CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Proverbs 23
    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
    And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
    Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
    Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
    Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
    For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
    The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
    Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
    Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
    For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
    Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
    Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
    My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
    Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
    Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
    For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
    Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
    Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
    Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
    The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
    Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
    My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
    For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
    She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
    They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
    Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
    At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
    Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
    They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
    4 min
  • Numbers 32
    Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
    The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
    Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
    Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
    And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
    And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
    And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
    And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
    And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
    For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
    And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
    We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
    For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
    And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
    And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
    And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
    But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
    Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
    And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
    Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
    But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
    So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
    And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a po
    7 min
  • Numbers 31
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
    And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
    Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
    So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
    And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
    And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
    And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
    And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
    And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
    And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
    And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
    And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
    Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
    Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
    And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
    And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
    And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
    Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
    Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
    And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
    And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
    And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
    Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
    And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacl
    8 min
  • John 4
    When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
    (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
    He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
    And he must needs go through Samaria.
    Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
    Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
    There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
    (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
    Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
    Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
    Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
    Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
    Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
    The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
    For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
    Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
    Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
    Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
    But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
    God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
    The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
    Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
    And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
    The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
    Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
    Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
    In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
    But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
    Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
    Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
    Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
    And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
    And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
    I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
    And many of the Samaritans of that city believed
    7 min
  • Proverbs 22
    A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
    The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
    A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
    By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
    Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
    Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
    The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
    He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
    He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
    Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
    He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
    The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
    The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
    The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
    Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
    He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
    Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
    For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
    That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
    Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
    That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
    Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
    For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
    Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
    Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
    If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
    Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
    Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
    4 min
  • Numbers 29,30
    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
    And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
    And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
    And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
    And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
    Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
    And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
    But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
    And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
    A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
    One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
    And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
    And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
    And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
    And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
    And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
    And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
    And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
    And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
    And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
    And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
    And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
    Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
    And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
    And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
    And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
    And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
    And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
    And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
    10 min
  • John 2,3
    And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
    And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
    And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
    Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
    His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
    And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
    Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
    And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
    When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
    And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
    This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
    After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
    And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
    And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
    And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
    And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
    And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
    Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
    Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
    But he spake of the temple of his body.
    When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
    Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
    But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
    And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
    There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
    The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
    Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
    Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
    Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
    The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
    Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
    Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
    Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
    If I have told you
    8 min
  • Proverbs 21
    The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
    Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
    To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
    An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
    The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
    The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
    The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
    The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
    It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
    The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
    When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
    The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
    A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
    It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
    The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
    He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
    The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
    It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
    There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
    He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
    A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
    Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
    Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
    The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
    He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
    The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
    A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
    A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
    There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
    The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
    4 min
  • John 1
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    The same was in the beginning with God.
    All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
    In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
    And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
    There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
    The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
    He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
    That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
    He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
    He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
    But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
    Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
    John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
    And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
    No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
    And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
    And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
    And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
    Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
    He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
    And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
    And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
    John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
    He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
    These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
    The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
    This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
    And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
    And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
    And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
    And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
    Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
    And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
    And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
    Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
    He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
    One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
    He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
    And he brought him to Jesus. A
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  • Numbers 28
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
    And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
    The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
    And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
    It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
    And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
    And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
    And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
    This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
    And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
    And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
    And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
    And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
    And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
    And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
    And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
    In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
    But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
    And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
    A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
    And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
    Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
    After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
    And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
    Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
    But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
    And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
    A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
    And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
    Ye shall offer
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