Bible Reading
April 12
The World English Bible
Apr.
12
Numbers
15, 16
Num
15:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
15:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you have
come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
Num
15:3 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering,
or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or in
your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, of the herd, or
of the flock;
Num
15:4 then he who offers his offering shall offer to Yahweh a meal
offering of a tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
Num
15:5 and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin, you
shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each
lamb.
Num
15:6 Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth
parts of an ephah
of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil:
Num
15:7 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a
hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
Num
15:8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh;
Num
15:9 then shall he offer with the bull a meal offering of three
tenth parts of an ephah
of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil:
Num
15:10 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine,
for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
Num
15:11 Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for
each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.
Num
15:12 According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall
do to everyone according to their number.
Num
15:13 All who are native-born shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh.
Num
15:14 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be
among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering
made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; as you do, so he shall
do.
Num
15:15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for
the stranger who lives as a foreigner with
you, a statute forever throughout your
generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
Num
15:16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the
stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.
Num
15:17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
15:18 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come
into the land where I bring you,
Num
15:19 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land,
you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh.
Num
15:20 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a
wave offering: as the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you
shall heave it.
Num
15:21 Of the first of your dough you shall give to Yahweh a wave
offering throughout your generations.
Num
15:22 When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments,
which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
Num
15:23 even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day
that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
Num
15:24 then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh,
with the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it, according
to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
Num
15:25 The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of
the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an
error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire
to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error:
Num
15:26 and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be
forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for
in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
Num
15:27 If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female
goat a year old for a sin offering.
Num
15:28 The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs, when he
sins unwittingly, before Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he
shall be forgiven.
Num
15:29 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly,
for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the
stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
Num
15:30 But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is
native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
Num
15:31 Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall
be on him.
Num
15:32 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they
found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
Num
15:33 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and
Aaron, and to all the congregation.
Num
15:34 They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what
should be done to him.
Num
15:35 Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.
Num
15:36 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and
stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Num
15:37 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
15:38 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they
should make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout
their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a
cord of blue:
Num
15:39 and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it,
and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that
you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which
you use to play the prostitute;
Num
15:40 that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy
to your God.
Num
15:41 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.
Num
16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of
Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
Num
16:2 and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of
Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the
assembly, men of renown;
Num
16:3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and
against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you, seeing all
the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among
them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?
Num
16:4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
Num
16:5 and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the
morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause
him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause
to come near to him.
Num
16:6 Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company;
Num
16:7 and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh
tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he
shall be
holy: you take too much on yourselves, you sons of Levi.
Num
16:8 Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
Num
16:9 seems it but
a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from
the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the
service of the tabernacle of Yahweh, and to stand before the
congregation to minister to them;
Num
16:10 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the
sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?
Num
16:11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together
against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?
Num
16:12 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and
they said, We won't come up:
Num
16:13 is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you
must also make yourself a prince over us?
Num
16:14 Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk
and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you
put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.
Num
16:15 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect
their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I
hurt one of them."
Num
16:16 Moses said to Korah, You and all your company go before
Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
Num
16:17 and each man take his censer, and put incense on them, and
each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers;
you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
Num
16:18 They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid
incense thereon, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with
Moses and Aaron.
Num
16:19 Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door
of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the
congregation.
Num
16:20 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
Num
16:22 They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with
all the congregation?
Num
16:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
16:24 Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the
tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Num
16:25 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of
Israel followed him.
Num
16:26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from
the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you
be consumed in all their sins.
Num
16:27 So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at
the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their
little ones.
Num
16:28 Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to
do all these works; for I have
not done them
of my own mind.
Num
16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be
visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me.
Num
16:30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth,
and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go
down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have
despised Yahweh.
Num
16:31 It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words,
that the ground split apart that was under them;
Num
16:32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and
their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all
their goods.
Num
16:33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive
into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from
among the assembly.
Num
16:34 All Israel that were around them fled at the cry of them; for
they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
Num
16:35 Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred
fifty men who offered the incense.
Num
16:36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
16:37 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up
the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they
are holy,
Num
16:38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and
let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they
offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall
be a sign to the children of Israel.
