Exodus 6:1-13

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God Promises Deliverance

6 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with ^(A)a strong hand he will ^(B)drive them out of his land.”

²God spoke to Moses and said to him, ^(C)“I am the Lord. ³I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as ^(D)God Almighty,^[a] but by my name the ^(E)Lord I did not make myself known to them. ⁴^(F)I also established my covenant with them ^(G)to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. ⁵Moreover, ^(H)I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶Say therefore to the people of Israel, ^(I)‘I am the Lord, and ^(J)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and ^(K)I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. ⁷I ^(L)will take you to be my people, and ^(M)I will be your God, and you shall know that ^(N)I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out ^(O)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸I will bring you into ^(P)the land that I ^(Q)swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. ^(R)I am the Lord.’” ⁹Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they ^(S)did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

¹⁰So the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” ¹²But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have ^(T)not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for ^(U)I am of uncircumcised lips?” ¹³But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

1 Samuel 23:15-29

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Saul Pursues David

¹⁵David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. ¹⁶And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. ¹⁷And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. ^(A)Saul my father also knows this.” ¹⁸^(B)And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.

¹⁹^(C)Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of ^(D)Jeshimon? ²⁰Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, ^(E)and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.” ²¹And Saul said, ^(F)“May you be blessed by the Lord, ^(G)for you have had compassion on me. ²²Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning. ²³See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.” ²⁴And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul.

Now David and his men were ^(H)in the wilderness of Maon, ^(I)in the Arabah to the south of ^(J)Jeshimon. ²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told, so he went down to the rock and lived in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them, ²⁷a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.” ²⁸So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.^[a] ²⁹^[b] And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of ^(K)Engedi.

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1 Samuel 23:28 Or Rock of Divisions
1 Samuel 23:29 Ch 24:1 in Hebrew

Jeremiah 10

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Idols and the Living God

10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. ²Thus says the Lord:

“Learn not the way of the nations,
    nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
    because the nations are dismayed at them,
³^(A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.^[a]
^(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
    and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
⁴^(C)They decorate it with silver and gold;
    ^(D)they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so that it cannot move.
⁵Their idols^[b] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
    and ^(E)they cannot speak;
^(F)they have to be carried,
    for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    ^(G)for they cannot do evil,
    neither is it in them to do good.”

⁶^(H)There is none like you, O Lord;
    you are great, and your name is great in might.
⁷^(I)Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
    For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms
    there is none like you.
⁸^(J)They are both ^(K)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!
⁹^(L)Beaten silver is brought from ^(M)Tarshish,
    and gold from ^(N)Uphaz.
^(O)They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
    their clothing is violet and purple;
    ^(P)they are all the work of skilled men.
¹⁰^(Q)But the Lord is the true God;
    ^(R)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

¹¹Thus shall you say to them: ^(S)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth ^(T)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”^[c]

¹²^(U)It is he who ^(V)made the earth by his power,
    ^(W)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and ^(X)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
¹³^(Y)When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
    ^(Z)and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
^(AA)He makes lightning ^(AB)for the rain,
    ^(AC)and he brings forth the wind ^(AD)from his storehouses.
¹⁴^(AE)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
    ^(AF)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
    ^(AG)and there is no breath in them.
¹⁵They are worthless, a work of delusion;
    at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
¹⁶Not like these is he who is ^(AH)the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
^(AI)and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    ^(AJ)the Lord of hosts is his name.

¹⁷^(AK)Gather up your bundle from the ground,
    O you who dwell under siege!
¹⁸For thus says the Lord:
^(AL)“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
    at this time,
^(AM)and I will bring distress on them,
    that they may feel it.”

¹⁹Woe is me because of my hurt!
    ^(AN)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
    and I must bear it.”
²⁰^(AO)My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    ^(AP)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and ^(AQ)to set up my curtains.
²¹^(AR)For the shepherds ^(AS)are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    ^(AT)and all their flock is scattered.

²²A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
^(AU)a great commotion out of the north country
to make ^(AV)the cities of Judah a desolation,
^(AW)a lair of jackals.

²³^(AX)I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
²⁴^(AY)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

²⁵^(AZ)Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
    and on the peoples that call not on your name,
^(BA)for they have devoured Jacob;
    they have devoured him and consumed him,
    and have laid waste his habitation.

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Jeremiah 10:3 Or vapor, or mist
Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They
Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

Psalm 23

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The Lord Is My Shepherd

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my ^(A)shepherd; I shall not ^(B)want.
²    He makes me lie down in green ^(C)pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.^[a]
³    He ^(D)restores my soul.
He ^(E)leads me in ^(F)paths of righteousness^[b]
    for his ^(G)name's sake.

⁴Even though I ^(H)walk through the valley of ^(I)the shadow of death,^[c]
    I will ^(J)fear no evil,
for ^(K)you are with me;
    your ^(L)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵You ^(M)prepare a table before me
    in ^(N)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(O)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(P)cup overflows.
⁶Surely^[d] goodness and mercy^[e] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(Q)dwell^[f] in the house of the Lord
    ^(R)forever.^[g]

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Psalm 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest
Psalm 23:3 Or in right paths
Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness
Psalm 23:6 Or Only
Psalm 23:6 Or steadfast love
Psalm 23:6 Or shall return to dwell
Psalm 23:6 Hebrew for length of days

Matthew 28:11-20

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The Report of the Guard

¹¹While they were going, behold, some of ^(A)the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. ¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers ¹³and said, “Tell people, ^(B)‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴And if this comes to ^(C)the governor's ears, we will ^(D)satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews ^(E)to this day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶Now the eleven disciples ^(F)went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷And when they saw him they ^(G)worshiped him, but some doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and said to them, ^(H)“All authority ^(I)in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹^(J)Go therefore and ^(K)make disciples of ^(L)all nations, ^(M)baptizing them ^(N)in^[a] ^(O)the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them ^(P)to observe all that ^(Q)I have commanded you. And behold, ^(R)I am with you always, to ^(S)the end of the age.”

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Matthew 28:19 Or into

1 Peter 4:1-11

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Stewards of God's Grace

4 Since therefore ^(A)Christ suffered in the flesh,^[a] ^(B)arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for ^(C)whoever has suffered in the flesh ^(D)has ceased from sin, ²^(E)so as to live for ^(F)the rest of the time in the flesh ^(G)no longer for human passions but ^(H)for the will of God. ³For the time that is past ^(I)suffices ^(J)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. ⁴With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^(K)debauchery, and ^(L)they malign you; ⁵but they will give account to him who is ready ^(M)to judge the living and the dead. ⁶For this is why ^(N)the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

⁷^(O)The end of all things is at hand; therefore ^(P)be self-controlled and sober-minded ^(Q)for the sake of your prayers. ⁸Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^(R)love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹^(S)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰^(T)As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, ^(U)as good stewards of God's varied grace: ¹¹whoever speaks, as one who speaks ^(V)oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves ^(W)by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything ^(X)God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. ^(Y)To him belong glory and ^(Z)dominion forever and ever. Amen.