Daily Readings for March 8
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Leviticus 15

 

1.Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2."Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. 3.This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.

4."'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean. 5.Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 6.He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

7."'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

8."'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

9."'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be unclean. 10.Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

11."'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

12."'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13."'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

14."'On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest: 15.and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.

16."'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. 17.Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. 18.If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

19."'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

20."'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean. 21.Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 22.Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 23.If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.

24."'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.

25."'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period: she is unclean. 26.Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period: and everything whereon she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period. 27.Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

28."'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29.On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting. 30.The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.

31."'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"

32.This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby; 33.and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.

 

Psalm 117

 

1.Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! 2.For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!

 

Psalm 118

 

1.Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2.Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. 3.Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. 4.Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. 5.Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. 6.Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 7.Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. 8.It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. 9.It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. 10.All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off. 11.They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off. 12.They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off. 13.You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. 14.Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. 15.The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. 16.The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!" 17.I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works. 18.Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19.Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. 20.This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. 21.I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. 22.The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. 23.This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. 24.This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! 25.Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. 26.Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh. 27.Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. 28.You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. 29.Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

 

2Corinthians 10

 

1.Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 2.Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh. 3.For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh; 4.for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, 5.throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; 6.and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full. 7.Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's. 8.For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed, 9.that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters. 10.For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised." 11.Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present. 12.For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. 13.But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you. 14.For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ, 15.not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence, 16.so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done. 17.But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."¹⁰ 18.For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

 

2Corinthians 11

 

1.I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. 2.For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3.But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4.For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different "good news", which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough. 5.For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles. 6.But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things. 7.Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge? 8.I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you. 9.When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so. 10.As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11.Why? Because I don't love you? God knows. 12.But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we. 13.For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles. 14.And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 15.It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

16.I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little. 17.That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. 18.Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast. 19.For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise. 20.For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face. 21.I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. 22.Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23.Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often. 24.Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one. 25.Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep. 26.I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers; 27.in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

28.Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies. 29.Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation? 30.If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness. 31.The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie. 32.In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me. 33.Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

 

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