Numbers 33

• 1. This is the itinerary the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
• 2. At the LORD's direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places they stopped along the way.
• 3. They set out from the city of Rameses on the morning after the first Passover celebration in early spring. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.
• 4. Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had killed the night before. The LORD had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment!
• 5. After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth.
• 6. Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
• 7. They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.
• 8. They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.
• 9. They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there are twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
• 10. They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.
• 11. They left the Red Sea and camped in the Sin Desert.
• 12. They left the Sin Desert and camped at Dophkah.
• 13. They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
• 14. They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
• 15. They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.
• 16. They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
• 17. They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
• 18. They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
• 19. They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
• 20. They left Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
• 21. They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
• 22. They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
• 23. They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
• 24. They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
• 25. They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
• 26. They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
• 27. They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
• 28. They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.
• 29. They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
• 30. They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
• 31. They left Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.
• 32. They left Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
• 33. They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
• 34. They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
• 35. They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
• 36. They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
• 37. They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom.
• 38. While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened on a day in midsummer, during the fortieth year after Israel's departure from Egypt.
• 39. Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.
• 40. It was then that the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.
• 41. Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
• 42. Then they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
• 43. They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
• 44. They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
• 45. They left Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad.
• 46. They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
• 47. They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
• 48. They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
• 49. Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim on the plains of Moab.
• 50. While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
• 51. "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: `When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
• 52. you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
• 53. Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
• 54. You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger inheritance of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller inheritance will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.
• 55. But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
• 56. And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.'"

Psalms 77

• 1. I cry out to God without holding back. Oh, that God would listen to me!
• 2. When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I pray, with hands lifted toward heaven, pleading. There can be no joy for me until he acts.
• 3. I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help.
• 4. You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray!
• 5. I think of the good old days, long since ended,
• 6. when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and think about the difference now.
• 7. Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again show me favor?
• 8. Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed?
• 9. Has God forgotten to be kind? Has he slammed the door on his compassion?
• 10. And I said, "This is my fate, that the blessings of the Most High have changed to hatred."
• 11. I recall all you have done, O LORD; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
• 12. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about them.
• 13. O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you?
• 14. You are the God of miracles and wonders! You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.
• 15. You have redeemed your people by your strength, the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph by your might.
• 16. When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.
• 17. The clouds poured down their rain; the thunder rolled and crackled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.
• 18. Your thunder roared from the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world! The earth trembled and shook.
• 19. Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters--a pathway no one knew was there!
• 20. You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.

Isaiah 25

• 1. O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.
• 2. You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins. Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt.
• 3. Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will revere you.
• 4. But to the poor, O LORD, you are a refuge from the storm. To the needy in distress, you are a shelter from the rain and the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall,
• 5. or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. You cool the land with the shade of a cloud. So the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.
• 6. In Jerusalem, the LORD Almighty will spread a wonderful feast for everyone around the world. It will be a delicious feast of good food, with clear, well-aged wine and choice beef.
• 7. In that day he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
• 8. He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The LORD has spoken!
• 9. In that day the people will proclaim, "This is our God. We trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!"
• 10. For the LORD's good hand will rest on Jerusalem. Moab will be crushed like trampled straw and left to rot.
• 11. God will push down Moab's people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works.
• 12. The high walls of Moab will be demolished and ground to dust.

New Living Translation: 144 of 365 days.