March 13, 2040
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Numbers 23:1–24:25
1And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. 2And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 3And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall shew me, I will report to thee. And Balac stood by his sacrifice. 4And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. 6And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 7And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel. 8How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not? 9For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed. 11And Balac said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed [them]. 12And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? 13And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. 14And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 15And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. 16And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. 17And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken? 18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor. 19God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]? 20Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back. 21There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him. 22It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn. 23For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform. 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain. 25And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. 26And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do? 27And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence. 28And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness. 29And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. 30And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. Chapter 241And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness. 2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, 4he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened: 5How goodly [are] thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel! 6as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters. 7There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased. 8God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy. 9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed. 10And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed [him] this third time. 11Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory. 12And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying, 13If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak. 14And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days. 15And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, 16hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened. 17I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth. 18And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance [of Israel], and Israel wrought valiantly. 19And [one] shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes. 20And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec [is] the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish. 21And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, Thy dwelling-place [is] strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock, 22and though Beor should have a skilfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive. 23And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things? 24And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together. 25And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 32:18–22(MT: 33)
MT Psalm 33 = LXX Psalm 32 (standard offset).
18and delivered them out of all their afflictions. 19The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. 20Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all the Lord will deliver them. 21He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken. 22The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 11:27
27He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favour: but [as for] him that seeks after evil, [evil] shall overtake him.
New TestamentKing James Version
Mark 13:1–20
1And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 2And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? 5And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 10And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains: 15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
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