Deuteronomy 16

• 1. "In honor of the LORD your God, always celebrate the Passover at the proper time in early spring, for that was when the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
• 2. Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
• 3. Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days eat only bread made without yeast, as you did when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread--the bread of suffering--so that you will remember the day you departed from Egypt as long as you live.
• 4. Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for seven days. And do not let any of the meat of the Passover lamb remain until the next morning.
• 5. "The Passover must not be eaten in the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
• 6. It must be offered at the place the LORD your God will choose for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.
• 7. Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then go back to your tents the next morning.
• 8. For the next six days you may not eat bread made with yeast. On the seventh day the people must assemble before the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.
• 9. "Count off seven weeks from the beginning of your grain harvest.
• 10. Then you must celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.
• 11. It is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your whole family, all your servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
• 12. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these laws.
• 13. "Another celebration, the Festival of Shelters, must be observed for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
• 14. This festival will be a happy time of rejoicing with your family, your servants, and with the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.
• 15. For seven days celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is the LORD your God who gives you bountiful harvests and blesses all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.
• 16. "Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. They must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses on each of these occasions, and they must bring a gift to the LORD.
• 17. All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.
• 18. "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They will judge the people fairly throughout the land.
• 19. You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
• 20. Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• 21. "You must never set up an Asherah pole beside the altar of the LORD your God.
• 22. And never set up sacred pillars for worship, for the LORD your God hates them.

Psalms 103

• 1. Praise the LORD, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
• 2. Praise the LORD, I tell myself, and never forget the good things he does for me.
• 3. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
• 4. He ransoms me from death and surrounds me with love and tender mercies.
• 5. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle's!
• 6. The LORD gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
• 7. He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.
• 8. The LORD is merciful and gracious; he is slow to get angry and full of unfailing love.
• 9. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.
• 10. He has not punished us for all our sins, nor does he deal with us as we deserve.
• 11. For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
• 12. He has removed our rebellious acts as far away from us as the east is from the west.
• 13. The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
• 14. For he understands how weak we are; he knows we are only dust.
• 15. Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
• 16. The wind blows, and we are gone--as though we had never been here.
• 17. But the love of the LORD remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children's children
• 18. of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments!
• 19. The LORD has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything.
• 20. Praise the LORD, you angels of his, you mighty creatures who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.
• 21. Yes, praise the LORD, you armies of angels who serve him and do his will!
• 22. Praise the LORD, everything he has created, everywhere in his kingdom. As for me--I, too, will praise the LORD.

Isaiah 43

• 1. But now, O Israel, the LORD who created you says: "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
• 2. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
• 3. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba as a ransom for your freedom.
• 4. Others died that you might live. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
• 5. "Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west
• 6. and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.
• 7. All who claim me as their God will come, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them."
• 8. Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
• 9. Gather the nations together! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Can any of them predict something even a single day in advance? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth?
• 10. "But you are my witnesses, O Israel!" says the LORD. "And you are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God; there never has been and never will be.
• 11. I am the LORD, and there is no other Savior.
• 12. First I predicted your deliverance; I declared what I would do, and then I did it--I saved you. No foreign god has ever done this before. You are witnesses that I am the only God," says the LORD.
• 13. "From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can oppose what I do. No one can reverse my actions."
• 14. The LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: "For your sakes I will send an invading army against Babylon. And the Babylonians will be forced to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
• 15. I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator and King.
• 16. I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea.
• 17. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.
• 18. "But forget all that--it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
• 19. For I am about to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness for my people to come home. I will create rivers for them in the desert!
• 20. The wild animals in the fields will thank me, the jackals and ostriches, too, for giving them water in the wilderness. Yes, I will make springs in the desert, so that my chosen people can be refreshed.
• 21. I have made Israel for myself, and they will someday honor me before the whole world.
• 22. "But, my dear people, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me!
• 23. You have not brought me lambs for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with my requests for grain offerings and incense.
• 24. You have not brought me fragrant incense or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults.
• 25. "I--yes, I alone--am the one who blots out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.
• 26. Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case if you have one.
• 27. From the very beginning, your ancestors sinned against me--all your leaders broke my laws.
• 28. That is why I have disgraced your priests and assigned Israel a future of complete destruction and shame.

New Living Translation: 162 of 365 days.