The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday March 9, 2023 (NIV)

Numbers 11:24-13:33

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud(A) and spoke with him,(B) and he took some of the power of the Spirit(C) that was on him and put it on the seventy elders.(D) When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied(E)—but did not do so again.

26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them,(F) and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

28 Joshua son of Nun,(G) who had been Moses’ aide(H) since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”(I)

29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets(J) and that the Lord would put his Spirit(K) on them!”(L) 30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

31 Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail(M) in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[a] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. 32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[b] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth(N) and before it could be consumed, the anger(O) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.(P) 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[c](Q) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth(R) and stayed there.

Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam(S) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(T) for he had married a Cushite. “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”(U) And the Lord heard this.(V)

(Now Moses was a very humble man,(W) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out. Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;(X) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, he said, “Listen to my words:

“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal(Y) myself to them in visions,(Z)
I speak to them in dreams.(AA)
But this is not true of my servant Moses;(AB)
he is faithful in all my house.(AC)
With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;(AD)
he sees the form of the Lord.(AE)
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”(AF)

The anger of the Lord burned against them,(AG) and he left them.(AH)

10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(AI) Miriam’s skin was leprous[d]—it became as white as snow.(AJ) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(AK) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(AL) 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!(AM)

14 The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,(AN) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp(AO) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.” 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp(AP) for seven days,(AQ) and the people did not move on till she was brought back.

16 After that, the people left Hazeroth(AR) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.(AS)

Exploring Canaan

13 The Lord said to Moses, “Send some men to explore(AT) the land of Canaan,(AU) which I am giving to the Israelites.(AV) From each ancestral tribe(AW) send one of its leaders.”

So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(AX) These are their names:

from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;(AY)

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;(AZ)

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore(BA) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun(BB) the name Joshua.)(BC)

17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,(BD) he said, “Go up through the Negev(BE) and on into the hill country.(BF) 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.(BG)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)(BH)

21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin(BI) as far as Rehob,(BJ) toward Lebo Hamath.(BK) 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(BL) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(BM) the descendants of Anak,(BN) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(BO) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[e](BP) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(BQ) and figs.(BR) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(BS) they returned from exploring the land.(BT)

Report on the Exploration

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(BU) in the Desert of Paran.(BV) There they reported to them(BW) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(BX) 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(BY) Here is its fruit.(BZ) 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(CA) We even saw descendants of Anak(CB) there.(CC) 29 The Amalekites(CD) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(CE) Jebusites(CF) and Amorites(CG) live in the hill country;(CH) and the Canaanites(CI) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(CJ)

30 Then Caleb(CK) silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”(CL) 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(CM) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(CN) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(CO) 33 We saw the Nephilim(CP) there (the descendants of Anak(CQ) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(CR) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

Footnotes:

  1. Numbers 11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters
  2. Numbers 11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons
  3. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.
  4. Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  5. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.

Cross references:

