did not let them influence my life. I tried to stay on the narrow path as God has instructed and it was very hard but years later at a high school reunion, some people came up to me and one of them actually came to our reunion just because of me and it really shocked me because he said you were my friend and he was doing things that negatively influenced my life but I tried to just be there, I didn’t hang out with him that much but I tried to at least, you know, not just totally isolate myself from him but it really was shocking that he said I was a positive influence on his life that maybe what Emma is is a little upset because you may be one of the positive influences in her life and she may not want to let you go. So maybe you can reconcile one day but you surely want to just stand up for what’s right and I am again so proud of you and will be praying for you. Stay strong, little one. Everything is going to be okay. Don’t let the devil make you feel bad for doing what is right.

Be done, Be done, Let Your will Oh Lord, be done.
Be done, Be done, Let Your will Oh Lord, be done.
Let it be on earth as it is in Heaven.
Let Your will Oh Lord, be done.
Let it be on earth as it is in Heaven.
Let Your will Oh Lord, be done.

March 22, 2022

3/22/2022 DAB Transcript

Numbers 33:40-35:34, Luke 5:12-28, Psalm 65:1-13, Proverbs 11:23

Prayer:

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Prayer and Encouragements:

March 22, 2022

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

Numbers 33:40-35:34

⁴⁰(The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, which was in Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.)

⁴¹They moved from Mount Hor and set up camp at Zalmonah.

⁴²They moved from Zalmonah and set up camp at Punon.

⁴³They moved from Punon and set up camp at Oboth.

⁴⁴They moved from Oboth and set up camp at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab.

⁴⁵They moved from Iyim ^[a] and set up camp at Dibon Gad.

⁴⁶They moved from Dibon Gad and set up camp at Almon Diblathaim.

⁴⁷They moved from Almon Diblathaim and set up camp in the Abarim Mountains east of Nebo.

⁴⁸They moved from the Abarim Mountains and set up camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. ⁴⁹They set up camp on the plains of Moab along the Jordan. Their camp extended from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.

The Canaanites Must Be Forced Out

⁵⁰The Lord said to Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho, ⁵¹“Tell the Israelites, ‘You will be crossing the Jordan River and entering Canaan. ⁵²As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship. ⁵³Take possession of the land and live there, because I will give it to you for your own. ⁵⁴Divide the land among your families by drawing lots. Give more land to larger families and less land to smaller ones. The land must be given to each family by drawing lots. Divide it among your ancestors’ tribes.

⁵⁵“ ‘But if you do not force out those who live in the land, they will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will constantly fight with you over the land you live in. ⁵⁶Then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.’ ”

The Boundaries of Israel’s Land

34 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Give the Israelites these instructions. When you enter Canaan, the land that will be given to you as your inheritance has these borders:

³“The southern side includes part of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. In the east the southern border starts from the end of the Dead Sea ⁴and turns south of the Akrabbim Pass. It then goes past Zin and ends at Kadesh Barnea. From there it goes to Hazar Addar and on to Azmon. ⁵From Azmon it turns toward the River of Egypt so that the border ends at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶“The western border is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

⁷“The northern border extends from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor, ⁸and from Mount Hor to the border of Hamath so that it ends at Zedad. ⁹From there the border goes to Ziphron and ends at Hazar Enan.

¹⁰“The eastern border extends from Hazar Enan to Shepham. ¹¹From Shepham the border goes down to Riblah, east of Ain, and continues along the eastern slope of the Sea of Galilee. ¹²Then the border goes along the Jordan River so that it ends at the Dead Sea.

“This will be your land and the borders around it.”

¹³Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you will divide by drawing lots. The Lord has commanded that this land will be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes. ¹⁴The households from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received their land. ¹⁵Those two-and-a-half tribes received land east of the Jordan River across from Jericho.”

Men Are Appointed to Divide the Land

¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who will divide the land for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua, son of Nun. ¹⁸You must also take one leader from each tribe to divide the land. ¹⁹These are their names:

Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;

²⁰Shemuel, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;

²¹Elidad, son of Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;

²²Bukki, son of Jogli, the leader of the tribe of Dan;

²³Hanniel, son of Ephod, the leader of the tribe of Manasseh;

²⁴Kemuel, son of Shiphtan, the leader of the tribe of Ephraim;

(Manasseh and Ephraim are Joseph’s descendants.) ^[b]

²⁵Elizaphan, son of Parnach, the leader of the tribe of Zebulun;

²⁶Paltiel, son of Azzan, the leader of the tribe of Issachar;

²⁷Ahihud, son of Shelomi, the leader of the tribe of Asher;

²⁸Pedahel, son of Ammihud, the leader of the tribe of Naphtali.”

²⁹These are the men the Lord commanded to divide Canaan for the Israelites.

Cities for the Levites

35 The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. He said, ²“Tell the Israelites to give the Levites some cities from their own property. They must also give the Levites the pastureland around those cities. ³Then the Levites will have cities to live in and pastureland for their cattle, the flocks they own, and any other animals they have.

