Leviticus 9

• 1. After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.
• 2. He said to Aaron, "Take a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a whole burnt offering, both with no physical defects, and present them to the LORD.
• 3. Then tell the Israelites to take a male goat for a sin offering for themselves and a year-old calf and a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering, each with no physical defects.
• 4. Also tell them to take a bull and a ram for a peace offering and flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering. Tell them to present all these offerings to the LORD because the LORD will appear to them today."
• 5. So the people brought all of these things to the entrance of the Tabernacle, just as Moses had commanded, and the whole community came and stood there in the LORD's presence.
• 6. Then Moses told them, "When you have followed these instructions from the LORD, the glorious presence of the LORD will appear to you."
• 7. Then Moses said to Aaron, "Approach the altar and present your sin offering and your whole burnt offering to make atonement for yourself. Then present the offerings to make atonement for the people, just as the LORD has commanded."
• 8. So Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
• 9. His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger into it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
• 10. Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• 11. The meat and the hide, however, he burned outside the camp.
• 12. Next Aaron slaughtered the animal for the whole burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it against the sides of the altar.
• 13. They handed the animal to him piece by piece, including the head, and he burned each part on the altar.
• 14. Then he washed the internal organs and the legs and also burned them on the altar as a whole burnt offering.
• 15. Next Aaron presented the sacrifices for the people. He slaughtered the people's goat and presented it as their sin offering, just as he had done previously for himself.
• 16. Then he brought the whole burnt offering and presented it in the prescribed way.
• 17. He also brought the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour on the altar, in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
• 18. Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people's peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it against the sides of the altar.
• 19. Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram--the fat from the tail and from around the internal organs--along with the kidneys and the lobe of the liver.
• 20. He placed these fat parts on top of the breasts of these animals and then burned them on the altar.
• 21. Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as an offering to the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.
• 22. After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the whole burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.
• 23. Next Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to the whole community.
• 24. Fire blazed forth from the LORD's presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw all this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.

Psalms 10

• 1. O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?
• 2. Proud and wicked people viciously oppress the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
• 3. For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.
• 4. These wicked people are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.
• 5. Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They pour scorn on all their enemies.
• 6. They say to themselves, "Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!"
• 7. Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
• 8. They lurk in dark alleys, murdering the innocent who pass by. They are always searching for some helpless victim.
• 9. Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.
• 10. The helpless are overwhelmed and collapse; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
• 11. The wicked say to themselves, "God isn't watching! He will never notice!"
• 12. Arise, O LORD! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not forget the helpless!
• 13. Why do the wicked get away with cursing God? How can they think, "God will never call us to account"?
• 14. But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You are the defender of orphans.
• 15. Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed!
• 16. The LORD is king forever and ever! Let those who worship other gods be swept from the land.
• 17. LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will listen to their cries and comfort them.
• 18. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them.

Proverbs 24

• 1. Don't envy evil people; don't desire their company.
• 2. For they spend their days plotting violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble.
• 3. A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense.
• 4. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.
• 5. A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man.
• 6. So don't go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many counselors.
• 7. Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say.
• 8. A person who plans evil will get a reputation as a troublemaker.
• 9. The schemes of a fool are sinful; everyone despises a mocker.
• 10. If you fail under pressure, your strength is not very great.
• 11. Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die.
• 12. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done.
• 13. My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
• 14. In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.
• 15. Do not lie in wait like an outlaw at the home of the godly. And don't raid the house where the godly live.
• 16. They may trip seven times, but each time they will rise again. But one calamity is enough to lay the wicked low.
• 17. Do not rejoice when your enemies fall into trouble. Don't be happy when they stumble.
• 18. For the LORD will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them.
• 19. Do not fret because of evildoers; don't envy the wicked.
• 20. For the evil have no future; their light will be snuffed out.
• 21. My child, fear the LORD and the king, and don't associate with rebels.
• 22. For you will go down with them to sudden disaster. Who knows where the punishment from the LORD and the king will end?
• 23. Here are some further sayings of the wise: It is wrong to show favoritism when passing judgment.
• 24. A judge who says to the wicked, "You are innocent," will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.
• 25. But blessings are showered on those who convict the guilty.
• 26. It is an honor to receive an honest reply.
• 27. Develop your business first before building your house.
• 28. Do not testify spitefully against innocent neighbors; don't lie about them.
• 29. And don't say, "Now I can pay them back for all their meanness to me! I'll get even!"
• 30. I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one lacking sense.
• 31. I saw that it was overgrown with thorns. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.
• 32. Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
• 33. A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
• 34. and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

New Living Translation: 96 of 365 days.