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Daily Readings for March 29
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Numbers 11
1.The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 2.The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated. 3.The name of that place was called Taberah4, because Yahweh's fire burnt among them.
4.The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who will give us flesh to eat? 5.We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; 6.but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at." 7.The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium. 8.The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil. 9.When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
10.Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. 11.Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 12.Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?' 13.Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.' 14.I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15.If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
16.Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17.I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
18."Say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you will eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, "Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you will eat. 19.You will not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, 20.but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we come out of Egypt?"'"
21.Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.' 22.Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?"
23.Yahweh said to Moses, "Has Yahweh's hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not."
24.Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent. 25.Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. 26.But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. 27.A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!"
28.Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, "My lord Moses, forbid them!"
29.Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!"
30.Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31.A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth. 32.The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers;5 and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp. 33.While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague. 34.The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah,6 because there they buried the people who lusted.
35.From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.
Proverbs 7
1.My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. 2.Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3.Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4.Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative, 5.that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words. 6.For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice. 7.I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, 8.passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house, 9.in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10.Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent. 11.She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house. 12.Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner. 13.So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: 14."Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. 15.Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. 16.I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17.I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18.Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving. 19.For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey. 20.He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." 21.With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. 22.He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. 23.Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life. 24.Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. 25.Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths, 26.for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army. 27.Her house is the way to Sheol5, going down to the rooms of death.
Luke 21
1.He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. 2.He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.54 3.He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, 4.for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
5.As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, 6."As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."
7.They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
8.He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he55,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them. 9.When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
10.Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11.There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12.But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake. 13.It will turn out as a testimony for you. 14.Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15.for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. 16.You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. 17.You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. 18.And not a hair of your head will perish.
19."By your endurance you will win your lives.
20."But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. 21.Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. 22.For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23.Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. 24.They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 25.There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; 26.men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27.Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28.But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."
29.He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees. 30.When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near. 31.Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. 32.Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished. 33.Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
34."So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. 35.For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. 36.Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
37.Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet. 38.All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.