⁴“The land around the cities that you give the Levites will extend 1,500 feet from the city wall. ⁵Outside the city measure off 3,000 feet on the east side, 3,000 feet on the south side, 3,000 feet on the west side, and 3,000 feet on the north side, with the city in the center. This will be their pastureland around the city.

⁶“Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of refuge. You must allow murderers to escape to these cities. In addition, you must also give the Levites 42 other cities. ⁷So you will give a total of 48 cities with pastureland to the Levites. ⁸The cities you give the Levites from the property of the other Israelites must be given based on the amount of land each tribe owns. Take more cities from larger tribes and fewer from smaller tribes.”

Cities of Refuge

⁹The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan, ¹¹select certain cities to be places of refuge. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may run to them. ¹²These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community. ¹³There will be six cities you select as places of refuge, ¹⁴three on the east side of the Jordan River and three in Canaan. ¹⁵These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities.

¹⁶“But if any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. ¹⁷If any of you picks up a stone as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. ¹⁸Or if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. ¹⁹The relative who can avenge the death must make sure a murderer is put to death. When he catches up with the murderer, he must kill him. ²⁰If any of you kills someone you hate by shoving him or by deliberately throwing something at him, ²¹or if you beat your enemy to death with your bare hands, you must be put to death. You are a murderer. The relative who can avenge the death must kill you when he catches up with you, because you are a murderer.

²²“But suppose you accidentally kill someone who wasn’t your enemy. Maybe you shoved him or threw something at him but didn’t mean to kill him. ²³Or suppose you drop a big stone, and someone is killed. However, you didn’t know the person was there, he wasn’t your enemy, and you weren’t trying to harm him. ²⁴Then the community must use these rules in order to decide if you ⌞are innocent⌟ or if the dead person’s relative can avenge the death. ²⁵⌞If you are innocent,⌟ the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶“But don’t go outside the city of refuge you fled to. ²⁷If the relative who can avenge the death finds you outside the city of refuge and kills you, the relative is not guilty of murder. ²⁸Accused murderers must stay in their city of refuge until the death of the high priest. They may go back to their own property only after his death.

²⁹“These will be the rules for future generations wherever you live.

³⁰“Whoever kills another person will be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of more than one witness. No one can be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

³¹“Never accept a cash payment in exchange for the life of a convicted murderer who has been given the death penalty. Murderers must be put to death.

³²“An accused murderer who has fled to a city of refuge must never go back and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. Don’t accept a cash payment to allow him to do this.

³³“You must not pollute the land where you live. Murder is what pollutes the land. The land where a murder was committed can never make peace with the Lord except through the death of the murderer. ³⁴Never make the land where you and I live unclean.^[c] I, the Lord, live among the Israelites.”

Footnotes:

33:45 Or “Iye Abarim.”
34:24 This sentence has been moved from verse 23 in order to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.
35:34 “Unclean ” refers to anything that is not presentable to God.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 5:12-28

Jesus Cures a Man with a Skin Disease^(A)

¹²One day Jesus was in a city where there was a man covered with a serious skin disease. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground. He begged Jesus, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.” ^[a]

¹³Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, “I want to. So be clean!” Immediately, his skin disease went away.

¹⁴Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone. Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice as Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.”

¹⁵The news about Jesus spread even more. Large crowds gathered to hear him and have their diseases cured. ¹⁶But he would go away to places where he could be alone for prayer.

Jesus Forgives Sins^(B)

¹⁷One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and experts in Moses’ Teachings were present. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. Jesus had the power of the Lord to heal.

¹⁸Some men brought a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They tried to take him into the house and put him in front of Jesus. ¹⁹But they could not find a way to get him into the house because of the crowd. So they went up on the roof. They made an opening in the tiles and let the man down on his stretcher among the people. (They lowered him in front of Jesus.)

²⁰When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Sir, your sins are forgiven.” ²¹The experts in Moses’ Teachings and the Pharisees thought, “Who is this man? He’s dishonoring God! Who besides God can forgive sins?”

²²Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “What are you thinking? ²³Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”

²⁵The man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up the stretcher he had been lying on. Praising God, he went home.

²⁶Everyone was amazed and praised God. They were filled with awe and said, “We’ve seen things today we can hardly believe!”

Jesus Chooses Levi [Matthew] to Be a Disciple^(C)

²⁷After that, Jesus left. He saw a tax collector named Levi sitting in a tax office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” ²⁸So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.

Footnotes:

5:12 “Clean ” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is presentable to God.

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 65

For the choir director; a psalm by David; a song.

65 You are praised with silence in Zion, O God,
and vows ⌞made⌟ to you must be kept.
²You are the one who hears prayers.
Everyone will come to you.
³Various sins overwhelm me.
You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.
⁴Blessed is the person you choose
and invite to live with you in your courtyards.
We will be filled with good food from your house,
from your holy temple.

⁵You answer us with awe-inspiring acts ⌞done⌟ in righteousness,
O God, our savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the most distant sea,
⁶the one who set the mountains in place with his strength,
the one who is clothed with power,
⁷the one who calms the roar of the seas,
their crashing waves,
and the uproar of the nations.
⁸Those who live at the ends of the earth are in awe of your miraculous signs.
The lands of the morning sunrise and evening sunset sing joyfully.

⁹You take care of the earth, and you water it.
You make it much richer than it was.
(The river of God is filled with water.)
You provide grain for them.
Indeed, you even prepare the ground.
¹⁰You drench plowed fields ⌞with rain⌟
and level their clumps of soil.
You soften them with showers
and bless what grows in them.
¹¹You crown the year with your goodness,
and richness overflows wherever you are.
¹²The pastures in the desert overflow ⌞with richness⌟.
The hills are surrounded with joy.
¹³The pastures are covered with flocks.
The valleys are carpeted with grain.
All of them shout triumphantly. Indeed, they sing.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:23

²³The desire of righteous people ends only in good,
but the hope of wicked people ends only in fury.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 21, 2022

03/21/2022 DAB Transcript

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

Today is the 21^st day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is fantastic to be here with you today as we gather around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward which leads us back into the book of Numbers, which is a book we are drawing to a close on. A couple days left and then we’ll be moving forward away from the book of Numbers. But today we are firmly in the book of Numbers, and we’ll read chapter 32 verse 1 through 33, verse 39.

Commentary:

