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Leviticus 22-23
Chapter 22
Various Rules for Priests
1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.3 "Say to them, '(C1)Any man among all your (F1)descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from My presence; I am the LORD.4 '(C1)No man of the (F1)descendants of Aaron, who has (F2)leprosy or has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. (C2)And one who touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or (C3)a man who has a seminal emission,5 or (C1)a man who touches any swarming things by which he is made unclean, or touches any person by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;6 a (F1)person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his (F2)body in water.7 'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for (C1)it is his (F1)food.8 'He shall not eat (C1)an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD.9 'They shall therefore perform their (C1)duty to Me, so that (C2)they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
10 '(C1)No (F1)layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift.11 '(C1)But if a priest buys a (F1)slave as his property with his money, (F2)that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his (F3)food.12 'If a priest's daughter is married to a (F1)layman, she shall not eat of the (F2)offering of the holy gifts.13 'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's (F1)food; (C1)but no (F2)layman shall eat of it.14 '(C1)If, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest.15 'And (C1)they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,16 and thereby (C1)bring upon them (F1)punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"
Flawless Animals for Sacrifice
17 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,18 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, '(C1)Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their (F1)vows or any of their (F2)voluntary offerings, which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering—19 (C1)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect (F1)from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.20 '(C1)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.21 'When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD (C1)to fulfill a special vow or for a (F1)voluntary offering, (F2)of the herd or (F2)of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.22 'Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD.23 'Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an (F1)overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a (F2)voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.24 'Also (C1)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor (F1)sacrifice in your land,25 nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a (F1)foreigner (C1)as the (F2)food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.'"
26 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,27 "When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall (F1)remain (C1)seven days (F2)with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.28 "(C1)But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.29 "When you sacrifice (C1)a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.30 "It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning. I am the LORD.31 "(C1)So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.
32 "And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,33 (C1)who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD."
Chapter 23
Laws of Holy Days
1 The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, '(C1)The LORD'S appointed times which you shall (C2)proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:
3 '(C1)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
4 'These are the (C1)appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.5 '(C1)In the (F1)first month, on the fourteenth day of the month (F2)at twilight is the LORD'S Passover.6 'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the (C1)Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.7 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall (C1)not do any laborious work.8 'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"
9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and you (C1)gather its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.11 'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.12 'Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect as a burnt offering to the LORD.13 'Its (C1)grain offering shall then be (F1)two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a (F2)fourth of a hin of wine.14 'Until this very day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, (C1)you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new produce. It is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
15 '(C1)You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete Sabbaths.16 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a (C1)new grain offering to the LORD.17 'You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made of (F1)two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked (C1)with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.18 'Along with the bread you shall present seven one-year-old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.19 'You shall also offer (C1)one male goat as a (F1)sin offering, and two male lambs one year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings.20 'The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering with two lambs before the LORD; they are to be holy to the LORD for the priest.21 'On this very day you shall (C1)make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious (C2)work. It is to be a permanent statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
22 '(C1)When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.'"
23 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,24 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, '(C1)In the (F1)seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a (F2)rest, a (C2)reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.25 'You shall (C1)not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'"
The Day of Atonement
26 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,27 "On exactly (C1)the tenth day of this seventh month is (C2)the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble (F1)yourselves and present an offering by fire to the LORD.28 "You shall not do any work on this very day, for it is a (C1)Day of Atonement, (C2)to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God.29 "If there is any (F1)person who does not humble himself on this very day, (C1)he shall be cut off from his people.30 "As for any person who does any work on this very day, that person I will eliminate from among his people.31 "You shall not do any work. It is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.32 "It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble (F1)yourselves; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."
33 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,34 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On (C1)the fifteenth of this (F1)seventh month is the (C2)Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.35 'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall (C1)not do any laborious work.36 '(C1)For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On (C2)the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall not do any laborious work.
37 'These are (C1)the appointed times of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, (C2)each day's matter on its own day—38 besides those of the Sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts and besides all your (F1)vowed and (F2)voluntary offerings, which you give to the LORD.
39 'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, (C1)when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a (F1)rest on the first day and a (F1)rest on the eighth day.40 'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the (F1)foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and branches of trees with thick branches and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.41 'So you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.42 'You shall live (C1)in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,43 so that (C1)your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"44 So Moses declared to the sons of Israel (C1)the appointed times of the LORD.
Proverbs 31
Chapter 31
The Words of Lemuel
1 The words of King Lemuel, the pronouncement which his mother taught him:
2 What, my son?
And what, (C1)son of my womb?
And what, son of my (C2)vows?
3 (C1)Do not give your strength to women,
Or your ways to that which (C2)destroys kings.
4 It is not for (C1)kings, Lemuel,
It is not for kings to (C2)drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire intoxicating drink,
5 Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (C1)pervert the (F1)rights of all the (F2)needy.
6 Give intoxicating drink to one who is (C1)perishing,
And wine to one (F1)(C2)whose life is bitter.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his trouble no more.
8 (C1)Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak,
For the (F1)rights of all the (F2)unfortunate.
9 Open your mouth, (C1)judge righteously,
And (F1)defend the (C2)rights of the poor and needy.
Description of a Worthy Woman
10 An (C1)excellent wife, who can find her?
For her worth is far (C2)above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and linen,
And works with her (F1)hands (F2)in delight.
14 She is like (C1)merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 And she (C1)rises while it is still night
And (C2)gives food to her household,
And (F1)portions to her attendants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From (F1)her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She (C1)surrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her profit is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the (F1)distaff,
And her (F2)hands grasp the spindle.
20 She (F1)(C1)extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are (C1)clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes (C1)coverings for herself;
Her clothing is (C2)fine linen and (C3)purple.
23 Her husband is known (C1)in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes (C1)linen garments and sells them,
And (F1)supplies belts to the (F2)tradesmen.
25 Strength and (C1)dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the (F1)future.
26 She (C1)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the (F1)teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household,
And does not eat the (C1)bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 "Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all."
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who (F1)(C1)fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the (F1)product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.
Matthew 14:22-36
Chapter 14
22 (C1)Immediately afterward He compelled the disciples to get into the boat and to go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.23 After He had sent the crowds away, (C1)He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.24 But the boat was already (F1)a long distance from the land, (F2)battered by the waves; for the wind was (F3)(C1)contrary.25 And in (C1)the (F1)fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is (C1)a ghost!" And they cried out (F1)in fear.27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "(C1)Take courage, (F1)it is I; (C2)do not be afraid."
28 Peter responded and said to Him, "Lord, if (F1)it is You, command me to come to You on the water."29 And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"31 Immediately Jesus reached out with His hand and took hold of him, and (*)said to him, "(C1)You of little faith, why did you doubt?"32 When they got into the boat, the wind stopped.33 And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, "You are truly (C1)God's Son!"
34 (C1)When they had crossed over, they came to land at (C2)Gennesaret.35 And when the men of that place (F1)recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding region and brought to Him all who were sick;36 and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch (C1)the (F1)border of His cloak; and all who (C2)touched it were cured.
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