Num
16:39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who
were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the
altar,
Num
16:40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no
stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense
before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh
spoke to him by Moses.
Num
16:41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have
killed the people of Yahweh.
Num
16:42 It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses
and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and
behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
Num
16:43 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
Num
16:44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
16:45 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them
in a moment. They fell on their faces.
Num
16:46 Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein
from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly to
the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath
gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun.
Num
16:47 Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the
assembly; and behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he
put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
Num
16:48 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed.
Num
16:49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and
seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
Num
16:50 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting:
and the plague was stayed.
Apr. 12, 13
Luke 8
Luk 8:1 It happened
soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages,
preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him
were the twelve,
Luk 8:2 and certain
women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who
was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
Luk 8:3 and Joanna, the
wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served
them from their possessions.
Luk 8:4 When a great
multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to
him, he spoke by a parable.
Luk 8:5 "The
farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the
road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky
devoured it.
Luk 8:6 Other seed fell
on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had
no moisture.
Luk 8:7 Other fell amid
the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Luk 8:8 Other fell into
the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred
times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has
ears to hear, let him hear!"
Luk 8:9 Then his
disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
Luk 8:10 He said, "To
you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to
the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they
may not understand.'
Luk 8:11 Now the
parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luk 8:12 Those along
the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the
word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
Luk 8:13 Those on the
rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but
these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time
of temptation.
Luk 8:14 That which
fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go
on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of
life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Luk 8:15 That in the
good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having
heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luk 8:16 "No one,
when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under
a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the
light.
Luk 8:17 For nothing is
hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not
be known and come to light.
Luk 8:18 Be careful
therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and
whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he
thinks he has."
Luk 8:19 His mother and
brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
Luk 8:20 It was told
him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand
outside, desiring to see you."
Luk 8:21 But he
answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the
word of God, and do it."
Luk 8:22 Now it
happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself
and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the
other side of the lake." So they launched out.
Luk 8:23 But as they
sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they
were taking on dangerous amounts of water.
Luk 8:24 They came to
him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!"
He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they
ceased, and it was calm.
Luk 8:25 He said to
them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled,
saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even
the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
Luk 8:26 They arrived
at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
Luk 8:27 When Jesus
stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a
long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house,
but in the tombs.
Luk 8:28 When he saw
Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice
said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most
High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
Luk 8:29 For Jesus was
commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean
spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound
with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by
the demon into the desert.
Luk 8:30 Jesus asked
him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for
many demons had entered into him.
Luk 8:31 They begged
him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Luk 8:32 Now there was
there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged
him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.
Luk 8:33 The demons
came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed
down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
Luk 8:34 When those who
fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city
and in the country.
Luk 8:35 People went
out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man
from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed
and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
Luk 8:36 Those who saw
it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
Luk 8:37 All the people
of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from
them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and
returned.
Luk 8:38 But the man
from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with
him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luk 8:39 "Return
to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you."
He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great
things Jesus had done for him.
Luk 8:40 It happened,
when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were
all waiting for him.
Luk 8:41 Behold, there
came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell
down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house,
Luk 8:42 for he had an
only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as
he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
Luk 8:43 A woman who
had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on
physicians, and could not be healed by any,
Luk 8:44 came behind
him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of
her blood stopped.
Luk 8:45 Jesus said,
"Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with
him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you
say, 'Who touched me?' "
Luk 8:46 But Jesus
said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone
out of me."
Luk 8:47 When the woman
saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down
before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the
reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Luk 8:48 He said to
her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in
peace."
Luk 8:49 While he still
spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to
him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."
Luk 8:50 But Jesus
hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and
she will be healed."
Luk 8:51 When he came
to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John,
James, the father of the child, and her mother.
Luk 8:52 All were
weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't
dead, but sleeping."
Luk 8:53 They were
ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
Luk 8:54 But he put
them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying,
"Child, arise!"
Luk 8:55 Her spirit
returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be
given to her to eat.
Luk 8:56 Her parents
were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