Okay. We have a really intriguing story and the gospel of Luke. One of my favorite stories because it gives us a glance into the life of Jesus… some of Jesus disciples as they are coming to faith in Jesus. We get to witness this moment of faith where everything changes. And then we get to look at our own lives about that moment for us and examine it, examine our lives going forward. So, basically Jesus is getting a reputation by what He’s saying and doing. And word is spreading because people are being healed and set free where He goes. So, He is on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and there are crowds following Him kind of pressing in on Him and He sees a couple of boats and He sees fishermen cleaning their nets. They had been fishing and so they’re cleaning their nets. And there’s a couple of boats. And Jesus jumps into a boat and asks to be rowed out. That right there, in and of itself is a little strange. You don’t normally just go hop into somebody else’s boat, like even in front of them just hop in the boat and sit down or you don’t jump into somebody’s car, right? You jump into somebody’s car, and they don’t know you are here, kind of waiting and seeing if they’ll drive you the other end of the city or whatever, that’s not gonna work out great. That’s gonna freak a lot of people out. But Jesus also has a growing reputation so it’s not out of bounds that they would know about this teacher traveling the little villages around the Sea of Galilee, fishing villages. And, so, they rode Jesus out, which gives Him a little bit of space between the crowds and himself since He was pressed to the shore. So, it gives Him a little space to teach and allow the water to be a natural amplification system so that everybody could hear Him. And He gets done with His message. And, so, here is God showing up for these guys. You’ve been fishing all night and caught nothing. So, Jesus is like, let’s go out into the deep water, lower your nets, catch some fish. Peter, who becomes the apostle Peter, is an experienced professional fisherman. This is what he does. This is what they do. And, so, he’s like…well…we’ve been at it all night. Like we’ve been fishing all night and we didn’t catch anything. But if You say so I’ll do it. And they do. And they take in a massive haul of fish. So much so that this boat, that Jesus has been sitting in, right, is sinking because of the hall of fish. It’s so great that they have to call…call to other people to come and help. James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who also become disciples of Jesus. They come and they help, and they get to shore, and God has shown up for them. Like this is a level of prosperity that could change some things. They have been blessed. And then we get to see this through Peter’s eyes. Peter sees this man of God that may be the son of God, may be the Messiah, understands that this is this person is good through and through, and His reputation about things that are miraculous or unexplainable is true. He’s seen it. It just happened to him. He was just blessed by God in a way that could bring a level of prosperity that could at least push the debt collectors away. And Simon’s response is the moment of faith, the moment when he realizes he doesn’t deserve anything. And I quote from the gospel of Luke. “When Simon Peter saw this, he knelt in front of Jesus and said, leaver me Lord, I’m a sinful person.” That is so beautiful and reflects our own faith journeys in one way or another. I know we stand on promises about who we are in Christ, and we accept all of that as children, sons and daughters of the most-high God and that that’s a game changer like and that’s a…that’s more than a game changer it’s an entire life changer. But oftentimes we major on this without forgetting there was this moment, where we knew we were in the presence of something so far beyond us. And when we began to realize we don’t deserve to be here, we don’t deserve anything. And for all the good we thought we were in the face of purity, in the face of absolute, unrelenting love, we realize how woefully inadequate we are in every possible way. We don’t deserve to be in God’s presence. He came for us. And Peter knew who he was and knew the presence that he was in and knew he didn’t disserve it and said, “leave me, Lord, I’m a sinful person.” And it’s here with kindness that Jesus tells him He’ll be fishing for people, not fish anymore. And then the riveting sentence at the end of our meeting today. Simon and his partners brought the boats to shore, left everything and followed Jesus, which means they left the hall of fish that could give them margin in their lives, maybe even a little taste of prosperity. The very kinds of things that we are on a repeated basis, asking God to do for us. They got it, but in the presence of God, they left it to be with Jesus, which gives us a little bit of an encapsulation of the posture of heart that happens at the moment of faith when we leave behind who we were and go all in, bet the farm, like whatever metaphor we want to use - all in, to be close to Jesus. This story should humble us, it should inspire us, but it also should give us a posture because as we will continue to learn for the rest of the year, a relationship with God isn’t a fair-weather thing, it’s an all or nothing invitation. And, so, we can certainly take time and consider what has kind of gotten cluttered and what has gotten in the way of that. Whatever that is, whatever is between us and our Lord, it may not be a bad thing but it’s not where it needs to be. Anything between us and our Lord has to either be removed or put somewhere else. But this story also reminds us of that moment when we believed, and everything changed.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this. We thank You for the opportunity to reflect upon this. Even as we look in the Scriptures through the eyes of Peter, we can find ourselves, we can locate our hearts here. And, so, Holy Spirit, we invite You to come into these places. What has gotten cluttered? What…what has gotten between us? We want nothing between us. Maybe even better said, we need nothing between us. That is what we need. We want lots of things but what we need is to walk with You where You are going. And, so, come Holy Spirit as we reflect upon these things in the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi, I just want…my name’s Alicia…I just want to pray for the mom whose daughter is struggling with anxiety. I just want to say that I completely understand where she’s coming from. I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant and I’ve just been having intrusive anxious thoughts about dying. It just kind of hit me. And then I completely understand because, you know, it's…it’s like my mind is telling me I’m going to die and my oldest son is 3 and I have a set of twins and I’m pregnant with my fourth. So, it’s just very challenging and struggling. So, I just wanna pray for you and…and I want you to, you know, to understand is that, you know, God has all glory. And we should just always praise Him and just ask Him to help us through difficult times because we are only human, and He understands that we’re human and that we struggle from time to time. So, I just wanna say I’m just praying for you, and you know, I just I truly hope that things get better, and I just ask for your prayers as well because I just want these thoughts to leave and I…I just want to wake up and feel so much better. But I just give God all glory and all praise. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Dear prayer partners this is Anonymous. I’m calling for Grace. Her persecution stirred my soul and I hate that the bullies, prosecutors are touching the very bone marrow that is breaking her. She feels that. Well, may we all stand together in prayer for her, that the Lord light her path, that she can see the path for her to tread. Grace, we are with you. We’re praying for you. We’re lifting you up and the Lord is with you. You are not alone. We love you. We cherish you and even more so does the Lord who gave His Son for you. So, whether it be the opportunity for a new job or whatever I don’t know but the thing is is that something positive must be coming your way. We pray for you and Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hey Daily Audio Bible this is Ashley in Ohio and about three years ago at this time I had called in asking for prayer for my brother and sister-in-law David and Laura. They had just lost their son Denver about a month previous, and we were getting ready to really grieve what would have been his very first birthday. I…it’s good to…it’s good to see what God has done and it’s good to share updates and that’s what I want to do today. I wanted to share with you that my family and I, we are going to a state park this weekend to send celebrate Denver’s twin sisters. It will be their second birthday. And wouldn’t you know that Denver’s birthday is March 19^th. He would have been for this year. And the twins, their birthday is March 20^th and they’ll be two. But not only that, Denver also has twin brothers that showed up this past December and it is the most marvelous and magnificent display of God’s ability to bring beauty from ashes that I’ve ever seen in my entire life. So, I just want to thank you for your prayers and I want to give God the glory for what he has done. Certainly, there is no replacement for Denver and his presence here on earth is greatly missed but there is absolutely no denying that the Lord has been at work and the Lord has been kind and He’s been more than gracious to show us beauty out of ashes. So, I just want to thank the Lord for Denver’s siblings as we celebrate together this weekend, Dylan and Jade and Eli and Casey. Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Greetings everyone this is Toni from Germany, and I would like to leave a message for grace who called…you called in I think it was about a year and a half ago about experiencing, you know, being the target of bullies and you don’t know you can continue. And what comes to my mind is this, can you ask yourself and maybe ask others around you who are familiar with what’s going on what might the Lord be inviting you to do? Is there something that He may be inviting you to do in response to what’s going on? So, I would go, and I would say that it could be something that is outside of your comfort zone. And I would say too that underneath that for you to act you may need to really appreciate yourself, value yourself to understand your worthiness, maybe even doing affirmative type prayers - I am beautifully and wonderfully made, for example. So, I sign a lot of times my emails and correspondence with grace and peace. And when I do, I’m going to commit to praying for you Grace. But I believe you’ll find a solution. So, be hopeful and, yeah, just really look deep inside as to what action the Lord may be trying to get you to take. God bless you. We…

Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Richard the taxi driver from Montreal. I just…I just had to call because I heard our sister Diana. I don’t know if she’s from Burgundy or whatever. And…but this testimony and this heart that you have for this lady about her getting a husband and then testifying that you’ve been married 50 years and you’re you’re the one that the balloon is the husband is hanging onto. Wow that’s so their ministry that’s such a beautiful testimony. Every time you pray Shalom Shalom nothing is broken nothing is lost it’s so true because in Jesus Christ, we have it all man. We have it all. So beautiful testimony again Diana and let me just end a prayer for you. Lord, I pray that Your Angel be around Diana and her husband. May You fill them with Your Holy Spirit right now. May You rest them with Your heavily blessing because they’ve been a blessing for our community here at daily audio Bible. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for testimony like that of faithfulness and walking with the Lord and being a blessing to others. I’m so happy that they called the Daily Audio Bible family prayer and I encourage her to keep on calling and other people to call and be a blessing to others. Bless her Jesus. It is Richard signing off and I love you and I’m praying for you, and I love you Brian for what you’re doing. Wonderful podcast. Shalom Shalom. Bye-bye.

March 21, 2022

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

Numbers 32:1-33:39

The Tribes of Reuben and Gad Request Land East of the Jordan River

32 The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a large number of livestock. They saw that the regions of Jazer and Gilead were a good place for livestock. ²So they came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community, and said to them, ³“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ⁴the land that the Lord won for the community of Israel, is a good place for livestock. Gentlemen, we have livestock. ⁵Please give us this land as our property. Don’t make us cross the Jordan River.”

⁶Moses asked the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “Are you going to stay here while the rest of the Israelites go to war? ⁷That might discourage them from entering the land the Lord has given them. ⁸That’s what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to take a look at the land. ⁹They went as far as the Eshcol Valley and saw the land. But then they discouraged the rest of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them. ¹⁰That day the Lord became angry and swore this oath, ¹¹‘None of the people 20 years old or older, who came from Egypt, will see the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath. This is because they didn’t wholeheartedly follow me.’ ¹²Only Caleb (son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite) and Joshua (son of Nun) will get to see the land. This is because they wholeheartedly followed the Lord. ¹³Since the Lord was angry with the Israelites, he made them wander in the desert for 40 years until the whole generation of those who had done evil in the Lord’s presence was gone.

¹⁴“You’re just like your parents! You’re a bunch of sinners trying to make the Lord angry with Israel again. ¹⁵If you turn away from him, he will abandon all these people in the desert. You would be responsible for their destruction.”

¹⁶Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben came up to Moses and said, “Allow us to build stone fences for our livestock and cities for our families here. ¹⁷Then we’ll be ready ⌞to march⌟ in battle formation ^[a] ahead of the other Israelites until we have brought them to their land. Meanwhile our families will live in walled cities, safe from the other people who live here. ¹⁸We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his own land. ¹⁹We won’t take possession of any land on the other side of the Jordan River, to the west and beyond. We already have our land here, east of the Jordan.”

²⁰Moses answered, “Do what you have said. In the Lord’s presence have all your armed men get ready for battle. ²¹Have them cross the Jordan, and fight until the Lord forces out his enemies ²²and the land is conquered. Then you may come back. You will have fulfilled your military duty to the Lord and Israel. This land will be your own property in the Lord’s presence.

²³“If you don’t do all these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. You can be sure that you will be punished for your sin. ²⁴Build cities for your families and stone fences for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

²⁵Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, “Sir, we will do as you command. ²⁶Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our other animals will stay here in the cities of Gilead. ²⁷But in the Lord’s presence we will all get ready for battle and go with you, as you have said.”

²⁸So Moses gave orders about them to the priest Eleazar, Joshua (son of Nun), and the family heads of the tribes of Israel. ²⁹Moses told them, “If the tribes of Gad and Reuben get ready for battle in the Lord’s presence and cross the Jordan River with you and you conquer the land, give them Gilead as their own property. ³⁰If they don’t get ready for battle and go with you, the land they will take possession of must be in Canaan with yours.”

³¹The tribes of Gad and Reuben answered, “Sir, we will do as the Lord has said. ³²We will enter Canaan as armed troops in the Lord’s presence, but the land we will take possession of is here, east of the Jordan.”

³³So Moses gave the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the kingdoms of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and its surrounding territory.

³⁴The tribe of Gad rebuilt the cities of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, ³⁵Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ³⁶Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as walled cities. They also built stone fences for their flocks.

³⁷The tribe of Reuben rebuilt the cities of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸Nebo, Baal Meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. These are the names they gave the cities they rebuilt.

³⁹The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead, captured it, and forced out the Amorites who were there. ⁴⁰So Moses gave Gilead to the people of Machir (the descendants of Manasseh), and they lived there. ⁴¹Then Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured the settlements in Gilead. He called them Havvoth Jair [Settlements of Jair]. ⁴²Nobah captured Kenath and its villages. He named it Nobah after himself.

