Simon reads the Bible

2 Timothy 3 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2  For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3  They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will...

2 Timothy 2 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus. 2  You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others. 3  Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Chri...

2 Timothy 1 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus. 2  I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace. 3  Timothy, I thank God...

Exodus 40 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year. 3  Place the Ark of the Covenant inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place. 4  Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the lamps. 5 ...

Exodus 39 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The craftsmen made beautiful sacred garments of blue, purple, and scarlet cloth—clothing for Aaron to wear while ministering in the Holy Place, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2  Bezalel made the ephod of finely woven linen and embroidered it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread. 3  He made gold thread by ha...

Exodus 38 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high. 2  He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze. 3  Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buc...

Exodus 37 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. 2  He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it. 3  He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side. 4  Then he made poles from acacia...

Exodus 36 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “The Lord has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the Lord has commanded.” 2  So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the Lord and we...

Exodus 35 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the Lord has commanded you to follow. 2  You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to deat...

Exodus 34 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed. 2  Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain. 3  No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere o...

Exodus 33 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  33  The Lord said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ 2  And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebus...

Exodus 32 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.” 2  So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and so...

Exodus 31 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord said to Moses, 2  “Look, I have specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3  I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts. 4  He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze. 5&nb...

Exodus 30 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense. 2  Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself. 3  Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar. 4  Make two gold rin...

Exodus 29 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects. 2  Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil. 3  Place them all in a single basket, and present...

Exodus 28 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests. 2  Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful. 3  Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom....

Exodus 27 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high. 2  Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze. 3  Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze. 4  Make a bronze grating...

Exodus 26 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. 2  These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide. 3  Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the...

Exodus 25 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  The Lord said to Moses, 2  “Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them. 3  Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 4  blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;...

Exodus 24 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then the Lord instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. All of you must worship from a distance. 2  Only Moses is allowed to come near to the Lord. The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him.” 3  Then...

Exodus 23 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand. 2  “You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice. 3  And do not slant your testimony in favor of a person just because that per...

Exodus 22 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  22  “If someone steals an ox or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen. 2  “If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder. 3  But if it hap...

Exodus 21 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  “These are the regulations you must present to Israel. 2  “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. 3  If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then h...

Exodus 20 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  1  Then God gave the people all these instructions: 2  “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. 3  “You must not have any other god but me. 4  “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 5  You...

Exodus 19 NLT read aloud by Simon MacFarlane.  19  Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai. 2  After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai. 3  Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “Give...