Numbers 1

• 1. One day in midspring, during the second year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. He said,
• 2. "Take a census of the whole community of Israel by their clans and families. List the names of all the men
• 3. twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron are to direct the project,
• 4. assisted by one family leader from each tribe."
• 5. These are the tribes and the names of the leaders chosen for the task: Reuben....................... Elizur son of Shedeur
• 6. Simeon................. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai
• 7. Judah.................... Nahshon son of Amminadab
• 8. Issachar........................ Nethanel son of Zuar
• 9. Zebulun......................... Eliab son of Helon
• 10. Ephraim son of Joseph...... Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph...... Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
• 11. Benjamin.................... Abidan son of Gideoni
• 12. Dan................... Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
• 13. Asher......................... Pagiel son of Ocran
• 14. Gad......................... Eliasaph son of Deuel
• 15. Naphtali........................ Ahira son of Enan
• 16. These tribal leaders, heads of their own families, were chosen from among all the people.
• 17. Now Moses and Aaron and the chosen leaders
• 18. called together the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel twenty years old or older were registered, one by one,
• 19. just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses counted the people there in the wilderness of Sinai.
• 20. This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, each listed according to his own clan and family: Reuben (Jacob's oldest son)...... 46,500
• 21.
• 22. Simeon..................... 59,300
• 23.
• 24. Gad........................ 45,650
• 25.
• 26. Judah...................... 74,600
• 27.
• 28. Issachar.................... 54,400
• 29.
• 30. Zebulun.................... 57,400
• 31.
• 32. Ephraim son of Joseph........ 40,500
• 33.
• 34. Manasseh son of Joseph........ 32,200
• 35.
• 36. Benjamin................... 35,400
• 37.
• 38. Dan........................ 62,700
• 39.
• 40. Asher...................... 41,500
• 41.
• 42. Naphtali.................... 53,400
• 43.
• 44. These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.
• 45. They were counted by families--all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
• 46. The total number was 603,550.
• 47. But this total did not include the Levites.
• 48. For the LORD had said to Moses,
• 49. "Exempt the tribe of Levi from the census; do not include them when you count the rest of the Israelites.
• 50. You must put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and its equipment as you travel, and they must care for it and camp around it.
• 51. Whenever the Tabernacle is moved, the Levites will take it down and set it up again. Anyone else who goes too near the Tabernacle will be executed.
• 52. Each tribe of Israel will have a designated camping area with its own family banner.
• 53. But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to offer the people of Israel protection from the LORD's fierce anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle."
• 54. So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Psalms 35

• 1. O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Declare war on those who are attacking me.
• 2. Put on your armor, and take up your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.
• 3. Lift up your spear and javelin and block the way of my enemies. Let me hear you say, "I am your salvation!"
• 4. Humiliate and disgrace those trying to kill me; turn them back in confusion.
• 5. Blow them away like chaff in the wind--a wind sent by the angel of the LORD.
• 6. Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
• 7. Although I did them no wrong, they laid a trap for me. Although I did them no wrong, they dug a pit for me.
• 8. So let sudden ruin overtake them! Let them be caught in the snare they set for me! Let them fall to destruction in the pit they dug for me.
• 9. Then I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be glad because he rescues me.
• 10. I will praise him from the bottom of my heart: "LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the weak and helpless from the strong? Who else protects the poor and needy from those who want to rob them?"
• 11. Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of things I don't even know about.
• 12. They repay me with evil for the good I do. I am sick with despair.
• 13. Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I even fasted and prayed for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
• 14. I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.
• 15. But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don't even know; they hurl slander at me continually.
• 16. They mock me with the worst kind of profanity, and they snarl at me.
• 17. How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions!
• 18. Then I will thank you in front of the entire congregation. I will praise you before all the people.
• 19. Don't let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don't let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
• 20. They don't talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who are minding their own business.
• 21. They shout that they have seen me doing wrong. "Aha," they say. "Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!"
• 22. O LORD, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Don't abandon me now, O Lord.
• 23. Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
• 24. Declare me "not guilty," O LORD my God, for you give justice. Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
• 25. Don't let them say, "Look! We have what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!"
• 26. May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor.
• 27. But give great joy to those who have stood with me in my defense. Let them continually say, "Great is the LORD, who enjoys helping his servant."
• 28. Then I will tell everyone of your justice and goodness, and I will praise you all day long.

Ecclesiastes 11

• 1. Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.
• 2. Divide your gifts among many, for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
• 3. When the clouds are heavy, the rains come down. When a tree falls, whether south or north, there it lies.
• 4. If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.
• 5. God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, and as mysterious as a tiny baby being formed in a mother's womb.
• 6. Be sure to stay busy and plant a variety of crops, for you never know which will grow--perhaps they all will.
• 7. Light is sweet; it's wonderful to see the sun!
• 8. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember that the dark days will be many. Everything still to come is meaningless.
• 9. Young man, it's wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
• 10. So banish grief and pain, but remember that youth, with a whole life before it, still faces the threat of meaninglessness.

New Living Translation: 114 of 365 days.