Tagged: Aaron
March 16
Numbers 1
1And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,
2Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, every male by name;
3All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
4And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father’s house.
5These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
6From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
7From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
8From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
9From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
10Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
11From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
12From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
13From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
14From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
15From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
16These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers’ houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
17And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;
18And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father’s house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.
19As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.
20The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
21Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
22The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
23Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
24The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
25Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
26The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
27Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
28The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
29Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
30The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
31Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
32The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
33Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
34The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
35Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
36The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
37Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
38The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
39Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
40The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
41Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
42The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers’ houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
43Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
44These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
45So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,
46Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
48For the Lord said to Moses,
49Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
50But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.
51And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.
52The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
53But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.
54So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
Numbers 2
1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers’ houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.
3Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
4The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
5And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.
6The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
7After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
8The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
9The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.
10On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.
11The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
12And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
13The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
14Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
15The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
16The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
17Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
18On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
19The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
20And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
21The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
22Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
23The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
24The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.
25On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
26The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
27Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
28The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
29Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
30The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
31The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.
32These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers’ families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
34So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
1For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
6A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
Matthew 16
1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
2But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.
3And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.
4An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
5And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.
6And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
7And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
8And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
9Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
10Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
11How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
12Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
14And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
15He says to them, But who do you say that I am?
16And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
18And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
19I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
20Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.
21From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.
22And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
23But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
25Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.
26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
27For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.
28Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
March 14
Leviticus 24
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,
3Outside the veil of the ark in the Tent of meeting; let Aaron see that it is burning from evening till morning at all times before the Lord: it is a rule for ever through all your generations.
4Let Aaron put the lights in order on the support before the Lord at all times.
5And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.
6And put them in two lines, six in a line, on the holy table before the Lord.
7And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
8Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.
9And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever.
10And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;
11And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
12And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.
13And the Lord said to Moses,
14Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
15And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
16And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.
17And anyone who takes another’s life is certainly to be put to death.
18And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
19And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
20Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
21He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
22You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.
23And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
Leviticus 25
1And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
3For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them;
4But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.
5That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.
6And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;
7And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.
8And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;
9Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land.
10And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
11Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.
12For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.
13In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.
14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
15Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.
16If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.
17And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.
18So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
19And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.
20And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
21Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.
22And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.
23No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
24Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.
25If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.
26And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;
27Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.
28But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.
29And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.
30And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the property of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.
31But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.
32But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
33And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchanged for money will come back to him in the year of Jubilee. For the houses of the towns of the Levites are their property among the children of Israel.
34But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.
35And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.
36Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
37Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
38I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
39And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
40But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
41Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.
42For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
43Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
44But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
45And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.
46And they will be your children’s heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.
47And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;
48After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,
49Or his father’s brother, or the son of his father’s brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.
50And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.
51If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.
52And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.
53And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
54And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
55For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
4One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
6The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
7All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
8All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.
10Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
11There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
Matthew 15:1-20
1Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
4For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
6There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
7You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
9But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
11Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
12Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
13But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
14Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
15Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
16And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
20These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
March 13
Leviticus 22
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,
3Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations, being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before me: I am the Lord.
4No man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body, may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;
5Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;
6Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;
7And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.
8That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.
9So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.
10No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest’s house, or a servant working for payment.
11But any person for whom the priest has given money, to make him his, may take of it with him; and those who come to birth in his house may take of his bread.
12And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings.
13But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father’s house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father’s bread; but no outside person may do so.
14And if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part.
15And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,
16So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.
17And the Lord said to Moses,
18Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;
19So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.
20But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.
21And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.
22Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.
23An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.
24An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.
25And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
26And the Lord said to Moses,
27When an ox or a sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days; and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
28A cow or a sheep may not be put to death with its young on the same day.
29And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.
30Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.
31So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.
32And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,
33Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 23
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.
3On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.
4These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times.
5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord’s Passover;
6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread.
7On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.
8And every day for seven days you will give a burned offering to the Lord; and on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.
9And the Lord said to Moses,
10Say to the children of Israel, When you have come to the land which I will give you, and have got in the grain from its fields, take some of the first-fruits of the grain to the priest;
11And let the grain be waved before the Lord, so that you may be pleasing to him; on the day after the Sabbath let it be waved by the priest.
12And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.
13And let the meal offering with it be two tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet smell; and the drink offering with it is to be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
14And you may take no bread or dry grain or new grain for food till the very day on which you have given the offering for your God: this is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.
15And let seven full weeks be numbered from the day after the Sabbath, the day when you give the grain for the wave offering;
16Let fifty days be numbered, to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you are to give a new meal offering to the Lord.
17Take from your houses two cakes of bread, made of a fifth part of an ephah of the best meal, cooked with leaven, to be waved for first-fruits to the Lord.
18And with the bread, take seven lambs of the first year, without any marks, and one ox and two male sheep, to be a burned offering to the Lord, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, an offering of a sweet smell made by fire to the Lord.
19And you are to give one male goat for a sin-offering and two male lambs of the first year for peace-offerings.
20And these will be waved by the priest, with the bread of the first-fruits, for a wave offering to the Lord, with the two lambs: they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.
21And on the same day, let it be given out that there will be a holy meeting for you: you may do no field-work on that day: it is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.
22And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.
23And the Lord said to Moses,
24Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.
25Do no field-work and give to the Lord an offering made by fire.
26And the Lord said to Moses,
27The tenth day of this seventh month is the day for the taking away of sin; let it be a holy day of worship; you are to keep from pleasure, and give to the Lord an offering made by fire.
28And on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.
29For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.
30And if any person, whoever he may be, on that day does any sort of work, I will send destruction on him from among his people.
31You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.
32Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.
33And the Lord said to Moses,
34Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.
35On the first day there will be a holy meeting: do no field-work.
36Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.
37These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, to be kept by you as holy days of worship, for making an offering by fire to the Lord; a burned offering, a meal offering, an offering of beasts, and drink offerings; every one on its special day;
38In addition to the Sabbaths of the Lord, and in addition to the things you give and the oaths you make and the free offerings to the Lord.
39But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.
40On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.
41And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept.
42For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:
43So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
44And Moses made clear to the children of Israel the orders about the fixed feasts of the Lord.
Proverbs 31
1The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.
2What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?
3Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
5For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
6Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
7Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.
8Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.
9Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
10Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
11The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.
12She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.
14She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.
15She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.
16After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.
17She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.
18She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.
19She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.
20Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.
21She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.
22She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.
23Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
24She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.
25Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.
26Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.
27She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
28Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,
29Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.
30Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
31Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
Matthew 14:22-36
22And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.
23And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.
24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.
25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
26And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.
27But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
28And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.
29And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.
30But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.
31And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?
32And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.
33And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
34And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,
36With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.
March 12
Leviticus 20
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;
3And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
4And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,
5Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.
6And whoever goes after those who make use of spirits and wonder-workers, doing evil with them, against him will my face be turned, and he will be cut off from among his people.
7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.
8And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.
9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.
10And if a man has sex relations with another man’s wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.
11And the man who has sex relations with his father’s wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
12And if a man has sex relations with his son’s wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.
13And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.
14And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
15And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction.
16And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.
17And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.
18And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.
19And you may not have sex connection with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.
20And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father’s brother, he has put shame on his father’s brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.
21And if a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
22So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.
23And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.
24But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.
25So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.
26And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.
27Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.
Leviticus 21
1And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
2But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
3And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
4But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
5They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
6Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
7They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
8And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
9And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
10And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.
11He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
12He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
14A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
15And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
16And the Lord said to Moses,
17Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.
18For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,
19Or a man with broken feet or hands,
20Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;
21No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.
22He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
23But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
24These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
Proverbs 30
1The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:
2For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you are able to say?
5Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
6Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
7I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
8Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
9For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
10Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
13There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
15The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
16The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
17The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
18There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.
20This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
21For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
22A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master’s wife.
24There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:
25The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;
26The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;
28You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings’ houses.
29There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:
30The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;
31The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.
32If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
33The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
Matthew 14:1-21
1At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
2And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.
3For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
4Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
5And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
7So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
8And she, at her mother’s suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
9And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
10And he sent and had John’s head cut off in the prison.
11And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.
12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.
13Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.
14And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.
15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.
16But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.
17And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
18And he said, Give them to me.
