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SEPTEMBER 8
16 Bind up the testimony, His chosen ones with gladness.
Seal the law among my disciples. 44 He gave them the lands of the Gentiles,
17 And I will wait on the LORD, And they inherited the labor of the
Who hides His face from the house of nations,
Jacob; 45 That they might observe His statutes
And I will hope in Him. And keep His laws.
18 Here am I and the children whom the
LORD has given me! Praise the LORD!
We are for signs and wonders in Israel Proverbs 24:30–34
From the LORD of hosts, 30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.
And by the vineyard of the man devoid
19 And when they say to you, “Seek those of understanding;
who are mediums and wizards, who whisper 31 And there it was, all overgrown with
and mutter,” should not a people seek their thorns;
God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the Its surface was covered with nettles;
living? To the law and to the testimony! If Its stone wall was broken down.
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they do not speak according to this word, it is 32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
because there is no light in them. I looked on it and received
21 They will pass through it hard-pressed and instruction:
hungry; and it shall happen, when they are 33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
hungry, that they will be enraged and curse A little folding of the hands to rest;
their king and their God, and look upward. 34 So shall your poverty come like a
22 Then they will look to the earth, and see trou- prowler,
ble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they And your need like an armed man.
will be driven into darkness.
1 Corinthians 16:1–24
Now concerning the collection for the
16 saints, as I have given orders to the church-
es of Galatia, so you must do also: On the first
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8:19 seek the dead. People of Isaiah’s day
were using spiritualists to communicate with day of the week let each one of you lay some-
the dead as King Saul did through the medi- thing aside, storing up as he may prosper, that
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um at En Dor (1 Sam. 28:8–19).The law strictly there be no collections when I come. And when
forbade such consultations (Lev. 19:26; Deut. I come, whomever you approve by your letters I
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18:10,11). will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem. But if it
is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.
5 Now I will come to you when I pass
Psalm 105:37–45
37 He also brought them out with silver
and gold,
And there was none feeble among His 16:1 collection. An offering for destitute
tribes. believers in the overpopulated, famine strick-
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, en city of Jerusalem (see Acts 11:28). Paul had
For the fear of them had fallen upon previously solicited funds from the churches
them. of Galatia,Macedonia,and Achaia (Rom.15:26;
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, Luke 10:25–37; 2 Cor. 8:1–5; 9:12–15; Gal. 6:10;
And fire to give light in the night. 1 John 3:17).
40 The people asked, and He brought
quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of through Macedonia (for I am passing through
heaven. 6
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed Macedonia). And it may be that I will remain,
out; or even spend the winter with you, that you
It ran in the dry places like a river. may send me on my journey, wherever I go.
For I do not wish to see you now on the way;
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42 For He remembered His holy promise, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord
And Abraham His servant. permits.
43 He brought out His people with joy, 8 But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost.

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