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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
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Psalm 91:1-2

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in (A)the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in (B)the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say[a] to the Lord, “My (C)refuge and my (D)fortress,
    my God, in whom I (E)trust.”

Psalm 91:9-16

Because you have made the Lord your (A)dwelling place—
    the Most High, who is my (B)refuge[a]
10 (C)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
    (D)no plague come near your tent.

11 (E)For he will command his (F)angels concerning you
    to (G)guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you (H)strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on (I)the lion and the (J)adder;
    the young lion and (K)the serpent you will (L)trample underfoot.

14 “Because he (M)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he (N)knows my name.
15 When he (O)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and (P)honor him.
16 With (Q)long life I will satisfy him
    and (R)show him my salvation.”

Exodus 6:1-13

God Promises Deliverance

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.”

God spoke to Moses and said to him, (C)“I am the Lord. I 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. (F)I also established my covenant with them (G)to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. Moreover, (H)I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say 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. I (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. I 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.’” Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they (S)did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

10 So the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But 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?” 13 But 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.

Acts 7:35-42

35 “This Moses, whom they rejected, (A)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer (B)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (C)This man led them out, performing (D)wonders and signs (E)in Egypt and (F)at the Red Sea and (G)in the wilderness for (H)forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you (I)a prophet like me from your brothers.’ 38 This is the one (J)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with (K)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. (L)He received (M)living (N)oracles to give to us. 39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and (O)in their hearts they turned to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, (P)‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And (Q)they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and (R)were rejoicing in (S)the works of their hands. 42 But (T)God turned away and (U)gave them over to worship (V)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

(W)“‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
    (X)during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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