19And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
20And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
21And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
March 05
Leviticus 9
1And on the eighth day Moses sent for Aaron and his sons and the responsible men of Israel;
2And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.
3And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;
4And an ox and a male sheep for peace-offerings, to be put to death before the Lord; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for this day you are to see the Lord.
5And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.
6And Moses said, This is what the Lord has said you are to do; and you will see the glory of the Lord.
7And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people’s offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.
8So Aaron came near to the altar and put to death the ox for the sin-offering for himself;
9And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar;
10But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
11And the flesh and the skin were burned with fire outside the tent-circle;
12And he put to death the burned offering; and Aaron’s sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar;
13And they gave him the parts of the burned offering, in their order, and the head, to be burned on the altar.
14And the inside parts and the legs, when they had been washed with water, were burned on the burned offering on the altar.
15And he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first.
16And he took the burned offering, offering it in the ordered way;
17And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.
18And he put to death the ox and the sheep, which were the peace-offerings for the people; and Aaron’s sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar;
19And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;
20They put the fat on the breasts, and the fat was burned on the altar.
21And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders.
22And Aaron, lifting up his hands to the people, gave them a blessing; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burned offering, and the peace-offerings.
23And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of meeting, and came out and gave the people a blessing, and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
24And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
Leviticus 10
1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.
2And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
4And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron’s father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.
5So they came and took them, in their coats, outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said.
6And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, Do not let your hair be loose, and give no signs of grief; so that death may not overtake you, and his wrath come on all the people; but let there be weeping among your brothers and all the house of Israel for this burning of the Lord’s fire.
7And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.
8And the Lord said to Aaron:
9Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.
10And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
11Teaching the children of Israel all the laws which the Lord has given them by the hand of Moses.
12And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.
13It is to be for your food in a holy place, because it is your right and your sons’ right, from the offerings of the Lord made by fire: for so am I ordered.
14And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons’ right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.
15Let them take the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.
16And Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who were still living, saying,
17Why did you not make a meal of the sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin before the Lord.
18See, its blood was not taken into the holy place: certainly it was right for you to have taken it as food in the holy place, as I gave orders.
19And Aaron said to Moses, You have seen that today they have made their sin-offering and their burned offering before the Lord, and such things as these have come on me. If I had taken the sin-offering as food today, would it have been pleasing to the Lord?
20And after hearing this, Moses was no longer angry.
Proverbs 23
1When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
11For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
14Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
16And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
18For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
20Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
25Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
28Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
29Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
30Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
31Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
32In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
34Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
35They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
Matthew 10:26-42
26Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.
27What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
28And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
29Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:
30But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
32To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
33But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.
34Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
35For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
36And a man will be hated by those of his house.
37He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
38And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
39He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
40He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
41He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet’s reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man’s reward.
42And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
March 04
Leviticus 7
1And this is the law of the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.
2They are to put to death the offering for wrongdoing in the same place as the burned offering; and the priest is to put the blood on and round the altar.
3And all the fat of it, the fat tail and the fat covering the inside parts, is to be given as an offering.
4And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:
5They are to be burned by the priest on the altar for an offering made by fire to the Lord: it is an offering for wrongdoing.
6Every male among the priests may have it as food in a holy place: it is most holy.
7As is the sin-offering, so is the offering for wrongdoing; there is one law for them: the priest who makes the offering to take away sin, he is to have it.
8And the priest offering any man’s burned offering for him, may have the skin of the burned offering which is offered by him.
9And every meal offering which is cooked in the oven and everything made in a cooking pot or on a flat plate, is for the priest by whom it is offered.
10And every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, is for all the sons of Aaron in equal measure.
11And this is the law for the peace-offerings offered to the Lord.
12If any man gives his offering as a praise-offering, then let him give with the offering, unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil and cakes of the best meal well mixed with oil.
13With his peace-offering let him give cakes of leavened bread, as a praise-offering.
14And let him give one out of every offering to be lifted up before the Lord; that it may be for the priest who puts the blood of the peace-offering on the altar.
15And the flesh of the praise-offering is to be taken as food on the day when it is offered; no part of it may be kept till the morning.
16But if his offering is made because of an oath or given freely, it may be taken as food on the day when it is offered; and the rest may be used up on the day after:
17But if any of the flesh of the offering is still unused on the third day, it is to be burned with fire.
18And if any of the flesh of the peace-offering is taken as food on the third day, it will not be pleasing to God and will not be put to the account of him who gives it; it will be unclean and a cause of sin to him who takes it as food.
19And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:
20But he who is unclean when he takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord’s, will be cut off from his people.
21And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord’s, will be cut off from his people.
22And the Lord said to Moses,
23Say to the children of Israel: You are not to take any fat, of ox or sheep or goat, for food.
24And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.
25For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.
26And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.
27Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.
28And the Lord said to Moses,
29Say to the children of Israel: He who makes a peace-offering to the Lord, is to give an offering to the Lord out of his peace-offering:
30He himself is to take to the Lord the offering made by fire, even the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
31And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.
32And the right leg you are to give to the priest for an offering to be lifted up out of what is given for your peace-offerings.
33That man, among the sons of Aaron, by whom the blood of the peace-offering and the fat are offered, is to have the right leg for his part.
34For the breast which is waved and the right leg which is lifted up on high I have taken from the children of Israel, from their peace-offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their right for ever from the children of Israel.
35This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;
36Which the Lord said the children of Israel were to give them, on the day when he made them his priests. It is their right for ever from generation to generation.
37These are the laws for the burned offering, the meal offering, and the offering for wrongdoing; and for the making of priests, and for the giving of peace-offerings;
38As they were given by the Lord to Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when the Lord gave orders to the children of Israel to make their offerings to the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai.
Leviticus 8
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;
3And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.
4And Moses did as the Lord said, and all the people came together at the door of the Tent of meeting.
5And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.
6Then Moses took Aaron and his sons; and after washing them with water,
7He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.
8And he put the priest’s bag on him, and in the bag he put the Urim and Thummim.
9And on his head he put the head-dress, and in front of the head-dress the plate of gold, the holy crown, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
10And Moses took the holy oil and put it on the House and on all the things in it, to make them holy.
11Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.
12And some of the oil he put on Aaron’s head, to make him holy.
13Then he took Aaron’s sons, clothing them with the coats, and putting the bands round them, and the head-dresses on their heads, as the Lord had given him orders.
14And he took the ox of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the ox,
15And he put it to death; and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and round it with his finger, and made the altar clean, draining out the blood at the base of the altar; so he made it holy, taking away what was unclean.
16And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;
17But the ox, with its skin and its flesh and its waste, was burned with fire outside the tent-circle, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
18And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,
19And he put it to death; and Moses put some of the blood on and round the altar.
20And when the sheep had been cut into parts, the head and the parts and the fat were burned by Moses.
21And the inside parts and the legs were washed with water and all the sheep was burned by Moses on the altar; it was a burned offering for a sweet smell: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
22And he put the other sheep before the Lord, the sheep with which they were made priests; and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the sheep,
23And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.
24Then he took Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the point of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet: and Moses put the blood on and round the altar.
25And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right leg;
26And out of the basket of unleavened bread which was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil on it, and one thin cake, and put them on the fat and on the right leg:
27And he put them all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord.
28And Moses took them from their hands, and they were burned on the altar on the burned offering, as a priest’s offering for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
29And Moses took the breast, waving it for a wave offering before the Lord; it was Moses’ part of the sheep of the priest’s offering, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
30And Moses took some of the holy oil and of the blood which was on the altar and put it on Aaron and on his robes, and on his sons and on his sons’ robes; and made Aaron holy, and his robes and his sons and his sons’ robes with him.
31And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, The flesh is to be cooked in water at the door of the Tent of meeting, and there you are to take it as food, together with the bread in the basket, as I have given orders, saying, It is the food of Aaron and his sons.
32And that which is over of the flesh and of the bread is to be burned with fire.
33And you are not to go out from the door of the Tent of meeting for seven days, till the days for making you priest are ended; for this will be the work of seven days.
34What has been done this day, has been ordered by the Lord to take away your sin.
35And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.
36And Aaron and his sons did all the things about which the Lord had given orders through Moses.
Proverbs 22
1A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
2The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
3The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
4The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
7The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
8By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
9He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
10Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
11He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
12The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.
13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
14The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
15Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
16He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
19So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
20Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,
21To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?
22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
23For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
25For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
26Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
27If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
28Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
29Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
Matthew 10:1-25
1And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.
2Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
5These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
7And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.
8Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.
9Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
10Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.
11And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.
12And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.
13And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God’s judging than for that town.
16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
19But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;
20Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
21And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
22And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
23But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
24A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
25It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
March 03
Leviticus 5
1And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible:
2If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible:
3Or if he becomes unclean through touching unconsciously any unclean thing of man, whatever it may be, when it is made clear to him he will be responsible:
4Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.
5And whoever is responsible for any such sin, let him make a statement openly of his wrongdoing;
6And take to the Lord the offering for the wrong which he has done, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away his sin.
7And if he has not money enough for a lamb, then let him give, for his offering to the Lord, two doves or two young pigeons; one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering.
8And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;
9And he is to put drops of the blood of the offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.
10And the second is for a burned offering, in agreement with the law; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.
11But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.
12And let him come to the priest with it, and the priest will take some of it in his hand, to be burned on the altar as a sign, among the offerings of the Lord made by fire: it is a sin-offering.
13And the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness: and the rest of the offering will be the priest’s, in the same way as the meal offering.
14And the Lord said to Moses,
15If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.
16And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness.
17And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.
18Let him come to the priest with a sheep, a male without any mark out of the flock, of the value fixed by you, as an offering for his error; and the priest will take away the sin which he did in error, and he will have forgiveness.
19It is an offering for his error: he is certainly responsible before the Lord.
Leviticus 6
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,
3Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
4Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,
5Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.
6Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you:
7And the priest will take away his sin from before the Lord, and he will have forgiveness for whatever crime he has done
8And the Lord said to Moses,
9Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.
10And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.
11Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.
12The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.
13Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.
14And this is the law for the meal offering: it is to be offered to the Lord before the altar by the sons of Aaron.
15The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
16And whatever is over Aaron and his sons may have for their food, taking it without leaven in a holy place; in the open space of the Tent of meeting they may take a meal of it.
17It is not to be cooked with leaven. I have given it to them as their part of the offerings made by fire to me; it is most holy, as are the sin-offerings and the offerings for error.
18Every male among the children of Aaron may have it for food; it is their right for ever through all your generations, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord: anyone touching them will be holy.
19And the Lord said to Moses,
20This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to make to the Lord on the day when he is made a priest: the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering for ever; half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
21Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
22And the same offering is to be given by that one of his sons who takes his place as priest; by an order for ever, all of it is to be burned before the Lord.
23Every meal offering offered for the priest is to be completely burned: nothing of it is to be taken for food.
24And the Lord said to Moses,
25Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the law for the sin-offering: the sin-offering is to be put to death before the Lord in the same place as the burned offering; it is most holy.
26The priest by whom it is offered for sin, is to take it for his food in a holy place, in the open space of the Tent of meeting.
27Anyone touching the flesh of it will be holy: and if any of the blood is dropped on any clothing, the thing on which the blood has been dropped is to be washed in a holy place.
28But the vessel of earth in which the flesh was cooked is to be broken; or if a brass vessel was used, it is to be rubbed clean and washed out with water.
29Every male among the priests may take it for his food: it is most holy.
30No sin-offering, the blood of which is taken into the Tent of meeting, to take away sin in the holy place, may be used for food: it is to be burned with fire.
Proverbs 21
1The king’s heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
3To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
4A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.
5The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
6He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
9It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
10The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
11When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
13He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
14By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
15It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.
16The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
17The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
22A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
23He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
24The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
25The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
27The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
28A false witness will be cut off, …
29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
31The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.
Matthew 9:18-38
18While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
19And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.
20And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:
21Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.
22But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
23And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,
24He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.
25But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.
26And the news of it went out into all that land.
27And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.
28And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.
29Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.
30And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
31But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.
32And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.
33And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.
34But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.
35And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.
36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.
38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
March 02
Leviticus 3
1And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.
2And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death at the door of the Tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.
3And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
4And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
5That it may be burned by Aaron’s sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.
6And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.
7If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord:
8And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.
9And of the peace-offering, let him give an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat of it, all the fat tail, he is to take away near the backbone; and the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
10And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
11That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.
12And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,
13And let him put his hand on the head of it and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.
14And of it let him make his offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
15And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;
16That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord’s.
17Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.
Leviticus 4
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord’s order are not to be done:
3If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.
4And he is to take the ox to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord; and put his hand on its head and put it to death before the Lord.
5And the chief priest is to take some of its blood and take it to the Tent of meeting;
6And the priest is to put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of it before the Lord seven times, in front of the veil of the holy place.
7And the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar on which perfume is burned before the Lord in the Tent of meeting, draining out all the rest of the blood of the ox at the base of the altar of burned offering which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.
8And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts,
9And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,
10As it is taken from the ox of the peace-offering; and it is to be burned by the priest on the altar of burned offerings.
11And the skin of the ox and all its flesh, with its head and its legs and its inside parts and its waste,
12All the ox, he is to take away outside the circle of the tents into a clean place where the burned waste is put, and there it is to be burned on wood with fire.
13And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone’s knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord’s order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;
14When the sin which they have done comes to light, then let all the people give an ox for a sin-offering, and take it before the Tent of meeting.
15And let the chiefs of the people put their hands on its head before the Lord, and put the ox to death before the Lord.
16And the priest is to take some of its blood to the Tent of meeting;
17And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
18And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting.
19And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.
20Let him do with the ox as he did with the ox of the sin-offering; and the priest will take away their sin and they will have forgiveness.
21Then let the ox be taken away outside the tent-circle, that it may be burned as the other ox was burned; it is the sin-offering for all the people.
22If a ruler does wrong, and in error does any of the things which, by the order of the Lord his God, are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;
23When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, let him give for his offering a goat, a male without any mark.
24And he is to put his hand on the head of the goat and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering before the Lord: it is a sin-offering.
25And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, draining out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burned offering.
26And all the fat of it is to be burned on the altar like the fat of the peace-offering; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.
27And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;
28When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, then he is to give for his offering a goat, a female without any mark, for the sin which he has done.
29And he is to put his hand on the head of the sin-offering and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering.
30And the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of its blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar.
31And let all its fat be taken away, as the fat is taken away from the peace-offerings, and let it be burned on the altar by the priest for a sweet smell to the Lord; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.
32And if he gives a lamb as his sin-offering, let it be a female without any mark;
33And he is to put his hand on the head of the offering and put it to death for a sin-offering in the place where they put to death the burned offering.
34And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar;
35And let him take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the lamb of the peace-offerings; and let it be burned by the priest on the altar among the offerings made by fire to the Lord: and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.
Proverbs 20
1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
2The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
3It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
4The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
5The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.
6Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
7An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
8A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.
9Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
11Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord’s work.
13Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
16Take a man’s clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
18Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
19He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
20If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
21A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
22Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
23Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
24A man’s steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
25It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.
26A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.
27The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
28Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
29The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.
30By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.
Matthew 9:1-17
1And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.
2And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
3And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.
4And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?
5For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
6But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
7And he got up and went away to his house.
8But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
9And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
10And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
12But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
13But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
15And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
16And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
17And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.
March 01
Leviticus 1
1And the voice of the Lord came to Moses out of the Tent of meeting, saying,
2Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.
3If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.
4And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.
5And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.
6And the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts.
7And Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:
8And Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to put the parts, the head and the fat, in order on the wood which is on the fire on the altar:
9But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
10And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.
11And he is to put it to death on the north side of the altar before the Lord: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.
12And the offering is to be cut into its parts, with its head and its fat; and the priest is to put them in order on the wood which is on the fire on the altar:
13But the inside parts and the legs are to be washed with water; and the priest will make an offering of all of it, burning it on the altar: it is a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
14And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.
15And the priest is to take it to the altar, and after its head has been twisted off, it is to be burned on the altar, and its blood drained out on the side of the altar:
16And he is to take away its stomach, with its feathers, and put it down by the east side of the altar, where the burned waste is put:
17And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.
Leviticus 2
1And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:
2And let him take it to Aaron’s sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
3And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord’s fire offerings.
4And when you give a meal offering cooked in the oven, let it be of unleavened cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes covered with oil.
5And if you give a meal offering cooked on a flat plate, let it be of the best meal, unleavened and mixed with oil.
6Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.
7And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil.
8And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.
9And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.
10And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord’s fire offerings.
11No meal offering which you give to the Lord is to be made with leaven; no leaven or honey is to be burned as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
12You may give them as an offering of first-fruits to the Lord, but they are not to go up as a sweet smell on the altar.
13And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.
14And if you give a meal offering of first-fruits to the Lord, give, as your offering of first-fruits, new grain, made dry with fire, crushed new grain.
15And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.
16And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
Proverbs 19
1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
2Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
3By his foolish behaviour a man’s ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
4Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
5A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
6Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
7All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! …
8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
9A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
11A man’s good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
12The king’s wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
19A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
20Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
21A man’s heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
22The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
23The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
24The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
25When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
26He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
28A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge’s decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
29Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
Matthew 8:14-34
14And when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother in bed, very ill.
15And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.
16And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;
17So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
19And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
21And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
22But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
23And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.
24And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.
25And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
26And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
28And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.
29And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
30Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
31And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.
32And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.
33And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.
34And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.
February 28
Exodus 39
1And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
2The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;
3Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.
4And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.
5And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
6Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.
7These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.
8The priest’s bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.
9It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man’s hand;
10And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
11In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;
12In the third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.
14There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.
15And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords.
16And they made two gold frames and two gold rings, the rings being fixed to the ends of the priest’s bag;
17And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest’s bag;
18And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes.
19And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod.
20And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.
21And the rings on the bag were fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord, keeping it in place over the band, so that the bag might not get loose, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
22The robe which went with the ephod was made all of blue;
23With a hole at the top in the middle, like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, edged with a band to make it strong.
24The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.
25And between the fruits all round the skirt they put gold bells, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
26All round the skirt of the robe were bells and fruits in turn.
27The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;
28And the twisted head-dress for Aaron, and beautiful head-dresses of linen, and linen trousers,
29And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.
30The plate for the holy crown was made of the best gold, and on it were cut these words, HOLY TO THE LORD.
31It was fixed to the head-dress by a blue cord, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
32So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.
33Then they took the House to Moses, the tent with all the things for it; its hooks, its boards, its rods, its pillars, and its bases;
34The outer cover of sheepskins coloured red, and the cover of leather, and the veil for the doorway;
35The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;
36The table, with all its vessels and the holy bread;
37The support for the lights, with the vessels for the lights to be put in their places on it, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lights;
38And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;
39And the brass altar, with its network of brass, and its rods and all its vessels, and the washing-vessel and its base;
40The hangings for the open space, with the pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway, and the cords and nails, and all the instruments necessary for the work of the House of the Tent of meeting;
41The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.
42The children of Israel did everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
43Then Moses, when he saw all their work and saw that they had done everything as the Lord had said, gave them his blessing.
Exodus 40
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.
3And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
4And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.
5And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.
6And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.
7And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
8And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
9And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:
10And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.
11And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.
12Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
13You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.
14And take his sons with him and put coats on them;
15And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.
16And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.
17So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
18Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;
19Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
20And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;
21And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.
22And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.
23And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
24The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:
25Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.
26And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
27Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.
28And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
29And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.
30And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
31In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
32Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
33And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.
34Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;
35So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.
36And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:
37But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
38For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.
Proverbs 18
1He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
3When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.
5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
6A foolish man’s lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
7The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
8The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
9He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
11The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
13To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
14The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
16A man’s offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
17The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
18The decision of chance puts an end to argument, parting the strong.
19A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
20With the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
22Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.
23The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
24There are friends who may be a man’s destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
Matthew 8:1-13
1And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.
2And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
3And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.
4And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
5And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,
6Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.
7And he said to him, I will come and make him well.
8And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.
9Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
10And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
11And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
12But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
13And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.
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