A Summary of Israel’s Journeys after Leaving Egypt

33 This is a list of all the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in organized groups under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ²At the Lord’s command Moses wrote down the places where they went as they traveled. This is the list:

³They moved from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. The Israelites boldly left in full view of all the Egyptians. ⁴The Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the Lord had killed in a mighty act of judgment on their gods.

⁵The Israelites moved from Rameses and set up camp at Succoth.

⁶They moved from Succoth and set up camp at Etham, on the edge of the desert.

⁷They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon, and set up camp near Migdol.

⁸They moved from Pi Hahiroth ^[b] and went through the middle of the sea into the desert. After they traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they set up camp at Marah.

⁹They moved from Marah and came to Elim. Elim had 12 springs and 70 palm trees, so they set up camp there.

¹⁰They moved from Elim and set up camp by the Red Sea.

¹¹They moved from the Red Sea and set up camp in the Desert of Sin.

¹²They moved from the Desert of Sin and set up camp at Dophkah.

¹³They moved from Dophkah and set up camp at Alush.

¹⁴They moved from Alush and set up camp at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

¹⁵They moved from Rephidim and set up camp in the Desert of Sinai.

¹⁶They moved from the Desert of Sinai and set up camp at Kibroth Hattaavah.

¹⁷They moved from Kibroth Hattaavah and set up camp at Hazeroth.

¹⁸They moved from Hazeroth and set up camp at Rithmah.

¹⁹They moved from Rithmah and set up camp at Rimmon Perez.

²⁰They moved from Rimmon Perez and set up camp at Libnah.

²¹They moved from Libnah and set up camp at Rissah.

²²They moved from Rissah and set up camp at Kehelathah.

²³They moved from Kehelathah and set up camp at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They moved from Mount Shepher and set up camp at Haradah.

²⁵They moved from Haradah and set up camp at Makheloth.

²⁶They moved from Makheloth and set up camp at Tahath.

²⁷They moved from Tahath and set up camp at Terah.

²⁸They moved from Terah and set up camp at Mithcah.

²⁹They moved from Mithcah and set up camp at Hashmonah.

³⁰They moved from Hashmonah and set up camp at Moseroth.

³¹They moved from Moseroth and set up camp at Bene Jaakan.

³²They moved from Bene Jaakan and set up camp at Hor Haggidgad.

³³They moved from Hor Haggidgad and set up camp at Jotbathah.

³⁴They moved from Jotbathah and set up camp at Abronah.

³⁵They moved from Abronah and set up camp at Ezion Geber.

³⁶They moved from Ezion Geber and set up camp at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.

³⁷They moved from Kadesh and set up camp at Mount Hor on the border of Edom. ³⁸At the Lord’s command the priest Aaron went up on Mount Hor. He died there on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the Israelites had left Egypt. ³⁹Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Footnotes:

32:17 Greek, Latin; Masoretic Text “ready ⌞to march⌟ ahead quickly.”
33:8 Most Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, Latin; some Hebrew manuscripts “moved from in front of Hahiroth.”

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Luke 4:31-5:11

Jesus Forces an Evil Spirit out of a Man^(A)

³¹Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and taught them on a day of rest—a holy day. ³²The people were amazed at his teachings because he spoke with authority.

³³In the synagogue was a man possessed by a spirit, an evil demon. He shouted very loudly, ³⁴“Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

³⁵Jesus ordered the spirit, “Keep quiet, and come out of him!” The demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out without hurting him.

³⁶Everyone was stunned. They said to one another, “What kind of command is this? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits, and they come out.”

³⁷So news about him spread to every place throughout the surrounding region.

Jesus Cures Simon’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others^(B)

³⁸Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever. They asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹He bent over her, ordered the fever to leave, and it went away. She got up immediately and prepared a meal for them.

⁴⁰When the sun was setting, everyone who had friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and cured them. ⁴¹Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah.

Spreading the Good News^(C)

⁴²In the morning he went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds searched for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving. ⁴³But he said to them, “I have to tell the Good News about God’s kingdom in other cities also. That’s what I was sent to do.”

⁴⁴So he spread his message in the synagogues of Judea.^[a]

Calling of the First Disciples^(D)

5 One day Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee. The people crowded around him as they listened to God’s word. ²Jesus saw two boats on the shore. The fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets. ³So Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to push off a little from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowd from the boat.

⁴When he finished speaking, he told Simon, “Take the boat into deep water, and lower your nets to catch some fish.”

⁵Simon answered, “Teacher, we worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I’ll lower the nets.”

⁶After the men had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear. ⁷So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. Their partners came and filled both boats until the boats nearly sank.

⁸When Simon Peter saw this, he knelt in front of Jesus and said, “Leave me, Lord! I’m a sinful person!” ⁹Simon and everyone who was with him were amazed to see the large number of fish they had caught. ¹⁰James and John, who were Zebedee’s sons and Simon’s partners, were also amazed.

Jesus told Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will catch people instead of fish.”

¹¹Simon and his partners brought the boats to shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.

Footnotes:

4:44 Some manuscripts read “in the synagogues of Galilee.”

Cross references:

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Psalm 64

For the choir director; a psalm by David.

