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Read |  Day 59 | Saturday | February 28 | Numbers 4:1 – 5:31 Date | 1445 or 1279 bc Reading | Clan of Kohathite - take care of holy things in Tabernacle; Gershonite Clan - care the curtains; Merarite Clan - carry the frames and cross bars; Census of these people; be pure; preserving marital faithfulness - law of jealousy. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 218 - 221 Next | Day 60 | Sunday | March 1 | Numbers 6:1-27; Numbers 10:1-36 +++ Psalm 24   Domini est terra 1    The earth is the LORD'S and all that is in it, * the world and all who dwell therein.  2    For it is he who founded it upon the seas * and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.  3    Who can ascend the hill of the LORD? * and who can stand in his holy place? 4    Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, * who have not pledged themselves to falsehood, nor sworn by what is a fraud.  5    They shall receive a blessing from t

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Read |  Day 58 | Friday | February 27 | Numbers 2:1 – 3:51 Date | 1445 or 1279 bc Reading | Arrangement of the tribes in relation to the tent of meeting; Census of the Levites; census of first born;  Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 214 - 217 Next |  Day 59 | Saturday | February 28 | Numbers 4:1 – 5:31 +++ A Collect for Fridays Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen. Source | Morning Office in English | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | today - click here  

Bible In Time Read the whole Bible in a year in chronological order . Day 60 | Sunday | 1 March 2015 | Numbers 6: 1-27; Numbers 10:1-36 Day 61 | Monday | 2 March 2015 | Numbers 11:1 – 13:33 Day 62 | Tuesday | 3 March 2015 | Numbers 14:1 – 15:41 Day 63 | Wednesday | 4 March 2015 | Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 Day 64 | Thursday | 5 March 2015 | Numbers 19:1 – 21:35 Day 65 | Friday | 6 March 2015 | Numbers 22:1 – 24:25 Day 66 | Saturday | 7 March 2015 | Numbers 25:1 – 26:65 Reflection Session | Sundays | 910 am – 940 am ET-USA | Grace Episcopal Church Parish Hall | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Michigan | USA | good talk, prayer, and coffee Sounds Like Grace –  Click here Bible in Time is part of the world wide ministry of Jesus Christ, training disciples at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, Michigan, USA

Read | Day 57 | Thursday | February 26 | Leviticus 27:1 – 34; Numbers 1:1-54 Dates| 1445 or 1279 BC Background on Numbers |  The fourth book of the Bible gets its name from the fact that it contains two census of Israel during its forty-year desert wanderings. It also refers to the placement of the twelve tribes around the tabernacle. For example, whenever the Israelites would pick up camp and move on in their journey, the twelve tribes each had an appointed location on the northern, southern, eastern, or western side of the tabernacle. Another of the “bookkeeping” qualities of Numbers is that it gives a list of the stages on the desert journey as well as each of the lands allotted to the twelve tribes once they arrive in the Plains of Moab on the edge of the Promised Land. Still, “Numbers” is probably a misleading title, and might even discourage people from reading it. The Hebrew name for the book is “in the desert,” which better describes the book’s narrative contents.  More

Read |  Day 56 | Wednesday | February 25 | Leviticus 25:24 – 26:46 Date | 1445 or 1279 BC Reading | Return of the land to original tribes; no interest to Israelites; do not make them slaves; blessed if obey; more punishments for disobedience and broken relationship with God both as the individual and the nation; God will remember the covenant. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 208 - 211 Next |  Day 57 | Thursday | February 26 | Leviticus 27:1 – 34; Numbers 1:1-54 +++ The Lord's Prayer or  traditional music:  video  |  choir Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. Source | Morning Office in English

Read |  Day 55 | Tuesday | February 24 | Leviticus 23:1 – 25:23 Reading | Honor the Sabbath; Celebrate the Festivals - Unleavened Bread, First fruits, trumpets, Day of Atonement; Tabernacles; pure oil and holy bread; just punishment; seven year leave the fields fallow; the Year of Jubilee ... Background | In Judaism and Christianity, the concept of the  Jubilee  is a special year of remission of  sins  and universal pardon. In the Biblical  Book of Leviticus , a  Jubilee  year is mentioned to occur every fiftieth year, in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest. wikipedia - click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp 204 - 208 Next | Day 56 | Wednesday | February 25 | Leviticus 25:24 – 26:46 +++ A  Collect for Guidance Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and

Read | Day 54 | Monday | February 23 | Leviticus 20:1 – 22:33 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BCE Reading | Penalties and Punishment to keep holiness in the community - very harsh; conduct of priests  - stay clean and holy | worthy and unworthy offerings - only the best Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp 201 - 204 Next | Day 55 | Tuesday | February 24 | Leviticus 23:1 – 25:23 +++ For  All Sorts and Conditions O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to y

Read | Day 53 | Sunday | February 22 | Leviticus 17:1 – 19:37 Dates |  1445 or 1279 BC Reading | Do not eat blood; no sex with relatives and other prohibitions; conduct code to live by and keeping peace in the community. Next | Day 54 | Monday | February 23 | Leviticus 20:1 – 22:33  +++ Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Source | Lectionarypage.ne | Today - Click here

Bible in Time Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session: Sundays | 9:10 am – 940 am local | Grace Parish Hall Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer -  Click here +++ Another reading plan -  NASA Daily Image of sun and earth near gulf of Mexico from space station GraceFullBible Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session is now a  Virtual Class.  Note the blog for more information, thoughts, reflections, insights, prayers, etc. Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA |  Click here Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer –  Click here The Peace of the Lord be with you always!

