Simon reads the Bible

Leviticus 24 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3  This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s pres...

Leviticus 23 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly. 3  “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy as...

Leviticus 22 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Tell Aaron and his sons to be very careful with the sacred gifts that the Israelites set apart for me, so they do not bring shame on my holy name. I am the Lord. 3  Give them the following instructions. “In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approache...

Leviticus 21 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the priests, the descendants of Aaron. “A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean by touching the dead body of a relative. 2  The only exceptions are his closest relatives—his mother or father, son or daughter, brother, 3  or his virgin sister who depends o...

Leviticus 20 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the people of Israel these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living in Israel. “If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death. 3  I myself will turn against t...

Leviticus 19 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord also said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. 3  “Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God. 4  “Do not put your t...

Leviticus 18 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. 3  So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. 4  You must obey all my regulations and be caref...

Leviticus 17 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel. This is what the Lord has commanded. 3  “If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp 4  instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to pre...

Leviticus 16 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died after they entered the Lord’s presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him. 2  The Lord said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover...

Leviticus 15 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean. 3  This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean. 4  Any bed on which the man with the disch...

Leviticus 14 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  And the Lord said to Moses, 2  “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest, 3  who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease, 4  he wi...

Leviticus 13 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2  “If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons. 3  The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the...

Leviticus 12 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. 3  On the eighth day the boy’s foreskin must be circumcised. 4  After waiting thir...

Leviticus 11 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food. 3  You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud. 4  You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or...

Leviticus 10 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 2  So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord. 3&nbs...

Leviticus 9 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2  He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defects, and present them to the Lord. 3  Then tell the Israelites, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a...

Leviticus 8 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast, 3  and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.” 4  So Moses followed the Lord’s in...

Leviticus 7 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy. 2  The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar. 3  The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat...

Leviticus 6 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud, 3  or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin. 4  I...

Leviticus 5 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin. 2  “Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that is ceremonially unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean animal. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your...

Leviticus 4 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  4  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands. 3  “If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he h...

Leviticus 3 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the Lord, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects. 2  Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tabernacle. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar. 3  The priest mus...

Leviticus 2 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “When you present grain as an offering to the Lord, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense, 2  and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this represent...

Leviticus 1 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord called to Moses from the Tabernacle and said to him, 2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present an animal as an offering to the Lord, you may take it from your herd of cattle or your flock of sheep and goats. 3  “If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the herd, it must...

2 Timothy 4 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the dead when he comes to set up his Kingdom: 2  Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. 3  For a time is coming when peo...