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One Year Whole Bible | February 11

Daily Devotional: Leviticus 23–24, Psalm 36

Today's Theme: Sacred Seasons, Eternal Light, and the Fountain of Lovingkindness

Dear brothers and sisters, peace in the Lord!

Welcome to our 2027 "One Year Whole Bible" series. Today, we will read Leviticus chapters 23 through 24, as well as Psalm 36.

In Leviticus 23 and 24, God instituted holy feasts for Israel—from the Sabbath to Passover, Pentecost, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles—reminding them to remember His redemption and provision in the rhythm of their lives. God also commanded the perpetual burning of the lampstand and the arrangement of the showbread in the sanctuary, showing that His presence never fades and our lives need the spiritual nourishment of His truth. Meanwhile, Psalm 36 sets the wickedness of man against the boundlessness of God’s steadfast love, declaring that with Him is the fountain of life, and in His light we see light.

Before beginning today’s reading, take a moment to reflect on these questions:

In the midst of a busy schedule, do I set aside "holy convocations" and rest to remember and give thanks for God's grace?
When feeling spiritually thirsty or confused, do I seek temporary entertainment in the world, or do I drink from the river of God's pleasures?

With hungry hearts for His abundant grace, let us step into His Word today.

Leviticus 23–24, Psalm 36 Scripture Readings

Leviticus 23

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

4 These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.

35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

Leviticus 24

24 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Psalm 36

36 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Thank you for completing today’s reading from Leviticus and Psalms with us.

The pleasures of this world are fleeting and empty, but when we come before our holy and loving God, taking refuge under the shadow of His wings, our souls find eternal satisfaction and spiritual clarity.

Now, let us quiet our hearts and meditate on today’s daily key verse:

Daily Key Verse

Psalm 36:7–9 (KJV)

"How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light."

Learning from the Key Verse

The Psalmist uses beautiful imagery to depict the spiritual feast enjoyed by those who put their trust in God.

God’s lovingkindness is priceless; like a mother bird spreading her wings over her young, He offers absolute security. The "fatness of Thy house" and the "river of Thy pleasures" represent the deepest spiritual refreshment and joy found in Him. Above all, "in Thy light shall we see light"—when we view life through the lens of God's truth, darkness, anxiety, and confusion dissipate, leaving us with divine clarity and direction.

Daily Prayer

Today’s scripture calls us to guard our personal holiness while demonstrating how to pour out our heart's burdens before God. Whatever pressure, hurt, or injustice you carry today, the Lord hears your cry. Let us bow our hearts in prayer:

Most High, Holy, and Loving Heavenly Father, we give You praise and thanksgiving!

In Leviticus chapter 23, You appointed the feasts of the Lord for Israel, from the weekly Sabbath to Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. Lord, through these sacred seasons, You taught Your people that life is not just about labor, but about pausing in holy moments to worship and give thanks for Your salvation, protection, and provision. Teach us to manage our time wisely so that we never neglect our sacred rendezvous with You, keeping our souls anchored in Your rest.

In Leviticus chapter 24, You commanded that the lamps be kept burning continually and that the bread of the presence be set before You regularly as an everlasting covenant. Lord, the burning lampstand in the holy place reassures us that Your presence never departs, and the showbread reveals that You are the true Bread of Life. Though chapter 24 also records the solemn judgment on blasphemy, it soberly warns us that Your holy name must never be trivialized, and that we must guard our lips and actions with deep reverence.

Psalm 36 moves our hearts deeply. Though wickedness speaks in the heart of the ungodly, Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches unto the clouds. How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God! Therefore we put our trust under the shadow of Thy wings, abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house, drinking of the river of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the fountain of life, and in Thy light shall we see light.

Lord, we commit our loved ones, family members, friends, and co-workers into Your hands today. If any among them are spiritually thirsty, exhausted, or feeling empty from worldly pursuits, draw them back to You, the true Fountain of Life. Cover them with Your priceless lovingkindness, grant them rest beneath Your wings, and satisfy their souls with Your truth.

We also lift up this world to You. Many today grope in spiritual darkness and sin, lacking true direction and even blaspheming Your holy name in pride. O Lord, let Your light shine into this perverse generation, sending Your Holy Spirit to bring conviction, repentance, and a seeking heart. May the power of the Gospel open blind eyes, leading the desperate and lost to the True Light, Jesus Christ, where they may drink from the river of eternal salvation.

Hear our prayer today, and let Your divine light illuminate our path ahead.

In the name of Lord Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

Response Song After Devotional

Thank you for joining us today in reading God’s Word. May His truth be the strength of your heart each and every day.

We invite you to share this daily reading with your family and friends, so that we may grow together in God’s Word and walk united in prayer.

We will see you tomorrow as we continue our spiritual journey together!

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