  1. Numbers 11:25 : S Ex 19:9; Nu 12:5
  2. Numbers 11:25 : ver 17
  3. Numbers 11:25 : ver 29; 1Sa 10:6; 19:23
  4. Numbers 11:25 : S Ac 2:17
  5. Numbers 11:25 : ver 26; Nu 24:2; Jdg 3:10; 1Sa 10:10; 19:20; 2Ch 15:1
  6. Numbers 11:26 : S ver 25; 1Ch 12:18; Rev 1:10
  7. Numbers 11:28 : Ex 17:9; Nu 13:8; 26:65; Jos 14:10
  8. Numbers 11:28 : Ex 33:11; Jos 1:1
  9. Numbers 11:28 : Mk 9:38-40
  10. Numbers 11:29 : 1Sa 10:5; 19:20; 2Ch 24:19; Jer 7:25; 44:4; 1Co 14:5
  11. Numbers 11:29 : S ver 17
  12. Numbers 11:29 : Nu 27:18
  13. Numbers 11:31 : S Ex 16:13; Ps 78:26-28
  14. Numbers 11:33 : Ps 78:30
  15. Numbers 11:33 : Nu 14:18; Dt 9:7; Jdg 2:12; 2Ki 22:17; Ps 106:29; Jer 44:3; Eze 8:17
  16. Numbers 11:33 : S ver 18-20; Ps 106:15; Isa 10:16
  17. Numbers 11:34 : Nu 33:16; Dt 9:22
  18. Numbers 11:35 : Nu 33:17
  19. Numbers 12:1 : S Ex 15:20
  20. Numbers 12:1 : S Ex 2:21
  21. Numbers 12:2 : Nu 16:3
  22. Numbers 12:2 : S Nu 11:1
  23. Numbers 12:3 : Mt 11:29
  24. Numbers 12:5 : S Ex 13:21; S Nu 11:25
  25. Numbers 12:6 : 1Sa 3:7, 21
  26. Numbers 12:6 : S Ge 15:1
  27. Numbers 12:6 : S Ge 20:3; S Mt 27:19; Heb 1:1
  28. Numbers 12:7 : Dt 34:5; Jos 1:1-2; Ps 105:26
  29. Numbers 12:7 : Heb 3:2, 5
  30. Numbers 12:8 : Jdg 14:12; 1Ki 10:1; Ps 49:4; Pr 1:6; Da 5:12
  31. Numbers 12:8 : Ex 20:4; Job 19:26; Ps 17:15; 140:13; Isa 6:1
  32. Numbers 12:8 : Ex 24:2
  33. Numbers 12:9 : S Ex 4:14
  34. Numbers 12:9 : S Ge 17:22
  35. Numbers 12:10 : Ex 40:2
  36. Numbers 12:10 : S Ex 4:6; Dt 24:9
  37. Numbers 12:10 : S Lev 13:11; 2Ki 5:1, 27; 2Ch 16:12; 21:12-15; 26:19
  38. Numbers 12:11 : 2Sa 19:19; 24:10
  39. Numbers 12:13 : Ex 15:26; Ps 6:2; 147:3; Isa 1:6; 30:26; 53:5; Jer 17:14; Hos 6:1
  40. Numbers 12:14 : Dt 25:9; Job 17:6; 30:9-10; Isa 50:6
  41. Numbers 12:14 : S Lev 13:46
  42. Numbers 12:15 : S Lev 14:8
  43. Numbers 12:15 : S Lev 13:4
  44. Numbers 12:16 : Nu 11:35
  45. Numbers 12:16 : Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12; 15:32
  46. Numbers 13:2 : ver 16; Dt 1:22
  47. Numbers 13:2 : S Lev 14:34
  48. Numbers 13:2 : Jos 1:3
  49. Numbers 13:2 : S Lev 24:11
  50. Numbers 13:3 : Nu 1:16
  51. Numbers 13:6 : ver 30; Nu 14:6, 24; 34:19; Dt 1:36; Jdg 1:12-15
  52. Numbers 13:8 : S Nu 11:28
  53. Numbers 13:16 : S ver 2
  54. Numbers 13:16 : ver 8
  55. Numbers 13:16 : Dt 32:44
  56. Numbers 13:17 : ver 2; Jos 14:7
  57. Numbers 13:17 : S Ge 12:9
  58. Numbers 13:17 : Dt 1:7; Jos 9:1; Jdg 1:9
  59. Numbers 13:20 : Dt 1:25
  60. Numbers 13:20 : S Lev 25:5
  61. Numbers 13:21 : Nu 20:1; 27:14; 33:36; Dt 32:51; Jos 15:1
  62. Numbers 13:21 : Jos 19:28; Jdg 1:31; 18:28; 2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 6:75
  63. Numbers 13:21 : Nu 34:8; Jos 13:5; Jdg 3:3; 1Ki 8:65; 2Ki 14:25; 1Ch 13:5; 2Ch 7:8; Jer 52:9; Eze 47:16, 20; Am 6:14
  64. Numbers 13:22 : S Ge 13:18; S 23:19
  65. Numbers 13:22 : Jos 15:14; Jdg 1:10
  66. Numbers 13:22 : ver 28; Dt 2:10; 9:2; Jos 11:21; 15:13; Jdg 1:20
  67. Numbers 13:22 : Ps 78:12, 43; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Eze 30:14
  68. Numbers 13:23 : S Ge 14:13
  69. Numbers 13:23 : S Ex 28:33
  70. Numbers 13:23 : Ge 3:7; Nu 20:5; Dt 8:8; 2Ki 18:31; Ne 13:15
  71. Numbers 13:25 : S Ge 7:4
  72. Numbers 13:25 : Nu 14:34
  73. Numbers 13:26 : S Ge 14:7
  74. Numbers 13:26 : S Ge 14:6
  75. Numbers 13:26 : Nu 32:8
  76. Numbers 13:26 : Dt 1:25
  77. Numbers 13:27 : S Ex 3:8
  78. Numbers 13:27 : Dt 1:25; Jer 2:7
  79. Numbers 13:28 : Dt 1:28; 9:1, 2
  80. Numbers 13:28 : S ver 22
  81. Numbers 13:28 : Jos 14:12
  82. Numbers 13:29 : S Ge 14:7
  83. Numbers 13:29 : S Ge 10:15; Dt 7:1; 20:17; 1Ki 9:20; 10:29; 2Ki 7:6
  84. Numbers 13:29 : S Ex 3:8
  85. Numbers 13:29 : S Ge 10:16
  86. Numbers 13:29 : ver 17
  87. Numbers 13:29 : Ge 10:18
  88. Numbers 13:29 : S Ge 13:10; Nu 22:1; 32:5; Dt 1:1; Jos 1:2; Jdg 3:28; Ps 42:6
  89. Numbers 13:30 : S ver 6
  90. Numbers 13:31 : Dt 9:1; Jos 14:8
  91. Numbers 13:32 : Nu 14:36, 37
  92. Numbers 13:32 : Eze 36:13, 14
  93. Numbers 13:32 : Dt 1:28; Am 2:9
  94. Numbers 13:33 : Ge 6:4
  95. Numbers 13:33 : ver 28; Dt 1:28; Jos 11:22; 14:12
  96. Numbers 13:33 : Ecc 12:5; Isa 40:22
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Mark 14:22-52

