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Daily Readings for March 5
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Leviticus 11
1.Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2."Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3.Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
4."'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. 5.The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. 6.The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you. 7.The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. 8.Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
9."'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat. 10.All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you, 11.and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12.Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
13."'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture, 14.and the red kite, any kind of black kite, 15.any kind of raven, 16.the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk, 17.the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18.the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19.the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20."'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. 21.Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. 22.Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. 23.But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
24."'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 25.Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
26."'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27.Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 28.He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
29."'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, 30.the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. 31.These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. 32.On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean. 33.Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. 34.All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35.Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36.Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37.If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. 38.But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39."'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40.He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
41."'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42.Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43.You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. 44.For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. 45.For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46."'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47.to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"
Psalm 110
1.Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet." 2.Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies. 3.Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth. 4.Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." 5.The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath. 6.He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth. 7.He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Psalm 111
1.Praise Yah!40 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 2.Yahweh's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. 3.His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever. 4.He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful. 5.He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant. 6.He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. 7.The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. 8.They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness. 9.He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome! 10.The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Psalm 112
1.Praise Yah!41 Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. 2.His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. 3.Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. 4.Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. 5.It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. 6.For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. 7.He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. 8.His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries. 9.He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor. 10.The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
2Corinthians 3
1.Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2.You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3.being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh. 4.Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; 5.not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6.who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7.But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: 8.won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 9.For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 10.For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 11.For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12.Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 13.and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away. 14.But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15.But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16.But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17.Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18.But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2Corinthians 4
1.Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint. 2.But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3.Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; 4.in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5.For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6.seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness,"2 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7.But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. 8.We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9.pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; 10.always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11.For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. 12.So then death works in us, but life in you. 13.But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke."3 We also believe, and therefore also we speak; 14.knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15.For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. 16.Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17.For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; 18.while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.