Leviticus 27

• 1. The LORD said to Moses,
• 2. "Give the following instructions to the Israelites: If you make a special vow to dedicate someone to the LORD by paying the value of that person,
• 3. here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty pieces of silver;
• 4. a woman of that age is valued at thirty pieces of silver.
• 5. A boy between five and twenty is valued at twenty pieces of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten pieces of silver.
• 6. A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five pieces of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three pieces of silver.
• 7. A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen pieces of silver; a woman older than sixty is valued at ten pieces of silver.
• 8. If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the prescribed amount, go to the priest and he will evaluate your ability to pay. You will then pay the amount decided by the priest.
• 9. "If your vow involves giving a clean animal--one that is acceptable as an offering to the LORD--then your gift to the LORD will be considered holy.
• 10. The animal should never be exchanged or substituted for another--neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if such an exchange is in fact made, then both the original animal and the substitute will be considered holy.
• 11. But if your vow involves an unclean animal--one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD--then you must bring the animal to the priest.
• 12. He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final.
• 13. If you want to redeem the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.
• 14. "If you dedicate a house to the LORD, the priest must come to assess its value. The priest's assessment will be final.
• 15. If you wish to redeem the house, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the house will again belong to you.
• 16. "If you dedicate to the LORD a piece of your ancestral property, its value will be assessed by the amount of seed required to plant it--fifty pieces of silver for an area that produces five bushels of barley seed.
• 17. If the field is dedicated to the LORD in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply.
• 18. But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest must assess the land's value in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee.
• 19. If you decide to redeem the dedicated field, you must pay the land's value as assessed by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again belong to you.
• 20. But if you decide not to redeem the field, or if the field is sold to someone else by the priests, it can never be redeemed.
• 21. When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the LORD. It will become the property of the priests.
• 22. "If you dedicate to the LORD a field that you have purchased but which is not part of your ancestral property,
• 23. the priest must assess its value based on the years until the next Year of Jubilee. You must then give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the LORD.
• 24. In the Year of Jubilee the field will be released to the original owner from whom you purchased it.
• 25. All the value assessments must be measured in terms of the standard sanctuary shekel.
• 26. "You may not dedicate to the LORD the firstborn of your cattle or sheep because the firstborn of these animals already belong to him.
• 27. However, if it is the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal, you may redeem it by paying the priest's assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not redeem it, the priest may sell it to someone else for its assessed value.
• 28. "However, anything specially set apart by the LORD--whether a person, an animal, or an inherited field--must never be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart for the LORD as holy.
• 29. A person specially set apart by the LORD for destruction cannot be redeemed. Such a person must be put to death.
• 30. "A tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.
• 31. If you want to redeem the LORD's tenth of the fruit or grain, you must pay its value, plus 20 percent.
• 32. The LORD also owns every tenth animal counted off from your herds and flocks. They are set apart to him as holy.
• 33. The tenth animal must not be selected on the basis of whether it is good or bad, and no substitutions will be allowed. If any exchange is in fact made, then both the original animal and the substituted one will be considered holy and cannot be redeemed."
• 34. These are the commands that the LORD gave to the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

Psalms 34

• 1. I will praise the LORD at all times. I will constantly speak his praises.
• 2. I will boast only in the LORD; let all who are discouraged take heart.
• 3. Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; let us exalt his name together.
• 4. I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me, freeing me from all my fears.
• 5. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
• 6. I cried out to the LORD in my suffering, and he heard me. He set me free from all my fears.
• 7. For the angel of the LORD guards all who fear him, and he rescues them.
• 8. Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in him!
• 9. Let the LORD's people show him reverence, for those who honor him will have all they need.
• 10. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will never lack any good thing.
• 11. Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the LORD.
• 12. Do any of you want to live a life that is long and good?
• 13. Then watch your tongue! Keep your lips from telling lies!
• 14. Turn away from evil and do good. Work hard at living in peace with others.
• 15. The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.
• 16. But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.
• 17. The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.
• 18. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit.
• 19. The righteous face many troubles, but the LORD rescues them from each and every one.
• 20. For the LORD protects them from harm--not one of their bones will be broken!
• 21. Calamity will surely overtake the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
• 22. But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. Everyone who trusts in him will be freely pardoned.

Ecclesiastes 10

• 1. Dead flies will cause even a bottle of perfume to stink! Yes, an ounce of foolishness can outweigh a pound of wisdom and honor.
• 2. The hearts of the wise lead them to do right, and the hearts of the foolish lead them to do evil.
• 3. You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street!
• 4. If your boss is angry with you, don't quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.
• 5. There is another evil I have seen as I have watched the world go by. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
• 6. if they give foolish people great authority, and if they fail to give people of proven worth their rightful place of dignity.
• 7. I have even seen servants riding like princes--and princes walking like servants.
• 8. When you dig a well, you may fall in. When you demolish an old wall, you could be bitten by a snake.
• 9. When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you! When you chop wood, there is danger with each stroke of your ax! Such are the risks of life.
• 10. Since a dull ax requires great strength, sharpen the blade. That's the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed.
• 11. It does no good to charm a snake after it has bitten you.
• 12. It is pleasant to listen to wise words, but the speech of fools brings them to ruin.
• 13. Since fools base their thoughts on foolish premises, their conclusions will be wicked madness.
• 14. Foolish people claim to know all about the future and tell everyone the details! But who can really know what is going to happen?
• 15. Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they have no strength for even the simplest tasks.
• 16. Destruction is certain for the land whose king is a child and whose leaders feast in the morning.
• 17. Happy is the land whose king is a nobleman and whose leaders feast only to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.
• 18. Laziness lets the roof leak, and soon the rafters begin to rot.
• 19. A party gives laughter, and wine gives happiness, and money gives everything!
• 20. Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts. And don't make fun of a rich man, either. A little bird may tell them what you have said.

New Living Translation: 113 of 365 days.