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So at my home church, CGCM, i signed up to finish the bible in 90 days. The program requires approximately 12 pages read per day, advocating that it will take approximately 45 minutes per session. Surprisingly, it seems to be a very time-taxing ordeal, and frankly, i don't think they averaged enough slow readers into the equation. I've finished about 10 full days so far and i'm at the middle of Numbers. I'm averaging about an hour AND half to finish my required readings. Though, to my wonderful genius standards and demise, i like to cross reference and have cross versions on biblegateway.com. Oh yea, Leviticus, Leviticus has the fun factor of zero. I feel like there is not enough Purell in the world to clean one of my sins. HAHAH. But seriously, the aroma of burning flesh pleases the Lord makes me wonder how many Hebrews still abide to the Mosaic Laws. 10? 15? You begin in the 1st testament and Genesis is actually pretty fun read, even after the nth time reading it. what makes life interesting is that you can probably infer dead bodies floating on logs in the water after the post-flood. I think Sunday School plasters nice and serene images of all the beautiful animals lining two by two, but there are always scintillating details missing. HAHAHAH Anyways i just wanted to share how i love the NLT when i do not want to use my head to focus on subject, verb, direct object, like ESV. hee hee. let me show you an example of NLT working it's magic.
ESV Numbers 1:20-26
20The people of(V)
Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their
fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every
male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were(W) 46,500. 22Of
the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their
fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number
of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go to war: 23those listed of the tribe of Simeon were(X) 59,300. 24Of
the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go to war: 25those listed of the tribe of Gad were(Y) 45,650. 26Of
the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their
fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years
old and upward, every man able to go to war: 27those listed of the tribe of Judah were(Z) 74,600. NLT Numbers 1:20-43
20-21 This is the number of
men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their
names were listed in the records of their clans and families[d]:
Tribe — Number
Reuben (Jacob’s[e] oldest son) — 46,500
22-23 Simeon — 59,300
24-25 Gad — 45,650
26-27 Judah — 74,600
28-29 Issachar — 54,400
30-31 Zebulun — 57,400
32-33 Ephraim son of Joseph — 40,500
34-35 Manasseh son of Joseph — 32,200
36-37 Benjamin — 35,400
38-39 Dan — 62,700
40-41 Asher — 41,500
42-43 Naphtali — 53,400
AHAHAHHA.
i think i might stick with NLT for a few more chapters. AHAHAHA.
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