Day 212 of 365

1 Chr 22:1–23:32

22:1 Then David said, "This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

22:2 David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build God's house.

22:3 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

22:4 and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

22:5 David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David prepared abundantly before his death.

22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

22:7 David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.

22:8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.'

22:11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you and prosper you, and build the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

22:12 May the Lord give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

22:13 Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and courageous. Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed.

22:14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.

22:15 There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work:

22:16 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may the Lord be with you."

22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

22:18 "Isn't the Lord your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the Lord your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord."

23:1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

23:2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

23:3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

23:4 David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; six thousand were officers and judges;

23:5 four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

23:6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

23:7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

23:8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan.

23:10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

23:11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

23:12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

23:13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

23:14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

23:15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

23:16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

23:17 The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

23:18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

23:19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

23:20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

23:21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

23:22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

23:23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

23:24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

23:25 For David said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

23:26 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

23:27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God's house;

23:29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;

23:30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise in the evening;

23:31 and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord;

23:32 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.

Acts 26:22–32

22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said would happen,

23 how the Messiah must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"

25 But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."

28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"

29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

30 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

32 Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."

Job 1:1–4

1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.