Daily Readings for March 7

Daily Readings for March 7
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Leviticus 14

1.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2."This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 3.and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper, 4.then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 5.The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. 6.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. 7.He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

8."He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days. 9.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. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.

10."On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah⁵ of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11.The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12."The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. 13.He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy. 14.The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15.The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. 16.The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh. 17.The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering. 18.The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.

19."The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering; 20.and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21."If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil; 22.and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

23."On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh. 24.The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. 25.He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 26.The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand; 27.and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh. 28.Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering. 29.The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh. 30.He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to afford, 31.even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh."

32.This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

33.Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 34."When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession, 35.then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.' 36.The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house. 37.He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall; 38.then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. 39.The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house, 40.then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city: 41.and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place. 42.They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

43."If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered; 44.then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean. 45.He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.

46."Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening. 47.He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48."If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49.To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 50.He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. 51.He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52.He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; 53.but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean."

54.This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch, 55.and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house, 56.and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; 57.to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean.

This is the law of leprosy.

Psalm 115

1.Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake. 2.Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?" 3.But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. 4.Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5.They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see. 6.They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell. 7.They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat. 8.Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. 9.Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 10.House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 11.You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 12.Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. 13.He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great. 14.May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children. 15.Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. 16.The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men. 17.The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence; 18.But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!

Psalm 116

1.I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. 2.Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3.The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol⁴² got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. 4.Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul." 5.Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. 6.Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. 7.Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. 8.For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9.I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. 10.I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted." 11.I said in my haste, "All men are liars." 12.What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? 13.I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh. 14.I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people. 15.Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints. 16.Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. 17.I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh. 18.I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, 19.in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

2Corinthians 8

1.Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia; 2.how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality. 3.For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, 4.begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints. 5.This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. 6.So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace. 7.But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace. 8.I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9.For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. 10.I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. 11.But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. 12.For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have. 13.For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed, 14.but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality. 15.As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."⁸

16.But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. 17.For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord. 18.We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies. 19.Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness. 20.We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us. 21.Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 22.We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you. 23.As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ. 24.Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

2Corinthians 9

1.It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints, 2.for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them. 3.But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared, 4.so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting. 5.I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. 6.Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7.Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8.And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. 9.As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."⁹

10.Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; 11.you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. 12.For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God; 13.seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all; 14.while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15.Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!