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J A N U A R Y
Who are those who fear the Lord?
He will show them the path they
should choose.
13 They will live in prosperity,
and their children will inherit
the land.
14 The Lord is a friend to those who
fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.
15 My eyes are always on the Lord,
for he rescues me from the traps
of my enemies.
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25 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse
begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
PROVERBS 6:6-11
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
they labor hard all summer, gathering
food for the winter. But you, lazybones,
how long will you sleep? When will you
wake up? A little extra sleep, a little more
slumber, a little folding of the hands to
rest— then poverty will pounce on you
like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like
an armed robber.
J A N U A R Y
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JANUARY
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EXODUS 12:14–13:16
“This is a day to remember. Each year,
from generation to generation, you
must celebrate it as a special festival to
the Lord. This is a law for all time.
15 For seven days the bread you eat
must be made without yeast. On the
first day of the festival, remove every
trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast
during the seven days of the festival
will be cut off from the community of
Israel. 16 On the first day of the festival
and again on the seventh day, all the
people must observe an official day for
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holy assembly. No work of any kind
may be done on these days except in
the preparation of food.
17“Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened
Bread, for it will remind you that I brought
your forces out of the land of Egypt on
this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day
from generation to generation. 18The
bread you eat must be made without
yeast from the evening of the fourteenth
day of the first month until the evening
of the twenty-first day of that month.
19During those seven days, there must be
no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone
who eats anything made with yeast during this week will be cut off from the
community of Israel. These regulations
apply both to the foreigners living
among you and to the native-born Israelites. 20During those days you must not
eat anything made with yeast. Wherever
you live, eat only bread made without
yeast.”
21Then Moses called all the elders of
Israel together and said to them, “Go,
pick out a lamb or young goat for each of
your families, and slaughter the Passover
animal. 22Drain the blood into a basin.
Then take a bundle of hyssop branches
and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the
doorframes of your houses. And no one
may go out through the door until morning. 23For the Lord will pass through the
land to strike down the Egyptians. But
when he sees the blood on the top and
sides of the doorframe, the Lord will
pass over your home. He will not permit
his death angel to enter your house and
strike you down.
24“Remember, these instructions are
a permanent law that you and your
descendants must observe forever.
25 When you enter the land the Lord
has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. 26Then
your children will ask, ‘What does this
ceremony mean?’ 27And you will reply,
‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord,
for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck
