June 17
Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 2 to 5.
Job Chapter 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.
June 16
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 9 and 10 and Job Chapter 1.
Esther Chapter 9
1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
June 15
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 5 to 8.
Esther Chapter 5
1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
June 14
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 2 to 4.
Esther Chapter 2
1 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
June 13
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapter 13 and Esther Chapter 1.
Nehemiah Chapter 13
1 On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
June 12
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 11 and 12.
Nehemiah Chapter 11
1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns.
June 11
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 9 and 10.
Nehemiah Chapter 9
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads. 2 And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
June 10
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 7 and 8.
Nehemiah Chapter 7
1 Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
June 9
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 4 to 6.
Nehemiah Chapter 4
1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing?
June 8
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 1 to 3.
Nehemiah Chapter 1
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah.