1 Chronicles 7

• 1. The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
• 2. The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of men available for military service from these families was 22,600.
• 3. The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. These five became the leaders of clans.
• 4. The total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000, for all five of them had many wives and many sons.
• 5. The total number of men available for military service from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their tribal genealogy.
• 6. Three of Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
• 7. The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. These five warriors were the leaders of clans. The total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 22,034. All of them were listed in their family genealogy.
• 8. The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
• 9. According to their family genealogy, there were 20,200 men available for military service among their descendants, in addition to their clan leaders.
• 10. The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
• 11. They were the leaders of the clans of Jediael, and their descendants included 17,200 men available for military service.
• 12. The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher.
• 13. The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob's wife Bilhah.
• 14. The sons of Manasseh, born to his Aramean concubine, were Asriel and Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead.
• 15. Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir's sister was named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
• 16. Makir's wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother's name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.
• 17. The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.
• 18. Makir's sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
• 19. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
• 20. The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,
• 21. Zabad, and Shuthelah. Ephraim's sons Ezer and Elead were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath.
• 22. Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
• 23. Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.
• 24. Ephraim had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.
• 25. Ephraim's line of descent was Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan,
• 26. Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,
• 27. Nun, and Joshua.
• 28. The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.
• 29. Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
• 30. The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.
• 31. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith).
• 32. The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister named Shua.
• 33. The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.
• 34. The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
• 35. The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
• 36. The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
• 37. Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
• 38. The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
• 39. The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
• 40. Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all skilled warriors and prominent leaders. There were 26,000 men available for military service among the descendants listed in their tribal genealogy.

1 Chronicles 8

• 1. The sons of Benjamin, in order of age, included Bela (the oldest), Ashbel, Aharah,
• 2. Nohah, and Rapha.
• 3. The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,
• 4. Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
• 5. Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
• 6. The sons of Ehud, leaders of the clans living at Geba, were driven out and moved to Manahath.
• 7. Ehud's sons were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera, the father of Uzza and Ahihud, led them when they moved.
• 8. After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara, he had children in the land of Moab.
• 9. Hodesh, his new wife, gave birth to Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
• 10. Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These sons all became the leaders of clans.
• 11. Shaharaim's wife Hushim had already given birth to Abitub and Elpaal.
• 12. The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod and their villages),
• 13. Beriah, and Shema. They were the leaders of the clans living in Aijalon, and they drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
• 14. Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
• 15. Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
• 16. Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
• 17. Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
• 18. Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
• 19. Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi,
• 20. Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
• 21. Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
• 22. Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
• 23. Abdon, Zicri, Hanan,
• 24. Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
• 25. Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
• 26. Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
• 27. Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri were the sons of Jeroham.
• 28. These were the leaders of the ancestral clans, and they were listed in their tribal genealogy. They all lived in Jerusalem.
• 29. Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah,
• 30. and his oldest son was named Abdon. Jeiel's other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
• 31. Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,
• 32. and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeam. All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.
• 33. Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
• 34. Jonathan was the father of Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
• 35. Micah was the father of Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
• 36. Ahaz was the father of Jadah. Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza.
• 37. Moza was the father of Binea. Binea was the father of Rephaiah. Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Azel.
• 38. Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
• 39. Azel's brother Eshek had three sons: Ulam (the oldest), Jeush (the second), and Eliphelet (the third).
• 40. The sons of Ulam were all skilled warriors and expert archers. They had many sons and grandsons--150 in all. All these were descendants of Benjamin.

Hebrews 11

• 1. What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.
• 2. God gave his approval to people in days of old because of their faith.
• 3. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.
• 4. It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. God accepted Abel's offering to show that he was a righteous man. And although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us because of his faith.
• 5. It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying--"suddenly he disappeared because God took him." But before he was taken up, he was approved as pleasing to God.
• 6. So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
• 7. It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before. By his faith he condemned the rest of the world and was made right in God's sight.
• 8. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.
• 9. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith--for he was like a foreigner, living in a tent. And so did Isaac and Jacob, to whom God gave the same promise.
• 10. Abraham did this because he was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
• 11. It was by faith that Sarah together with Abraham was able to have a child, even though they were too old and Sarah was barren. Abraham believed that God would keep his promise.
• 12. And so a whole nation came from this one man, Abraham, who was too old to have any children--a nation with so many people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
• 13. All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God. They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth.
• 14. And obviously people who talk like that are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
• 15. If they had meant the country they came from, they would have found a way to go back.
• 16. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.
• 17. It was by faith that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God was testing him. Abraham, who had received God's promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac,
• 18. though God had promised him, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted."
• 19. Abraham assumed that if Isaac died, God was able to bring him back to life again. And in a sense, Abraham did receive his son back from the dead.
• 20. It was by faith that Isaac blessed his two sons, Jacob and Esau. He had confidence in what God was going to do in the future.
• 21. It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff.
• 22. And it was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, confidently spoke of God's bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt. He was so sure of it that he commanded them to carry his bones with them when they left!
• 23. It was by faith that Moses' parents hid him for three months. They saw that God had given them an unusual child, and they were not afraid of what the king might do.
• 24. It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be treated as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.
• 25. He chose to share the oppression of God's people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin.
• 26. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of the Messiah than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the great reward that God would give him.
• 27. It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt. He was not afraid of the king. Moses kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.
• 28. It was by faith that Moses commanded the people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons.
• 29. It was by faith that the people of Israel went right through the Red Sea as though they were on dry ground. But when the Egyptians followed, they were all drowned.
• 30. It was by faith that the people of Israel marched around Jericho seven days, and the walls came crashing down.
• 31. It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute did not die with all the others in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
• 32. Well, how much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.
• 33. By faith these people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God had promised them. They shut the mouths of lions,
• 34. quenched the flames of fire, and escaped death by the edge of the sword. Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle and put whole armies to flight.
• 35. Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others trusted God and were tortured, preferring to die rather than turn from God and be free. They placed their hope in the resurrection to a better life.
• 36. Some were mocked, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in dungeons.
• 37. Some died by stoning, and some were sawed in half; others were killed with the sword. Some went about in skins of sheep and goats, hungry and oppressed and mistreated.
• 38. They were too good for this world. They wandered over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.
• 39. All of these people we have mentioned received God's approval because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised.
• 40. For God had far better things in mind for us that would also benefit them, for they can't receive the prize at the end of the race until we finish the race.

Amos 5

• 1. Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
• 2. "The virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again! She lies forsaken on the ground, with none to raise her up."
• 3. The Sovereign LORD says: "When one of your cities sends a thousand men to battle, only a hundred will return. When a town sends a hundred, only ten will come back alive."
• 4. Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: "Come back to me and live!
• 5. Don't go to worship the idols of Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba. For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile, and the people of Bethel will come to nothing."
• 6. Come back to the LORD and live! If you don't, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel certainly won't be able to quench the flames!
• 7. You wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.
• 8. It is the LORD who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. It is he who turns darkness into morning and day into night. It is he who draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The LORD is his name!
• 9. With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.
• 10. How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
• 11. You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.
• 12. For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
• 13. So those who are wise will keep quiet, for it is an evil time.
• 14. Do what is good and run from evil--that you may live! Then the LORD God Almighty will truly be your helper, just as you have claimed he is.
• 15. Hate evil and love what is good; remodel your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on his people who remain.
• 16. Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: "There will be crying in all the public squares and in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail and lament.
• 17. There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through and destroy them all. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
• 18. How terrible it will be for you who say, "If only the day of the LORD were here! For then the LORD would rescue us from all our enemies." But you have no idea what you are wishing for. That day will not bring light and prosperity, but darkness and disaster.
• 19. In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion--only to meet a bear. After escaping the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house--and is bitten by a snake.
• 20. Yes, the day of the LORD will be a dark and hopeless day, without a ray of joy or hope.
• 21. "I hate all your show and pretense--the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
• 22. I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won't even notice all your choice peace offerings.
• 23. Away with your hymns of praise! They are only noise to my ears. I will not listen to your music, no matter how lovely it is.
• 24. Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry.
• 25. "Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
• 26. No, your real interest was in your pagan gods--Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god--the images you yourselves made.
• 27. So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God Almighty.

New Living Translation: 320 of 365 days.