64 Hear my voice, O God, when I complain.
Protect my life from a terrifying enemy.
²Hide me from the secret plots of criminals,
from the mob of troublemakers.
³They sharpen their tongues like swords.
They aim bitter words like arrows
⁴to shoot at innocent people from their hiding places.
They shoot at them suddenly, without any fear.
⁵They encourage one another in their evil plans.
They talk about setting traps and say,
“Who can see them?”
⁶They search for the perfect crime and say,
“We have perfected a foolproof scheme!”
Human nature and the human heart are a mystery!

⁷But God will shoot them with an arrow.
Suddenly, they will be struck dead.
⁸They will trip over their own tongues.
Everyone who sees them will shake his head.
⁹Everyone will be afraid and conclude,
“This is an act of God!”
They will learn from what he has done.

¹⁰Righteous people will find joy in the Lord and take refuge in him.
Everyone whose motives are decent will be able to brag.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Proverbs 11:22

²²⌞Like⌟ a gold ring in a pig’s snout,
⌞so⌟ is a beautiful woman who lacks good taste.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

March 20, 2022

3/20/2022 DAB Transcript

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

Today is the 20th day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and here we are at the threshold of a brand-new, sparkly, shiny week and off we go into it, moment-by-moment, step-by-step, choice-by-choice, conversation-by-conversation, we construct the story of what this week is gonna look like. And I guess I say this most every week cause I’m reminding myself of the same thing, fresh starts are important, His mercies are new every morning, including today. So, as we begin this week, we certainly will pick up right where we left off, which leads us back into the Book of Numbers. We will conclude the Book of Numbers this week and we are hearing a number of instructions, laws, statutes, being offered and they are being offered to this emerging generation, because transition happening here. Moses has been leading the children of Israel all the way, since they left Egypt; he will not be leading them into the Promised Land, he is with them in the wilderness. His successor has been named; his name is Joshua although he has not taken hold of leadership of the children of Israel. Moses is still with them. That’s where we find ourselves. This week we’ll read from the God’s Word Translation, Numbers chapters 30 and 31.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this brand-new week, this sparkly, shiny new week that we are moving into and we thank You for Your kindness and Your graciousness to us, Your patience with us, Your unending love for us. When we sit and push away all of the thoughts and cares of this life and just sit with the fact that You love us, that You have us, that You know us, that You are with us. It changes everything and we thank you for that. So, as we move into this new week, we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak to us, to guide us and direct us, to make our paths straight and clear, we ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Grace, you called in on March 16th, this is Susie from Colorado. I wanted to tell you I heard your message and I’m so certain that the entire family who was listening are praying for you, Grace, with your situation of bullying at work. I am praying that the people who are doing this would look at you and see you and see your heart and that you would actually have a breakthrough that they would hug you, love you. It may not happen on this side of Heaven, Grace but I just know that I heard you. I’m praying for you. I’m so sorry that this is happening. I work in Haiti and I am bullied all the time by political figures who, you know. I constantly fight for my licenses to be a missionary there or to work in and run schools and orphanages and hospitals. I struggle with bullies too but you, my dear sister, please now that we are, those who are with us, Jesus is with us and it’s so much more powerful than those bullies and something in them is broken. So, you keep praying for them, we’ll pray for them to but I’m definitely for you too Grace. God Bless.

Hello DAB. I’m calling on March 14th. I am calling in response to a listener named Gracie, she’s talking about bullies and I just want to say stand firm. Throughout the Bible there is bullies everywhere. I mean, look at David during Goliath and everything, just a bully. David had to stand firm. Jesus, with the Pharisees and everything, Jesus had to stand firm. I mean, throughout the Bible we have these examples of just bullies being bullies. And it’s our job to stand firm on the word of God and recognize that God wins these battles and He’s always victorious so, no matter what happens, remember God is the one victorious. And as long we stand firm on the word, nothing can tear us down a day. Have a good day, Gracie. I’m praying for you.

Hey DABers, it’s your girl, Val in Vegas. It’s the 16th, I’m a day late, y'all forgive me please. Oh, give me the grace thank you, thank you, family. I know you all will. You know what I noticed in life, if you don’t do things first thing in the morning, it’s 540, you know as the day goes through you kind of you forget, the days worries come on you, the obligations that we have. So, I know how we roll. We a first fruits kind of family. You know what I’ve been doing in these last couple years is, I set up a little prayer room and whoo, after I drop my friends off, I get right to it. Okay, I get on my knees and I find that it builds me up for the day, it gets me ready. And so, I got to remember to put the 15th in that repertoire after that prayer time with the Lord. Get on it, reach out to my family members, let this community know how much you guys mean to me and how much I’m praying for every single person. Whoo, y'all want to know what heavens going be like, much like this, the transparency, the honesty, the caring for one another. The lack of no condemnation, the way that we gird each other up. So, let’s do it, let’s do it. Let’s continue to be those people and please lets continue to give to this organization, to this ministry, to this family, to this thing that God has blessed us with. I love you all and I’ll see you on the 15th. I need you to go with the love of the Lord, the love of the Lord and I want you to spread it, spread it, spread it, take it near and far. The Lord’s has made us fishers of men, let’s go get’em. In the name of Jesus. Val from Vegas signing out. Love you.