Read |  Day 52 | Saturday | February 21 | Leviticus 14:33 – 16:34 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BC Reading | mold and unclean house in the land of Canaan; dealing with bodily discharges; practice on the Day of Atonement Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | pp. 193 - 197 Next |  Day 53 | Sunday | February 22 | Leviticus 17:1 – 19:37 Reflection Sessions | Sundays | 910 am - 940 am local | Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City Michigan USA | Come and See - read or unread | Good Coffee +++ A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all you works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | M

Read |  Day 51 | Friday | February 20 | Leviticus 12:1 – 14:32 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BC Reading | Purification and healing = after childbirth; skin diseases - rashes, boils, burns, sores, white spots, lost hair; contaminated clothing; more skin diseases and cleaning; make an offering to God; keeping community pure. How do you keep you spirit and soul clean? Next |  Day 52 | Saturday | February 21 | Leviticus 14:33 – 16:34 +++ The Apostle’s Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, t

Bible in Time Readings for Next Week | 22 February – 28 February 2015 Day 53 | Sunday | February 22 | Leviticus 17:1 – 19:37 Day 54 | Monday | February 23 | Leviticus 20:1 – 22:33  Day 55 | Tuesday | February 24 | Leviticus 23:1 – 25:23 Day 56 | Wednesday | February 25 | Leviticus 25:24 – 26:46 Day 57 | Thursday | February 26 | Leviticus 27:1 – 34; Numbers 1:1-54 Day 58 | Friday | February 27 | Numbers 2:1 – 3:51 Day 59 | Saturday | February 28 | Numbers 4:1 – 5:31 Reflection Sessions | Sundays | 910 am - 940 am local | Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City Michigan USA | Come and See - read or unread | Good Coffee

Read |  Day 50 | Thursday | February 19 | Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BCE Reading | Priests of Israel begin their work; Sin of priests - Nadah & Abihu; conduct of priests; clean and unclean animals - divided hoof and crews crud with some exceptions. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | Next |Day 51 | Friday | February 20 | Leviticus 12:1 – 14:32 +++ Genesis 9:8-17 God said to Noah and to his sons with him, "As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and

Mission St Clare website Read |   Day 49 | Wednesday | February 18 | Leviticus 7:1 – 8:36 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BC Background |  Leviticus is the third book of the Old Testament. Its very title makes reference to the fact that the book focuses on priestly duties and laws (as well as some moral laws). Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, is the tribe assigned to be Israel’s priests. All of the events narrated in Leviticus take place on Mt. Sinai, where Leviticus portrays Yahweh as the giver of the law. These laws are given in addition to the laws described in Exodus. All laws, whether found in Exodus or Leviticus, are said to given from God to Moses, God’s servant. Most biblical scholars understand the laws of Exodus and Leviticus to represent different traditions in Israel’s history, and that the laws of Leviticus reflect a later stage of the development of Israel’s faith. Many scholars have argued that these laws were not active until Israel’s return from exile (late

Read | Day 48 | Tuesday | February 17 | Leviticus 4:1 – 6:30 Background | Remember as you are reading Leviticus, you are reading a priest manual for doing worship and it is very detailed. Reading | Purification Offering for unintentionally sin - individuals, people, rulers, anyone else; special offenses and sacrifice for that; reparation for other sin; robbery; burnt offering; grain offerings; sin sacrifice - break vessels. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  for one place to purchase | pp. 146 - 151 Next | Day 49 | Wednesday | February 18 | Leviticus 7:1 – 8:36 +++ Collect of the Day: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to g

Read | Day 47 | Monday | February 16 | Numbers 8:1 – 9:14; Leviticus 1:1 – 3:17 Dates | 1145 or 1279 BC Background | According to scholars, Leviticus is primarily from the P or the Priestly Source and primarily concerned with ritual and law. It is set at Mt. Sinai one year after the leaving from Egypt. This section of Leviticus is dealing with the details of sacrifice (Chapters 1 - 7). Leviticus assumes a knowledge of the ritual nature of sacrifice and may be hard for modern ears to hear. Leviticus lays out the rules in which God will inhabit with the people. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  for one place to purchase | pp. 141 - 143 | Notes by Jeffrey Stackert Reading | Lamp stands; Levites dedicated and consecrated - sin offering - purification through washing; Second Passover; burnt offerings; grain offerings; fellowship offering;  Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chr

Read   Day 46 | Sunday | February 15 | Numbers 7:1 – 89 Dates | 1445 or 1279 BC Reading | Consecration of all furnishings of the tabernacle; the 12 tribes bring their offerings; 12 things of all were brought; Moses heard the voice of the Lord between the wings of the two cherubim of the Ark. How have you been consecration or set apart and made holy? Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 171 - 175 Next |  Day 47 | Monday | February 16 | Numbers 8:1 – 9:14; Leviticus 1:1 – 3:17 +++ 2 Timothy 3 ~ But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equ

Bible in Time Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session: Sundays | 9:10 am – 940 am local | Grace Parish Hall Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer -  Click here +++ Another reading plan -  NASA Daily Image of sun and earth near gulf of Mexico from space station GraceFullBible Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session is now a Virtual Class. Note the blog for more information, thoughts, reflections, insights, prayers, etc. Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA | Click here Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer –  Click here The Peace of the Lord be with you always!