Simon reads the Bible

Deuteronomy 17 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the Lord your God, for he detests such gifts. 2  “When you begin living in the towns the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman among you might do evil in the sight of the Lord your God and violate the covenant. 3  For instance, they might serve other gods o...

Deuteronomy 16 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “In honor of the Lord your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month in which the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2  Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the Lord your God at the designated pla...

Deuteronomy 15 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money. 2  This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the Lord’s time of release has arrived. 3  This release fro...

Deuteronomy 14 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead. 2  You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure. 3  “You must not eat any detestable animals th...

Deuteronomy 13 NTL read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1 “Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, 2  and the predicted signs or miracles occur. If they then say, ‘Come, let us worship other gods’—gods you have not known before— 3  do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly...

Deuteronomy 12 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “These are the decrees and regulations you must be careful to obey when you live in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must obey them as long as you live. 2  “When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods—high on the mountains, up...

Deuteronomy 11 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “You must love the Lord your God and always obey his requirements, decrees, regulations, and commands. 2  Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the Lord your God or seen his greatness and his strong hand and powerful arm. 3  They didn’t see the miraculous signs...

Deuteronomy 10 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain, 2  and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.’ 3  “So I made an Ark of acacia...

Deuteronomy 9 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky! 2  The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the An...

Deuteronomy 8 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. 2  Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out wh...

Deuteronomy 7 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you. 2  When the Lord your God hands these nations over to yo...

Deuteronomy 6 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy, 2  and you and your children and grandchildren must fear the Lord your God as long as you live. If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life....

Deuteronomy 5 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, “Listen carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them! 2  “The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai. 3  The Lord did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are al...

Deuteronomy 4 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “And now, Israel, listen carefully to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2  Do not add to or subtract from these commands I am giving you. Just obey the commands of the Lord your G...

Deuteronomy 3 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Next we turned and headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his entire army attacked us at Edrei. 2  But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’...

Deuteronomy 2 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Then we turned around and headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea, just as the Lord had instructed me, and we wandered around in the region of Mount Seir for a long time. 2  “Then at last the Lord said to me, 3  ‘You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north. 4  Give th...

Deuteronomy 1 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other. 2  Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-...

Micah 7 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1 How miserable I am! I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest who can find nothing to eat. Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig can be found to satisfy my hunger. 2  The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers. 3  Both...

Micah 6 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Listen to what the Lord is saying: “Stand up and state your case against me. Let the mountains and hills be called to witness your complaints. 2  And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel. 3  “O my people, what have I done to you? What have I done t...

Micah 5 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1 Mobilize! Marshal your troops! The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem. They will strike Israel’s leader in the face with a rod. 2  But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf. 3  The people of Israel...

Micah 4 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship. 2  People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob...

Micah 3 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong, 2  but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones. 3  Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot. 4 ...

Micah 2 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so. 2  When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his fa...

Micah 1 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem. 2  Attention! Let all the people of the world listen! Let the earth and everything in it hear. The Sovereign Lord is making accusations against you; the Lord spe...

Numbers 36 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the heads of the clans of Gilead—descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph—came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel with a petition. 2  They said, “Sir, the Lord instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the Lord to give the grant of land owned by our brother Z...