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Daily Lectionary

July 10, 2025

July 9, 2025 July 11, 2025

These daily readings from the EHV follow the one-year daily lectionary provided in Christian Worship: Hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book, and the Treasury of Daily Prayer. In this lectionary, two readings of 15-25 verses each are provided for each day. Under this plan, nearly all of the New Testament and approximately one-third of the Old Testament are read each year. These readings fit well within the daily offices of Matins, Vespers, or Compline as daily family devotions.

Judges 6:1-24

The Fifth Judge: Gideon Versus the Midianites
61Again the people of Israel committed evil in the eyes of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years. 2The hand of Midian was heavy upon Israel. Because of Midian, the people of Israel made hidden shelters[] for themselves, in the mountains, in caves, and other hideouts. 3Whenever Israel planted crops, Midian and Amalek and the people of the East[] would go up against Israel. 4They would set up camp against them and ruin the crops all the way to Gaza, so there was no source of livelihood left in Israel—not even a sheep, an ox, or a donkey. 5When the Midianites would invade with their herds of cattle and their tents, they were as numerous as locusts, so it was impossible to count them and their camels. This is how they came up against the land to ruin it. 6So Israel was laid low because of Midian, and the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
7When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord because of Midian, 8the Lord sent a man, a prophet, to the people of Israel. The prophet said this to them:
This is what the Lord God of Israel says: It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and I brought you out from the house of slavery. 9I rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors, and I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land. 10I said to Israel, “I am the Lord your God. Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live,” but you did not listen to my voice.
11The Angel of the Lord[] came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12The Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
13Gideon said to him, “Please tell me this, my lord: If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the wonderful acts our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Is it not the Lord who brought us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us, and he has given us into the hand of Midian.”
14The Lord turned to him and said, “Go forward in this strength that is now yours, and you will deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
15He said to the Angel, “Pardon me, my lord,[] but how can I deliver Israel? Look! My clan is the lowliest in Manasseh, and I—I am the least in my father's house.”
16But the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you will strike down Midian as one man.”
17Gideon said to him, “If I have now found grace in your eyes, offer me a sign that it is you who are speaking with me. 18Please do not leave this spot until I come back to you. I will bring my gift and set it before you.”
He said, “I will sit here until you return.”
19So Gideon went and prepared a young goat, and he made unleavened bread from a half bushel[] of flour. He put the meat into a basket and the broth into a pot. He then brought them out to the Angel under the oak, where he presented them.
20The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and set them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” So that is what he did. 21The Angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread, and fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
22Gideon realized that this was the Angel of the Lord, and he said, “Oh, no! It is the Lord God! Yes, I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face!”
23But the Lord said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid. You will not die.”
24So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there, and he named it “The Lord Is Peace.” To this day it stands at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Acts 14:19-15:5

19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the crowds to stone Paul. When they thought he was dead, they dragged him out of the city. 20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he stood up and went into the city. The next day, he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
The Return to Antioch
21After they preached the good news in that city and had gathered many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. They told them, “We must go through many troubles on our way to the kingdom of God.” 23They had elders elected[] for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they believed. 24When they had passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25When they had spoken the Word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had just completed. 27When they arrived and called the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith for the Gentiles. 28Then they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
The Council at Jerusalem
151Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the law handed down by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2Because this brought about a serious argument and debate between Paul and Barnabas and these men, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some other men from the church to go up to Jerusalem, to see the apostles and the elders concerning this controversy.
3After they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they described in detail the conversion of the Gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers. 4When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported everything God had done through them.
5But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.”