Daily Bible Reading: LEB Translation

Joel and Matthew Williams

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Scripture read plainly, day by day.

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Daily Bible Reading: LEB Translation is a steady passage-by-passage reading of biblical books, Psalms, and New Testament chapters. Its episodes move with solemn patience through Ruth, Judges, Luke, and Acts, usually beginning in prayer and ending with a short call to meditate on the word of God.

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About Daily Bible Reading: LEB Translation

Daily Bible Reading: LEB Translation is a disciplined audio reading of scripture in the Lexham English Bible. The show’s shape is simple. Each installment identifies the week, day, and assigned passages, then begins with prayer before moving into the biblical text. The reading dominates. There is little ornament and little attempt to soften difficult material. Recent episodes pass through Judges, Ruth, Psalms, Luke, and Acts, allowing those books to stand beside one another in long sequential movement. Judges supplies much of the severity: fractured leadership, idols, battles, revenge, vows, oppression, and the recurring line that Israel had no king and each person did what was right in his own eyes. Samson, Gideon, Jephthah, Micah, Jael, and other figures appear through the text rather than through biographical commentary. Ruth brings a quieter change of register. Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, and David appear in a story of grief, return, provision, kinship, and lineage. The Psalms add counsel and worship, especially around trusting Yahweh, refraining from anger, waiting for justice, and praising God. Luke’s final chapters bring the reading to Jesus’ suffering, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. Acts then turns toward witness, bold speech, shared need, and the first believers’ life together. The speaker occasionally pauses at the close to name the force of the passages. Those moments are brief. They tend to emphasize faith, courage, humility, gratitude, resurrection hope, and living according to the word rather than merely hearing it. The show suits listeners who want a structured Christian reading practice without debate, interviews, music-driven production, or topical sermonizing. It is solemn but accessible. Its value lies in the accumulated weight of the text, read aloud day after day, with prayer as the threshold and meditation as the closing command.

Made for: For Christian listeners seeking a steady Bible-reading habit with minimal commentary and a reverent pace. It especially suits those who prefer extended scripture aloud over topical teaching or interview-based religion shows.

What sets it apart: The show keeps interpretation restrained and gives the Lexham English Bible the central voice. Its recurring week-and-day structure creates a continuous devotional rhythm across narrative, poetry, gospel, and early church passages.

In their own words

Listen to Bible readings 5 days a week as we go through the Bible together. This will take us all the way through the Bible in a year. We are following the reading schedule developed by Mark Roberts that you can find at https://fivedaybiblereading.com. In this podcast, we are reading the LEB.

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Week 15, Day 3Apr 7, 2026

Samson, Psalm 146, and Luke 24 hold the day together.

Week 15, Day 3 gives Samson the space his story needs, moving through Judges 12-16 before turning to Psalm 146 and Luke 24. The reading keeps a calm pace through Ephraim's grievance, Jephthah's answer, Samson's wife and her father, the foxes with torches, and the Philistines'…

Week 15, Day 2Apr 6, 2026

A sober, text-first reading that carries Judges, Psalm 17, and Luke 23 with equal weight.

The reading moves from Abimelech's rise in Judges, through Jephthah's contested place in the story, into Psalm 17 and the closing scenes of Luke 23.

Week 14, Day 4Apr 1, 2026

Day 4 moves through Judges 1-3, Psalm 16, and Luke 20, with warnings about judgment, honor, and self-deception.

Day 4 moves from Judges 1-3 into Psalm 16 and Luke 20, and the thread across them is easy to see: a call to keep God at the center, to listen to teaching, and to resist the habit of doing what seems right in one’s own eyes.

Week 14, Day 3Mar 31, 2026

A steady reading where covenant warning and gospel confrontation share the same frame.

Joshua's farewell gives this episode its weight. It moves from the covenant warnings in Joshua 22-24 to the public clash in Luke 19, beginning with prayer, then following Joshua as he speaks to the tribes that kept faith, recalls Israel's long memory at Shechem, and urges…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Week 30, Day 5

