CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Exodus 17,18
    And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
    And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
    And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
    And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
    And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
    But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
    And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
    For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
    When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
    And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
    And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
    And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
    And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
    And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
    And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
    And
    8 min
  • Psalms 70,71
    MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
    Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
    Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
    Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
    But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
    In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
    Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
    Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
    Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
    For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
    By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
    I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
    Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
    Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
    For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
    Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
    O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
    But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
    My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
    I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
    O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
    Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
    Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
    Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
    I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
    My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
    My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
    5 min
  • Exodus 16
    And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
    And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
    Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
    And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
    And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
    And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
    And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
    And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
    And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
    And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
    And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
    This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
    And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
    And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
    And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
    Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
    And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
    And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
    And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
    And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
    And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbat
    7 min
  • Mark 4
    And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
    Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
    And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
    But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
    That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
    And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
    The sower soweth the word.
    And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
    And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
    And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
    And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
    And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
    And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
    For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
    If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
    And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
    For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
    And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
    And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
    For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
    But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
    And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
    It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
    But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
    And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
    And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pas
    7 min
  • Psalms 69
    Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
    I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
    I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
    O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
    Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
    Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
    I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
    For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
    When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
    I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
    They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
    But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
    Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
    Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
    And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
    Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
    Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
    Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
    They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
    Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
    Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
    Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
    Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
    For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
    Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
    But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
    I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
    This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
    The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
    For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
    Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
    For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
    The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
    5 min
  • Mark 3
    And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
    And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
    And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
    And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
    And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
    But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
    And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
    And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
    For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
    And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
    And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
    And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
    And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
    And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
    And Simon he surnamed Peter;
    And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
    And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
    And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
    And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
    And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
    And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
    And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
    And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
    And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
    And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
    No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
    Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
    But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
    Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
    There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
    And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
    And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
    And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
    For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
    5 min
  • Exodus 15
    Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
    The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
    The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
    Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
    The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
    Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
    And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
    And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
    Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
    Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
    Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
    Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
    The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
    Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
    Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.
    The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
    For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
    And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
    So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
    And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
    And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
    5 min
  • Mark 2
    And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
    And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
    And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
    And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
    When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
    But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
    Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
    And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
    Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
    But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
    I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
    And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
    And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
    And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
    And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
    When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
    And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
    But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
    No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
    And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
    And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
    And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
    And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
    How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
    And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
    Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
    5 min
  • Psalms 68
    Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
    As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
    But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
    Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
    God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
    O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
    The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
    Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
    Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
    The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
    Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
    Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
    When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
    The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
    Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
    The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
    Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
    Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
    He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
    But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
    The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
    That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
    They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
    The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
    Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
    There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
    Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
    Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
    Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
    Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
    Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
    To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
    Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
    O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
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  • Exodus 13,14
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
    And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
    This day came ye out in the month Abib.
    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
    Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
    Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
    And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
    Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
    That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.
    And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
    And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
    And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
    But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
    And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
    And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
    He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
    For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
    And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
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