22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it(A) and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

23 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.(B)

24 “This is my blood of the[a] covenant,(C) which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 25 “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”(D)

26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.(E)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(F)

27 “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’[b](G)

28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”(H)

29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”

30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice[c] you yourself will disown me three times.”(I)

31 But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you,(J) I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.

Gethsemane(K)

32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John(L) along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,”(M) he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour(N) might pass from him. 36 “Abba,[d] Father,”(O) he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup(P) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”(Q)

37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(R) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”(S)

39 Once more he went away and prayed the same thing. 40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

41 Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour(T) has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

Jesus Arrested(U)

43 Just as he was speaking, Judas,(V) one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.

44 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.” 45 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Rabbi!”(W) and kissed him. 46 The men seized Jesus and arrested him. 47 Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

48 “Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts,(X) and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”(Y) 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled.(Z)

51 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

Footnotes:

  1. Mark 14:24 Some manuscripts the new
  2. Mark 14:27 Zech. 13:7
  3. Mark 14:30 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.
  4. Mark 14:36 Aramaic for father
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Psalm 52

Psalm 52[a]

For the director of music. A maskil[b] of David. When Doeg the Edomite(A) had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast(B) all day long,(C)
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
You who practice deceit,(D)
your tongue plots destruction;(E)
it is like a sharpened razor.(F)
You love evil(G) rather than good,
falsehood(H) rather than speaking the truth.[c]
You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!(I)

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck(J) you from your tent;
he will uproot(K) you from the land of the living.(L)
The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh(M) at you, saying,
“Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold(N)
but trusted in his great wealth(O)
and grew strong by destroying others!”

But I am like an olive tree(P)
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust(Q) in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
For what you have done I will always praise you(R)
in the presence of your faithful people.(S)
And I will hope in your name,(T)
for your name is good.(U)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 52:1 In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
  2. Psalm 52:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
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Proverbs 11:1-3

11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,(A)
but accurate weights find favor with him.(B)

When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(C)
but with humility comes wisdom.(D)

The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(E)

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