Saturday, October 30, 2021
Ezra 8:1–23
1These are the family heads and those registered with
them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom;
of the descendants
of Ithamar, Daniel;
of the descendants
of David, Hattush 3of the descendants of Shecaniah;
of the descendants
of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
4of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of
Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
5of the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel,
and with him 300 men;
6of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan,
and with him 50 men;
7of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of
Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
8of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of
Michael, and with him 80 men;
9of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel,
and with him 218 men;
10of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of
Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
11of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai,
and with him 28 men;
12of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of
Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
13of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose
names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
14of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and
with them 70 men.
15I assembled them at the canal that flows toward
Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the
priests, I found no Levites there. 16So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel,
Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were
leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, 17and I
sent them to Iddo, the leader in Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and
his kinsmen, the temple servants in Casiphia, so that they might bring
attendants to us for the house of our God. 18Because the gracious
hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the
descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and
brothers, 18 men; 19and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the
descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 men. 20They
also brought 220 of the temple servants--a body that David and the officials
had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.
21There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so
that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey
for us and our children, with all our possessions. 22I was ashamed
to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the
road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on
everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake
him." 23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he
answered our prayer.
Psalm
114
1When
Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, 2Judah
became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3The sea looked and
fled, the Jordan turned back; 4the mountains skipped like rams, the
hills like lambs. 5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that
you turned back, 6you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you
hills, like lambs? 7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8who turned the rock into a
pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
1
Peter 1:1–12
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To God's elect,
strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia
and Bithynia, 2who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to
Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be
yours in abundance.
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an
inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, 5who
through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In this you greatly
rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all
kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith--of greater
worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved
genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is
revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even
though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of
your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke
of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest
care, 11trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the
Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of
Christ and the glories that would follow. 12It was revealed to them
that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things
that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the
Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
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