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Day 129: 1 Chronicles 21 - 24

Bible in a year reading for day 129.

1 Chronicles 21

  1. 7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
  2. 8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  3. 9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  4. 10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  5. 11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  6. 12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  7. 13 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  8. 14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
  9. 15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  10. 16 When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
  11. 17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  12. 18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  13. 19 So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
  14. 20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
  15. 21 David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
  16. 22 Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  17. 23 Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
  18. 24 “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
  19. 25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
  20. 26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
  21. 27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
  22. 28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
  23. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
  24. 30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22

  1. 1 Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
  2. 2 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
  3. 3 David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
  4. 4 and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
  5. 5 And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
  6. 6 Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
  7. 7 “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  8. 8 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
  9. 9 But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  10. 10 He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
  11. 11 Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
  12. 12 Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
  13. 13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
  14. 14 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  15. 15 You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
  16. 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
  17. 17 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
  18. 18 “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  19. 19 Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

1 Chronicles 23

  1. 1 When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
  2. 2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
  3. 3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
  4. 4 “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
  5. 5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
  6. 6 Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  7. 7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
  8. 8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
  9. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
  10. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
  11. 11 Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
  12. 12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
  13. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
  14. 14 As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
  15. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
  16. 16 The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
  17. 17 The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
  18. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
  19. 19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
  20. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.
  21. 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
  22. 22 The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
  23. 23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.
  24. 24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
  25. 25 For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
  26. 26 So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
  27. 27 For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
  28. 28 but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
  29. 29 as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
  30. 30 They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.
  31. 31 Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
  32. 32 So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 24

  1. 1 These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  2. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
  3. 3 With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
  4. 4 Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
  5. 5 Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
  6. 6 The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
  7. 7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
  8. 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
  9. 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
  10. 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

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