Daily Readings for February 3
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Exodus 9

 

1.Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2.For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still, 3.behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. 4.Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'" 5.Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land." 6.Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. 7.Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

8.Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9.It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking out with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."

10.They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking out with boils on man and on animal. 11.The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. 12.Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

13.Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14.For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15.For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; 16.but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; 17.as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go. 18.Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. 19.Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

20.Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. 21.Whoever didn't respect the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22.Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

23.Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24.So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25.The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. 26.Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27.Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28.Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

29.Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's. 30.But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."

31.The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 32.But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up. 33.Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. 34.When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35.The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.

 

Psalm 62

 

1.My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. 2.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken. 3.How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? 4.They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 5.My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. 6.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. 7.With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8.Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9.Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. 10.Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them. 11.God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. 12.Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

 

Psalm 63

 

1.God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2.So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 3.Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. 4.So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. 5.My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, 6.when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. 7.For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. 8.My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. 9.But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10.They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. 11.But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

 

Romans 13

 

1.Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. 2.Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. 3.For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, 4.for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. 5.Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6.For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing. 7.Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. 8.Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

9.For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet,"[60][61] and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."[62] 10.Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. 11.Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. 12.The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light. 13.Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. 14.But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

 

Romans 14

 

1.Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. 2.One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3.Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. 4.Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

5.One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. 6.He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks. 7.For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. 8.For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9.For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

10.But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11.For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"[63]

12.So then each one of us will give account of himself to God. 13.Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling. 14.I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15.Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. 16.Then don't let your good be slandered, 17.for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18.For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19.So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up. 20.Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating. 21.It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

22.Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in that which he approves. 23.But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

24.Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, 25.but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; 26.to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.⁶⁴

 

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