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Bible Reading for August 28

1 Chronicles 20
[1] And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that
kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted
the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. [2]
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to
weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was
set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the
city.
[3] And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws,
and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the
cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
[4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the
Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was
of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. [5] And there was war
again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the
brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
[6] And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on
each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. [7] But when he defied
Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
[8] These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 Chronicles 21
[1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
[2] And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number
Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me,
that I may know it.
[3] And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many
more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's
servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause
of trespass to Israel?
[4] Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. [5] And
Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of
Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew
sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew
sword.
[6] But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word
was abominable to Joab.
[7] And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. [8]
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this
thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I
have done very foolishly.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, [10] Go and tell
David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee
one of them, that I may do it unto thee. [11] So Gad came to David, and
said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
[12] Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy
foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three
days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel
of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. [13] And
David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand
of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the
hand of man.
[14] So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
[15] And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to
the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel
of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. [16] And
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the
earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over
Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
[17] And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be
numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for
these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my
God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they
should be plagued.
[18] Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David
should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite.
[19] And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
[20] And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him
hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. [21] And as David came to
Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and
bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. [22] Then David said to
Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar
therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the
plague may be stayed from the people. [23] And Ornan said unto David, Take
it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo,
I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
[24] And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the
full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost.
[25] So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
[26] And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered
him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. [27] And the LORD
commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
[28] At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. [29] For
the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the
altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at
Gibeon.
[30] But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid
because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22
[1] Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the
altar of the burnt offering for Israel. [2] And David commanded to gather
together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons
to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
[3] And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the
gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; [4]
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought
much cedar wood to David.
[5] And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that
is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of
glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for
it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. [6] Then he called for
Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of
Israel.
[7] And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to
build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: [8] But the word of the
LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made
great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast
shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. [9] Behold, a son shall be born
to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his
enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace
and quietness unto Israel in his days. [10] He shall build an house for my
name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will
establish throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
[11] Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the
house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. [12] Only the LORD give
thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that
thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. [13] Then shalt thou prosper,
if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD
charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread
not, nor be dismayed. [14] Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for
the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand
thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is
in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add
thereto. [15] Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner
of work. [16] Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there
is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
[17] David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
[18] Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on
every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. [19] Now
set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore,
and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is
to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 23
[1] So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
[2] And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
[3] Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward:
and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
[4] Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the
house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: [5] Moreover
four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the
instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. [6] And David
divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
[7] Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. [8] The sons of Laadan;
the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. [9] The sons of Shimei;
Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the
fathers of Laadan. [10] And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and
Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
[11] And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah
had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their
father's house.
[12] The sons of Kohath; Amram, Ishar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. [13] The
sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should
sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense
before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
[14] Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
[15] The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. [16] Of the sons of
Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. [17] And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah
the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were
very many. [18] Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. [19] Of the sons
of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and
Jekameam the fourth. [20] Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and
Jesiah the second. [21] The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of
Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
[22] And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren
the sons of Kish took them.
[23] The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. [24] These
were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of
the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that
did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of
twenty years and upward.
[25] For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: [26] And also unto the
Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for
the service thereof. [27] For by the last words of David the Levites were
numbered from twenty years old and above:
[28] Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service
of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of
God;
[29] Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and
for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for
that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; [30] And to
stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
[31] And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in
the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order
commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: [32] And that they should
keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of
the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the
service of the house of the LORD.

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