Daily Readings for April 4
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Numbers 19

 

1.Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2."This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded: Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, and which was never yoked. 3.You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face: 4.and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. 5.One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6.and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7.Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. 8.He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

9."A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin offering. 10.He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever.

11."He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days: 12.the same shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he doesn't purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13.Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him.

14."This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15.Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.

16."Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17."For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: 18.and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave: 19.and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. 20.But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 21.It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

22."Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening."

 

Proverbs 14

 

1.Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands. 2.He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him. 3.The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them. 4.Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5.A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies. 6.A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. 7.Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips. 8.The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit. 9.Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will. 10.The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. 11.The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. 12.There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. 13.Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. 14.The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. 15.A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways. 16.A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless. 17.He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated. 18.The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 19.The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20.The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends. 21.He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor. 22.Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good. 23.In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. 24.The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly. 25.A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful. 26.In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children. 27.The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death. 28.In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. 29.He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. 30.The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones. 31.He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him. 32.The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge. 33.Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools. 34.Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. 35.The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

 

Galatians 5

 

1.Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2.Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 3.Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4.You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5.For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6.For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. 7.You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? 8.This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9.A little yeast grows through the whole lump. 10.I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

11.But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 12.I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. 13.For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 14.For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."¹¹ 15.But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another. 16.But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17.For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 18.But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19.Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20.idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21.envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

22.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,¹² 23.gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24.Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. 25.If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit. 26.Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

 

Galatians 6

 

1.Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted. 2.Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3.For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4.But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor. 5.For each man will bear his own burden. 6.But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. 7.Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8.For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9.Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. 10.So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

11.See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand. 12.As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13.For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. 14.But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15.For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16.As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel. 17.From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

18.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

 

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