The Daily Audio Bible
Today's audio is from the ESV. Switch to the ESV to read along with the audio.
4 Then Moses answered, and said, “But lo, they will neither believe me nor listen to my voice. For they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 And the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he answered, “A rod.”
3 Then he said, “Cast it on the ground.” So, he cast it on the ground; and it was turned into a serpent. And Moses fled from it.
4 Again the LORD said to Moses, “Put forth your hand and take it by the tail.” Then he put forth his hand and caught it; and it was turned into a rod in his hand.
5 “Do this, so that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has appeared to you.”
6 And furthermore, the LORD said to him, “Now, thrust your hand into your bosom.” And he thrust his hand into his bosom. And when he took it out again, behold his hand was leprous as snow.
7 Moreover, He said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” So, he put his hand into his bosom again and pulled it out of his bosom. And behold, it was turned back as his other flesh.
8 “So shall it be, if they will not believe you or obey the voice of the first sign, they shall still believe the voice of the second sign.
9 “But, if they will still not believe these two signs or obey your voice, then you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. So, the water which you shall take out of the river shall be turned to blood upon the dry land.”
10 But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant. But I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who has given the mouth to man? Or, Who has made the dumb or the deaf or him who sees or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
12 “Therefore, go now; and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall say.”
13 But he said, “Oh, my LORD. Please send by the hand of someone else.”
14 Then the LORD was very angry with Moses, and said, “Do not I know Aaron, your brother, the Levite; that he himself shall speak? For lo, he also comes forth to meet you. And when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 “Therefore, you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you ought to do.
16 “And he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he shall be, indeed he shall be as your mouth. And you shall be to him as God.
17 “Moreover, you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do miracles.”
18 Therefore, Moses went and returned to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please, let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” Then Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 (For the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt. For they are all dead who plotted to kill you.)
20 Then Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on a donkey and returned toward the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the LORD said to Moses, “When you have entered and come into Egypt again, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart; and he shall not let the people go.
22 “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
23 “Therefore I say to you, ‘Let My son go, so that he may serve Me. If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”’”
24 And as he was on the way, in the Inn, the LORD met him, and would have killed him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp knife and cut away the foreskin of her son and cast it at his feet, and said, “You are indeed a bloody husband to me.”
26 So He departed from him. Then she said, “O bloody husband!” (because of the circumcision)
27 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Go meet Moses in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the Mount of God and kissed him.
28 Then Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD Who had sent him, and all the signs with which He had charged him.
29 So Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron told all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. And he did the miracles in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed. And when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and had looked upon their tribulation, they bowed down and worshipped.
5 Then afterward, Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Let my people go, so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
2 And Pharaoh said, “Who is the ‘LORD’, that I should hear His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the ‘LORD’, nor will I let Israel go.”
3 And they said, “We worship the God of the Hebrews. Please, let us go three days’ journey in the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He bring the pestilence or sword upon us.”
4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to cease from their works? Get to work!”
5 Pharaoh said furthermore, “Behold, many people are now in the land, and you make them stop working.”
6 Therefore, that same day, Pharaoh gave commandment to the taskmasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,
7 “You shall give the people no more straw to make brick (as in times past). Let them go and gather straw themselves.
8 “Nevertheless, lay upon them the same number of bricks which they made before. Diminish nothing thereof. For they are idle. Therefore, they cry, saying, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to our God.’
9 “Lay more work upon the men and make them do it; and do not let them listen to false words.”
10 Then, the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and told the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will give you no more straw.
11 “Go get straw for yourselves, wherever you can find it. But nothing of your labor shall be diminished.’”
12 Then, the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather chaff instead of straw.
13 And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, “Finish your day’s work - every day’s task - as you did when you had straw.”
14 And the officers of the children of Israel (which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them) were beaten, and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your task in making bricks yesterday and today, as in times past?”
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
16 “There is no straw given to your servants; and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And lo, your servants are beaten and your people are blamed.”
17 But he said, “You are too idle! Therefore, you say, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to the LORD.’
18 “Go now, therefore, and work! For there shall be no straw given to you! Yet you shall still deliver the whole quota of bricks!”
19 Then, the officers of the children of Israel saw the evil upon them, because it was said, “You shall diminish nothing of your bricks, nor of every day’s task.”
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in their way as they came out from Pharaoh.
21 To whom they said, “The LORD look upon you and judge. For you have made our savor stink before Pharaoh, and before his servants, in that you have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
18 At the same time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
2 And Jesus called a little child to Him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
4 “Whoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
5 “And whoever shall receive one such little child in My Name, receives Me.
6 “But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
7 “Woe to the world because of offenses. For it must be that snares shall come. But woe be to the man by whom the stumbling block comes.
8 “Therefore, if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut them off and cast them from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame, or maimed, than - having two hands or two feet - to be cast into everlasting fire.
9 “And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than (having two eyes) to be cast into Hell fire.
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that, in Heaven, their angels always behold the face of My Father Who is in Heaven.
11 “For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
12 “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go into the mountains, and seek those which have gone astray?
13 “And if he finds it? Truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.
14 “Nor is it the will of your Father Who is in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
15 “Moreover, if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother.
16 “But if he does not hear you, take one or two with you. So that, by the mouths of two or three witnesses, every word may be confirmed.
17 “And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be as a heathen and a tax collector to you.
18 “Truly I say to you that whatever you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven. And whatever you release on Earth, shall be released in Heaven.
19 “Again, truly I say to you that if two of you shall agree on Earth upon anything, whatever they shall desire shall be given to them by My Father Who is in Heaven.
20 “For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there I am in the midst of them.”
19 But be not afar off, O LORD, My strength. Hasten to help Me.
20 Deliver My soul from the sword, my desolate soul from the power of the dog.
21 Save Me from the lion’s mouth; and answer Me in saving Me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare Your Name to My brothers. In the midst of the Congregation will I praise You.
23 Praise the LORD, you who fear Him! Magnify Him, all the seed of Jacob; and fear Him, all the seed of Israel!
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor. Nor has He hidden His face from Him, but when He called to Him, He heard.
25 My praise shall be of You in the great Congregation. I will perform My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied. Those who seek after the LORD shall praise Him. Your heart shall live forever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before You.
28 For the Kingdom is the LORD’s; and He rules among the nations.
29 All those who are fat on the Earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down into the dust shall bow before Him, even him who cannot quicken his own soul.
30 Their seed shall serve Him. It shall be counted to the LORD for a generation.
31 They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people who shall be born, because He has done it. A Psalm of David.
15 Drink the water of your cistern, and of the rivers out of the midst of your own well.
16 Let your fountains flow forth, and the rivers of waters in the streets.
17 But let them be yours—and yours only—and not the strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed. And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 Let her be as the loving deer and pleasant roe. Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Delight in her love continually.
20 For why should you delight, my son, in a strange woman; or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. And He ponders all his paths.
© 2019, 2024 by Five Talents Audio. All rights reserved.