Hey, this goes out to Grace, this is Micah in Awe. I believe I remember your prayer, asking for help with the bullies. And I’m so sorry to hear that this is still going on. Just know that you have one brother at least out here, well you have many, many people praying for you and I believe that you’ll get a big outcry of prayer, even in the recordings. It was really hard not to hear your heart and how much you’re suffering and Lord, I just ask now, Lord, please in Jesus name, heal the situation Lord. Take the people away that need to be removed and let this lady have some peace and joy in her life. Lord, she loves you. She’s asking for prayer. Lord be the lion and remove anything that stands in the way of her peace and joy, Lord. Help her to be comfortable at work. Help her to be able to do her job without any distraction. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Hello, this is Joyfully Jo and I’m calling to pray for Grace whose prayer request was at the end of the March 6th reading from the Daily Audio Bible. Lord God, I just lift up Grace to You, Father. Father, I pray against these bullies Lord God, I pray that You would intervene, Lord God, on behalf of Grace, Lord, that Lord, You would surround her with Your angels Lord God, that You would bring their bullying to nothing, Lord God, that You would change the situation, Father, that Your mighty hand would reach out to rescue her. Father, I know You love her. I know You care for her Father. I know that You do not want her to be bullied Lord God. I know You use these things in our life God to grow us Lord God, but she is so just in despair, Lord God. She’s so despondent right now Father. I pray that You bring people in her life that will lift her up and encourage her Father. Lord God, and I pray that you bind the enemy’s work through these people, Lord God, I pray for their salvation and I pray that You just bring an end to this bullying, Father. It breaks my heart to hear her cries, Lord God. But You are God and You are sovereign, You are able Lord God, to change this in her life, Lord. In Jesus name. Amen.

Deuteronomy 2-3

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Seir

Moses Reminds Israel about Ammon

Moses Reminds Israel about King Og and King Sihon

Moses Reminds Israel of How They Defeated King Og of Bashan

Moses Reminds Israel Why He Will Not Enter Canaan

Luke 6:12-38

Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles(A)

Many People Are Cured(B)

Jesus Teaches His Disciples

Love Your Enemies(C)

Stop Judging(D)

Cross references:

Psalm 67

For the choir director; on stringed instruments; a psalm; a song.

Proverbs 11:27

Numbers 36 - Deuteronomy 1

The Rights of Women to Inherit Land

Moses Speaks to the People 40 Years after Leaving Egypt

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Horeb

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Kadesh Barnea

Footnotes:

Luke 5:29-6:11

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting(A)

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day(B)

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day(C)

Cross references:

Psalm 66

For the choir director; a song; a psalm.

Proverbs 11:24-26

Footnotes:

Numbers 36 - Deuteronomy 1

The Rights of Women to Inherit Land

Moses Speaks to the People 40 Years after Leaving Egypt

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Mount Horeb

Moses Reminds Israel of the Events at Kadesh Barnea

Footnotes:

Luke 5:29-6:11

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting(A)

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day(B)

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day(C)

Cross references:

Psalm 66

For the choir director; a song; a psalm.

Proverbs 11:24-26

Footnotes:

Numbers 33:40-35:34

The Canaanites Must Be Forced Out

The Boundaries of Israel’s Land

Men Are Appointed to Divide the Land

Cities for the Levites

Cities of Refuge

Footnotes:

Luke 5:12-28

Jesus Cures a Man with a Skin Disease(A)

Jesus Forgives Sins(B)

Jesus Chooses Levi [Matthew] to Be a Disciple(C)

Footnotes:

Cross references:

Psalm 65

For the choir director; a psalm by David; a song.

Proverbs 11:23

Numbers 32:1-33:39

The Tribes of Reuben and Gad Request Land East of the Jordan River

A Summary of Israel’s Journeys after Leaving Egypt

Footnotes:

Luke 4:31-5:11

Jesus Forces an Evil Spirit out of a Man(A)

Jesus Cures Simon’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others(B)

Spreading the Good News(C)

Calling of the First Disciples(D)

Footnotes:

Cross references:

Psalm 64

For the choir director; a psalm by David.

Proverbs 11:22

Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles^(A)

Many People Are Cured^(B)

Love Your Enemies^(C)

Stop Judging^(D)

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting^(A)

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(B)

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(C)

Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting^(A)

Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(B)

Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest—a Holy Day^(C)

Jesus Cures a Man with a Skin Disease^(A)

Jesus Forgives Sins^(B)

Jesus Chooses Levi [Matthew] to Be a Disciple^(C)

Jesus Forces an Evil Spirit out of a Man^(A)

Jesus Cures Simon’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others^(B)

Spreading the Good News^(C)

Calling of the First Disciples^(D)