    Jul 23, 2026·17m
  2. 2

    Week 30, Day 4

    Jul 22, 2026·16m
  3. 3

    Week 30, Day 3

    Jul 21, 2026·15m
  4. 4

    Week 30, Day 2

    Jul 20, 2026·18m
  5. 5

    Week 30, Day 1

    Jul 19, 2026·18m
  6. 6

    Week 29, Day 5

    Jul 16, 2026·23m
  7. 7

    Week 29, Day 4

    Jul 15, 2026·14m
  8. 8

    Week 29, Day 3

    Jul 14, 2026·14m
  9. 9

    Week 29, Day 2

    Jul 13, 2026·18m
  10. 10

    Week 29, Day 1

    Jul 12, 2026·23m
  11. 11

    Week 28, Day 5

    Jul 9, 2026·28m
  12. 12

    Week 28, Day 4

    Jul 8, 2026·13m
  13. 13

    Week 28, Day 3

    Jul 7, 2026·12m
  14. 14

    Week 28, Day 2

    Jul 6, 2026·16m
  15. 15

    Week 28, Day 1

    Jul 5, 2026·14m
  16. 16

    Week 27, Day 5

    Jul 2, 2026·9m
  17. 17

    Week 27, Day 4

    Jul 1, 2026·13m
  18. 18

    Week 27, Day 3

    Jun 30, 2026·11m
  19. 19

    Week 27, Day 2

    Jun 29, 2026·13m
  20. 20

    Week 27, Day 1

    Jun 28, 2026·20m
  21. 21

    Week 26, Day 5

    Jun 25, 2026·10m
  22. 22

    Week 26, Day 4

    Jun 24, 2026·16m
  23. 23

    Week 26, Day 3

    Jun 23, 2026·15m
  24. 24

    Week 26, Day 2

    Jun 22, 2026·16m
  25. 25

    Week 26, Day 1

    Jun 21, 2026·11m
  26. 26

    Week 25, Day 5

    Jun 18, 2026·9m
  27. 27

    Week 25, Day 4

    Jun 17, 2026·8m
  28. 28

    Week 25, Day 3

    Jun 16, 2026·9m
  29. 29

    Week 25, Day 2

    Jun 15, 2026·11m
  30. 30

    Week 25, Day 1

    Jun 14, 2026·12m
  31. 31

    Week 24, Day 5

    Jun 11, 2026·11m
  32. 32

    Week 24, Day 4

    Jun 10, 2026·11m
  33. 33

    Week 24, Day 3

    Jun 9, 2026·9m
  34. 34

    Week 24, Day 2

    Jun 8, 2026·15m
  35. 35

    Week 24, Day 1

    Jun 7, 2026·14m
  36. 36

    Week 23, Day 5

    Jun 4, 2026·11m
  37. 37

    Week 23, Day 4

    Jun 3, 2026·13m
  38. 38

    Week 23, Day 3

    Jun 2, 2026·14m
  39. 39

    Week 23, Day 2

    Jun 1, 2026·13m
  40. 40

    Week 23, Day 1

    May 31, 2026·13m
  41. 41

    Week 22, Day 5

    May 28, 2026·17m
  42. 42

    Week 22, Day 4

    May 27, 2026·16m
  43. 43

    Week 22, Day 3

    May 26, 2026·17m
  44. 44

    Week 22, Day 2

    May 25, 2026·25m
  45. 45

    Week 22, Day 1

    May 24, 2026·25m
  46. 46

    Week 21, Day 5

    May 21, 2026·17m
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    Week 21, Day 4

