CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • 2nd Corinthians 8,9
    Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
    How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
    For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
    Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
    And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
    Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
    Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
    I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
    And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
    Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
    For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
    For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
    But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
    As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
    But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
    For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
    And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
    And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
    Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
    Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
    And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
    Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
    Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
    For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
    For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
    Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
    Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
    But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
    Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth
    6 min
  • Psalms 115,116
    Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
    Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
    They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
    They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
    They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
    They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
    O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
    O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
    Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
    The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
    He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
    The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
    Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
    The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
    The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
    But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
    I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
    Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
    Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
    Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
    The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
    Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
    For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
    I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
    I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
    I said in my haste, All men are liars.
    What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
    I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
    I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
    Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
    O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
    I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
    I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
    In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
    4 min
  • Leviticus 14
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
    And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
    Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
    And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
    As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
    And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
    And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
    But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
    And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
    And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
    And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
    And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
    And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
    And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
    And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
    And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
    And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
    And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
    And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
    And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
    And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
    And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
    And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave
    9 min
  • 2nd Corinthians 5,6,7
    For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
    If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
    For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
    Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
    Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
    (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
    We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
    Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
    Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
    For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
    For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
    For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
    And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
    Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
    And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
    Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
    We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
    Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
    But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
    In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
    By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
    By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
    As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
    As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
    O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
    Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
    Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
    9 min
  • Psalms 113,114
    Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
    Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
    From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.
    The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
    Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
    Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
    That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
    When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
    Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
    The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
    The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
    What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
    Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
    Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
    Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
    2 min
  • Leviticus 12,13
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
    And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
    And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
    But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
    And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
    Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
    And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
    And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
    When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
    If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
    And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
    And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
    But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again.
    And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
    When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
    And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
    It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
    And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
    Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
    But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
    And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
    Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
    And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is cl
    13 min
  • 2nd Corinthians 3,4
    Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
    Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
    Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
    And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
    Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
    How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
    For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
    For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
    For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
    Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
    And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
    But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
    But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
    Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
    Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
    Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
    But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
    For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
    But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
    Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
    Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
    For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
    So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
    We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
    Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
    For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
    For our l
    6 min
  • Psalms 110,111,112
    The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
    The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
    Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
    The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
    The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
    He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
    He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
    Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
    The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
    His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
    He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
    He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
    The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
    They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
    He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
    Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
    His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
    Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
    Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
    A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
    Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
    He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
    His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
    The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
    4 min
  • Leviticus 11
    And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
    Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
    Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
    And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
    And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
    Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
    These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
    And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
    They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
    Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
    And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
    And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
    Every raven after his kind;
    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
    And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
    And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
    And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
    All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
    Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
    Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
    But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
    And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
    And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
    The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
    And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
    And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
    These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
    And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
    These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
    And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
    And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
    Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk
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  • Psalms 108,109
    O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
    Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
    I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
    For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
    That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
    God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
    Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
    Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
    Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
    Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
    Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
    Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
    Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
    For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
    They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
    For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
    And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
    Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
    When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
    Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
    Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
    Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
    Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
    Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
    Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
    Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
    Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
    As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
    As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
    Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
    Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
    But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
    For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
    I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
    My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
    I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
    Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
    That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
    Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
    Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
    I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
    For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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