Numbers 36

• 1. Then the heads of the clan of Gilead--descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph--came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel with a petition.
• 2. They said, "Sir, the LORD instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the LORD to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
• 3. But if any of them marries a man from another tribe, their inheritance of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced.
• 4. Then when the Year of Jubilee comes, their inheritance of land will be added to that of the new tribe, causing it to be lost forever to our ancestral tribe."
• 5. So Moses gave the Israelites this command from the LORD: "The men of the tribe of Joseph are right.
• 6. This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe.
• 7. None of the inherited land may pass from tribe to tribe, for the inheritance of every tribe must remain fixed as it was first allotted.
• 8. The daughters throughout the tribes of Israel who are in line to inherit property must marry within their tribe, so that all the Israelites will keep their ancestral property.
• 9. No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another; each tribe of Israel must hold on to its allotted inheritance of land."
• 10. The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses.
• 11. Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father's side.
• 12. They married into the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. Thus, their inheritance of land remained within their ancestral tribe.
• 13. These are the commands and regulations that the LORD gave to the people of Israel through Moses while they were camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

Psalms 80

• 1. Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Israel like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory
• 2. to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
• 3. Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
• 4. O LORD God Almighty, how long will you be angry and reject our prayers?
• 5. You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
• 6. You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
• 7. Turn us again to yourself, O God Almighty. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
• 8. You brought us from Egypt as though we were a tender vine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
• 9. You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
• 10. The mountains were covered with our shade; the mighty cedars were covered with our branches.
• 11. We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea, our limbs east to the Euphrates River.
• 12. But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass may steal our fruit?
• 13. The boar from the forest devours us, and the wild animals feed on us.
• 14. Come back, we beg you, O God Almighty. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Watch over and care for this vine
• 15. that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
• 16. For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
• 17. Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
• 18. Then we will never forsake you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
• 19. Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God Almighty. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.

Isaiah 28

• 1. Destruction is certain for the city of Samaria--the pride and joy of the drunkards of Israel! It sits in a rich valley, but its glorious beauty will suddenly disappear. Destruction is certain for that city--the pride of a people brought low by wine.
• 2. For the Lord will send the mighty Assyrian army against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they will burst upon it and dash it to the ground.
• 3. The proud city of Samaria--the pride and joy of the drunkards of Israel--will be trampled beneath its enemies' feet.
• 4. It sits in a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will suddenly disappear. It will be greedily snatched up, as an early fig is hungrily picked and eaten.
• 5. Then at last the LORD Almighty will himself be Israel's crowning glory. He will be the pride and joy of the remnant of his people.
• 6. He will give a longing for justice to their judges. He will give great courage to their warriors who stand at the gates.
• 7. Now, however, Israel is being led by drunks! The priests and prophets reel and stagger from beer and wine. They make stupid mistakes as they carry out their responsibilities.
• 8. Their tables are covered with vomit; filth is everywhere.
• 9. They say, "Who does the LORD think we are? Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, barely old enough to talk?
• 10. He tells us everything over and over again, a line at a time, in very simple words! "
• 11. Since they refuse to listen, God will speak to them through foreign oppressors who speak an unknown language!
• 12. God's people could have rest in their own land if they would only obey him, but they will not listen.
• 13. So the LORD will spell out his message for them again, repeating it over and over, a line at a time, in very simple words. Yet they will stumble over this simple, straightforward message. They will be injured, trapped, and captured.
• 14. Therefore, listen to this message from the LORD, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.
• 15. You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."
• 16. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem. It is firm, a tested and precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never run away again.
• 17. "I will take the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness to check the foundation wall you have built. Your refuge looks strong, but since it is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, the enemy will come like a flood to sweep it away.
• 18. I will cancel the bargain you made to avoid death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy floods in, you will be trampled into the ground.
• 19. Again and again that flood will come, morning after morning, day and night, until you are carried away." This message will bring terror to your people.
• 20. For you have no place of refuge--the bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.
• 21. The LORD will come suddenly and in anger, as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim and against the Amorites at Gibeon. He will come to do a strange, unusual thing: He will destroy his own people!
• 22. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater. For the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has plainly told me that he is determined to crush you.
• 23. Listen to me; listen as I plead!
• 24. Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting it?
• 25. Does he not finally plant his seeds for dill, cumin, wheat, barley, and spelt, each in its own section of his land?
• 26. The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding.
• 27. He doesn't thresh all his crops the same way. A heavy sledge is never used on dill; rather, it is beaten with a light stick. A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin; instead, it is beaten softly with a flail.
• 28. Bread grain is easily crushed, so he doesn't keep on pounding it. He threshes it under the wheels of a cart, but he doesn't pulverize it.
• 29. The LORD Almighty is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.

New Living Translation: 147 of 365 days.