    May 20, 2026·24m
  48. 48

    Week 21, Day 3

    May 19, 2026·22m
  49. 49

    Week 21, Day 2

    May 18, 2026·23m
  50. 50

    Week 21, Day 1

    May 17, 2026·17m
  51. 51

    Week 20, Day 5

    May 14, 2026·20m
  52. 52

    Week 20, Day 4

    May 13, 2026·21m
  53. 53

    Week 20, Day 3

    May 12, 2026·17m
  54. 54

    Week 20, Day 2

    May 11, 2026·15m
  55. 55

    Week 20, Day 1

    May 10, 2026·13m
  56. 56

    Week 19, Day 5

    May 7, 2026·23m
  57. 57

    Week 19, Day 4

    May 6, 2026·26m
  58. 58

    Week 19, Day 3

    May 5, 2026·13m
  59. 59

    Week 19, Day 2

    May 4, 2026·19m
  60. 60

    Week 19, Day 1

    May 3, 2026·14m
  61. 61

    Week 18, Day 5

    Apr 30, 2026·16m
  62. 62

    Week 18, Day 4

    Apr 29, 2026·22m
  63. 63

    Week 18, Day 3

    Apr 28, 2026·17m
  64. 64

    Week 18, Day 2

    Apr 27, 2026·20m
  65. 65

    Week 18, Day 1

    Apr 26, 2026·21m
  66. 66

    Week 17, Day 5

    Apr 23, 2026·20m
  67. 67

    Week 17, Day 4

    Apr 22, 2026·21m
  68. 68

    Week 17, Day 3

    Apr 21, 2026·16m
  69. 69

    Week 17, Day 2

    Apr 20, 2026·20m
  70. 70

    Week 17, Day 1

    Apr 19, 2026·14m
  71. 71

    Week 16, Day 5

    Apr 16, 2026·19m
  72. 72

    Week 16, Day 4

    Apr 15, 2026·13m
  73. 73

    Week 16, Day 3

    Apr 14, 2026·18m
  74. 74

    Week 16, Day 2

    This episode is a daily Bible reading session covering Ruth chapters 3-4, Psalm 37, and Acts chapter 4, starting with a prayer for courage and faith.

    Apr 13, 2026·16m
  75. 75

    Week 16, Day 1

    This episode is a daily devotional reading of the Book of Ruth, Chapter 1, focusing on the story of Naomi and her family during a famine.

    Apr 12, 2026·12m
  76. 76

    Week 15, Day 5

    This episode is a daily Bible reading session covering Judges Chapters 19-21 and Acts Chapter 2, starting with a prayer and the beginning of Judges 19.

    Apr 9, 2026·20m
  77. 77

    Week 15, Day 4

    This episode guides listeners through a daily Bible reading covering Judges 17-18, Psalm 21, and Acts 1, starting with a prayer and beginning the reading in Judges 17.

    Apr 8, 2026·13m
  78. 78

    Week 15, Day 3

    The reading opens with prayer.

    Apr 7, 2026·27m·1 clip
  79. 79

    Week 15, Day 2

    The day opens with a prayer, then moves through Judges 9 through 11, Psalm 17, and Luke 23.

    Apr 6, 2026·26m·1 clip
  80. 80

    Week 15, Day 1

    Hidden gem

    Daily Bible Reading: LEB Translation, Week 15, Day 1 reads Judges 7–8, where Gideon reduces Israel’s force to 300 men before Midian’s camp is routed.

    Apr 5, 2026·18m·1 clip
  81. 81

    Week 14, Day 5

    Apr 2, 2026·20m
  82. 82

    Week 14, Day 4

    The reading begins in prayer.

    Apr 1, 2026·21m·1 clip
  83. 83

    Week 14, Day 3

    The day opens with prayer and readings from Joshua, Psalm 116, and Luke 19.

    Mar 31, 2026·24m·1 clip
  84. 84

    Week 14, Day 2

    Mar 30, 2026·25m
  85. 85

    Week 14, Day 1

    Mar 29, 2026·19m
  86. 86

    Week 13, Day 5

    Mar 26, 2026·26m
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    Week 13, Day 4

    Mar 25, 2026·24m
  88. 88

    Week 13, Day 3

    Mar 24, 2026·20m
  89. 89

    Week 13, Day 2

    Mar 23, 2026·20m
  90. 90

    Week 13, Day 1

    Mar 22, 2026·33m
  91. 91

    Week 12, Day 5

    Mar 19, 2026·21m
  92. 92

    Week 12, Day 4

    Mar 18, 2026·21m
  93. 93

    Week 12, Day 3

    Mar 17, 2026·24m
  94. 94

    Week 12, Day 2

    Mar 16, 2026·29m
  95. 95

    Week 12, Day 1

    Mar 15, 2026·23m
  96. 96

    Week 11, Day 5

    Mar 12, 2026·21m
  97. 97

    Week 11, Day 4

    Mar 11, 2026·26m
  98. 98

    Week 11, Day 3

    Mar 10, 2026·17m
  99. 99

    Week 11, Day 2

    Mar 9, 2026·29m
  100. 100

    Week 11, Day 1

    Mar 8, 2026·27m
  101. 101

    Week 10, Day 5

    Mar 5, 2026·26m
  102. 102

    Week 10, Day 4

    Mar 4, 2026·16m
  103. 103

    Week 10, Day 3

    Mar 3, 2026·25m
  104. 104

    Week 10, Day 2

    Mar 2, 2026·17m
  105. 105

    Week 10, Day 1

    Mar 1, 2026·20m
  106. 106

    Week 9, Day 5

    Feb 26, 2026·19m
  107. 107

    Week 9, Day 4

    Feb 25, 2026·23m
  108. 108

    Week 9, Day 3

    Feb 24, 2026·19m
  109. 109

    Week 9, Day 2

    Feb 23, 2026·19m
  110. 110

    Week 9, Day 1

    Feb 22, 2026·17m
  111. 111

    Week 8, Day 5

    Feb 19, 2026·18m
  112. 112

    Week 8, Day 4

    Feb 18, 2026·15m
  113. 113

    Week 8, Day 3

    This episode guides listeners through a daily Bible reading covering Leviticus chapters 15-18, Psalm 31, and Hebrews chapter 6, beginning with a prayer for spiritual growth and holiness.

