Deuteronomy 16

New King James Version

The Passover Reviewed^(A)

16 “Observe the ^(B)month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for ^(C)in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. ²Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and ^(D)the herd, in the ^(E)place where the Lord chooses to put His name. ³You shall eat no leavened bread with it; ^(F)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may ^(G)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. ⁴^(H)And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until ^(I)morning.

⁵“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; ⁶but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover ^(J)at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. ⁷And you shall roast and eat it ^(K)in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. ⁸Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and ^(L)on the seventh day there shall be a ^[a]sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

The Feast of Weeks Reviewed^(M)

⁹“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. ¹⁰Then you shall keep the ^(N)Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give ^(O)as the Lord your God blesses you. ¹¹^(P)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. ¹²^(Q)And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed^(R)

¹³^(S)“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. ¹⁴And ^(T)you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your ^[b]gates. ¹⁵^(U)Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.

¹⁶^(V)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and ^(W)they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. ¹⁷Every man shall give as he is able, ^(X)according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

Justice Must Be Administered

¹⁸“You shall appoint ^(Y)judges and officers in all your ^[c]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. ¹⁹^(Z)You shall not pervert justice; ^(AA)you shall not ^[d]show partiality, ^(AB)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and ^[e]twists the words of the righteous. ²⁰You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may ^(AC)live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

²¹^(AD)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a ^[f]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. ²²^(AE)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 16:8 Lit. restraint
Deuteronomy 16:14 towns
Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah

Psalm 103

New King James Version

Praise for the Lord’s Mercies

A Psalm of David.

103 Bless ^(A)the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
²Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
³^(B)Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who ^(C)heals all your diseases,
⁴Who redeems your life from destruction,
^(D)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
⁵Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that ^(E)your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷^(F)He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
⁸^(G)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
⁹^(H)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
¹⁰^(I)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
¹²As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(J)removed our transgressions from us.
¹³^(K)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
¹⁴For He ^[a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, ^(L)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
¹⁶^(M)For the wind passes over it, and it is ^[b]gone,
And ^(N)its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
¹⁸^(O)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And ^(P)His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰^(Q)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who ^(R)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
²¹Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
^(S)You ^[c]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
²²Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Footnotes

Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
Psalm 103:16 not
Psalm 103:21 servants

Isaiah 43

New King James Version

The Redeemer of Israel

43 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, ^(A)for I have redeemed you;
^(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
²^(C)When you pass through the waters, ^(D)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you ^(E)walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
³For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
^(F)I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
⁴Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have ^(G)loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
⁵^(H)Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And ^(I)gather you from the west;
⁶I will say to the ^(J)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
⁷Everyone who is ^(K)called by My name,
Whom ^(L)I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

⁸^(M)Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the ^(N)deaf who have ears.
⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
^(O)Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
¹⁰“You^(P) are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
^(Q)“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and ^(R)believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
¹¹I, even I, ^(S)am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
¹²I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no ^(T)foreign god among you;
^(U)Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
¹³^(V)Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will ^(W)reverse it?”

¹⁴Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your ^(X)King.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord, who ^(Y)makes a way in the sea
And a ^(Z)path through the mighty waters,
¹⁷Who ^(AA)brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
¹⁸“Do^(AB) not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
¹⁹Behold, I will do a ^(AC)new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
^(AD)I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
²⁰The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because ^(AE)I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
²¹^(AF)This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My ^(AG)praise.

Pleading with Unfaithful Israel

²²“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
And you ^(AH)have been weary of Me, O Israel.
²³^(AI)You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
²⁴You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have ^(AJ)wearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, even I, am He who ^(AK)blots out your transgressions ^(AL)for My own sake;
^(AM)And I will not remember your sins.
²⁶Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be ^[a]acquitted.
²⁷Your first father sinned,
And your ^[b]mediators have transgressed against Me.
²⁸Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
^(AN)I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.

Footnotes

Isaiah 43:26 justified
Isaiah 43:27 interpreters

Revelation 13

New King James Version

The Beast from the Sea

13 Then ^[a]I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw ^(A)a beast rising up out of the sea, ^(B)having ^[b]seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a ^(C)blasphemous name. ²Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The ^(D)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads ^(E)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And ^(F)all the world marveled and followed the beast. ⁴So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(G)“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

⁵And he was given ^(H)a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to ^[c]continue for ^(I)forty-two months. ⁶Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, ^(J)His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ⁷It was granted to him ^(K)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^(L)authority was given him over every ^[d]tribe, tongue, and nation. ⁸All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^(M)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ^(N)from the foundation of the world.

⁹^(O)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰^(P)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; ^(Q)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. ^(R)Here is the ^[e]patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast ^(S)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ¹²And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, ^(T)whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³^(U)He performs great signs, ^(V)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴^(W)And he deceives ^[f]those who dwell on the earth ^(X)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword ^(Y)and lived. ¹⁵He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^(Z)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^(AA)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷and that no one may buy or sell except one who has ^[g]the mark or ^(AB)the name of the beast, ^(AC)or the number of his name.

¹⁸^(AD)Here is wisdom. Let him who has ^(AE)understanding calculate ^(AF)the number of the beast, ^(AG)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.