Bread of Life - - A Daily Devotion from The Lutheran Spokesman.

“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The inspired writer lists descendants of Levi, the priestly tribe.

BibleGateway: 1 Chronicles 6 ESV Text: 1 Chronicles 6 1 Chronicles 6 (Listen) Descendants of Levi 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered…

A Judean travels to Moab where his two sons take Moabite wives, Orpah and Ruth. The man and his two sons die. Orpah returns to her people, but Ruth relocates to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law, Naomi.

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October 11, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Ruth 1 ESV Text: Ruth 1 Ruth 1 (Listen) Naomi Widowed 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to…

Solomon teaches, among other things, that justice is better than sacrifice, that to live on a roof is better than to live with a quarrelsome wife, and that those who oppose the way of the Lord will fail.

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October 10, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Proverbs 21 ESV Text: Proverbs 21 Proverbs 21 (Listen) 21:1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.2 Every way of a man is right…

Solomon warns against the abuse of alcohol, teaches that a man is known by his deeds, denounces dishonesty, and cautions against rash vows.

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October 9, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Proverbs 20 ESV Text: Proverbs 20 Proverbs 20 (Listen) 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.12 The terror of a king is like the growling…

Solomon comments on the wise use of wealth, the benefits of a good wife, the virtue of helping the poor, and the way of wisdom.

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October 8, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Proverbs 19 ESV Text: Proverbs 19 Proverbs 19 (Listen) 19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.2 Desire1 without knowledge is not good, and…

Solomon continues warning against folly, wickedness, and injustice. Our relationships with other people can bring us great help or great harm.

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October 7, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Proverbs 18 ESV Text: Proverbs 18 Proverbs 18 (Listen) 18:1 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.3 When wickedness…

Children are to honor their parents, and parents are to cherish their children. The people of God are to judge justly and to protect the innocent. A fool causes much grief for others.

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October 6, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Proverbs 17 ESV Text: Proverbs 17 Proverbs 17 (Listen) 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting1 with strife.2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts…

Balaam pronounces the first and the second of four oracles, blessing the Israelites. He cannot curse the people whom the Lord has blessed.

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October 4, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Numbers 23 ESV Text: Numbers 23 Numbers 23 (Listen) Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” 2 Balak…

Afraid of the Israelites, Balak summons Balaam to curse the Israelites. The angel of the Lord stands in the way of Balaam, and a donkey speaks. The angel of the Lord commands Balaam to speak only what He tells him.

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October 3, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Numbers 22 ESV Text: Numbers 22 Numbers 22 (Listen) Balak Summons Balaam 22:1 Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 2 And Balak the…

The children of Israel defeat Arad. The children of Israel grumble, and the Lord afflicts them with fiery serpents. The Lord has Moses mount a bronze serpent on a pole, and those who are bitten but see the bronze serpent, live. The children of Israel defeat Sihon and Og.

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October 2, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Numbers 21 ESV Text: Numbers 21 Numbers 21 (Listen) Arad Destroyed 21:1 When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he…

Miriam dies. The Lord provides water miraculously from a rock. Moses displeases the Lord by striking the rock twice. The king of Edom refuses to allow the children of Israel to pass through his territory. Aaron dies.

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October 1, 2025September 23, 2025

BibleGateway: Numbers 20 ESV Text: Numbers 20 Numbers 20 (Listen) The Death of Miriam 20:1 And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people…

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