Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.

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Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.

It is a day 279. We are reading from Nehemiah chapter 11, Esther, chapter 8 and 16, as well as Proverbs chapter 21 versus 17 through 20, as always the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast

by clicking on subscribe to receive daily episodes and daily updates. I'm just wondering how many

people listen to this every single day, you know, and don't skip ahead. I don't know. It makes me

wonder because today is day 279. And you already know where to get the Bible timeline

reading plan. You already know how to subscribe. I just wonder. That's just one of the things that'll

remain a mystery. It is day 279. We're reading Nehemiah chapter 11, Esther, chapter 8 and 16,

and Proverbs chapter 21 versus 17 through 20. The Book of Neah chapter 11 the inhabitants of jerusalem 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-tenths remained in the other towns, and the people blessed all the men who willingly

offered to live in Jerusalem. These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the

towns of Judah, everyone lived on his property in their towns. Israel, the priests, the Levites,

the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants. And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin.

Of the sons of Judah, Athiah, the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shafatai,

son of Mahalalal of the sons of Perez, and Messiah, the son of Baruch, son of Kolhoza,

son of Hazaya, son of Adaya, son of Joyarib,

son of Zechariah, son of the Shilanite. All of the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem

were 468 valiant men. And these are the sons of Benjamin, Salu, the son of Mosulam, son of Joad,

son of Padaya, son of Kolaia, son of Maasaya, son of Aethael, son of

Jashaya. And after him, Gaba'b, Salai, 928. Joel, the son of Zikri, was their overseer, and Judah,

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