    Feb 17, 2026·24m
  114. 114

    Week 8, Day 2

    This episode guides listeners through a daily Bible reading covering Leviticus chapters 12-14, Psalm 111, and Hebrews chapter 5, beginning with a prayer for understanding and application of Old Testament teachings on holiness.

    Feb 16, 2026·25m
  115. 115

    Week 8, Day 1

    This episode guides listeners through a daily Bible reading from Leviticus Chapter 8, focusing on the consecration of Aaron and the tabernacle.

    Feb 15, 2026·22m
  116. 116

    Week 7, Day 5

    This episode guides listeners through a daily Bible reading covering Leviticus chapters 4-7 and Hebrews chapter 4, beginning with a prayer focused on faith and obedience.

    Feb 12, 2026·24m
  117. 117

    Week 7, Day 4

    Feb 11, 2026·13m
  118. 118

    Week 7, Day 3

    Feb 10, 2026·18m
  119. 119

    Week 7, Day 2

    Feb 9, 2026·17m
  120. 120

    Week 7, Day 1

    Feb 8, 2026·18m
  121. 121

    Week 6, Day 5

    This episode is a guided Bible reading session covering Exodus chapters 28-31 and Philippians chapter 2, focusing on the priesthood and holiness.

    Feb 5, 2026·26m
  122. 122

    Week 6, Day 4

    Feb 4, 2026·19m
  123. 123

    Week 6, Day 3

    Feb 3, 2026·19m
  124. 124

    Week 6, Day 2

    Feb 2, 2026·18m
  125. 125

    Week 6, Day 1

    Feb 1, 2026·16m
  126. 126

    Week 5, Day 5

    Jan 29, 2026·16m
  127. 127

    Week 5, Day 4

    Jan 28, 2026·18m
  128. 128

    Week 5, Day 3

    Jan 27, 2026·22m
  129. 129

    Week 5, Day 2

    Jan 26, 2026·17m
  130. 130

    Week 5, Day 1

    Jan 25, 2026·14m
  131. 131

    Week 4, Day 5

    Jan 22, 2026·13m
  132. 132

    Week 4, Day 4

    Jan 21, 2026·16m
  133. 133

    Week 4, Day 3

    Jan 20, 2026·14m
  134. 134

    Week 4, Day 2

    Jan 19, 2026·17m
  135. 135

    Week 4, Day 1

    Jan 18, 2026·17m
  136. 136

    Week 3, Day 5

    Jan 15, 2026·18m
  137. 137

    Week 3, Day 4

    Jan 14, 2026·25m
  138. 138

    Week 3, Day 3

    Jan 13, 2026·20m
  139. 139

    Week 3, Day 2

    Jan 12, 2026·22m
  140. 140

    Week 3, Day 1

    Jan 11, 2026·13m
  141. 141

    Week 2, Day 5

    Jan 8, 2026·20m
  142. 142

    Week 2, Day 4

    Jan 7, 2026·22m
  143. 143

    Week 2, Day 3

    Jan 6, 2026·20m
  144. 144

    Week 2, Day 2

    Jan 5, 2026·17m
  145. 145

    Week 2, Day 1

    Jan 4, 2026·19m
  146. 146

    Week 1, Day 5

    Jan 1, 2026·20m
  147. 147

    Week 53, Day 3

    Dec 31, 2025
  148. 148

    Week 1, Day 4

    Dec 31, 2025·18m
  149. 149

    Week 1, Day 3

    Dec 30, 2025·20m
  150. 150

    Week 53, Day 2

    Dec 30, 2025
  151. 151

    Week 1, Day 2

    Dec 29, 2025·16m
  152. 152

    Week 53, Day 1

    Dec 29, 2025
  153. 153

    Week 1, Day 1

    Dec 28, 2025·20m