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February 19 - Old & New Testament
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Exodus 29,30
Consecration of the Priests
1 "(C1)Now this is (F1)what you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests to Me: take one bull and two rams without blemish,2 and (C1)unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers (F1)spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.3 "And you shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.4 "Then (C1)you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.5 "And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the (C1)tunic and (C2)the robe of the ephod, and (C3)the ephod and (C4)the (F1)breastpiece, and wrap his waist with the skillfully (C5)woven band of the ephod;6 and you shall set the (C1)turban on his head and put (C2)the holy crown on the turban.7 "Then you shall take (C1)the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.8 "You shall also bring his sons and put (C1)tunics on them.9 "And you shall wrap their waists with (C1)sashes, Aaron and his sons, and fit (F1)caps on them, and they shall have (C2)the priesthood by a permanent statute. So you shall (F2)(C3)ordain Aaron and his sons.
The Sacrifices
10 "Then you shall bring the bull in front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall (C1)lay their hands on the head of the bull.11 "And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.12 "Then you shall (C1)take some of the blood of the bull and put it on (C2)the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.13 "And you shall (C1)take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the (F1)lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and offer them up in smoke on the altar.14 "But (C1)the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
15 "(C1)You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram;16 and you shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.17 "Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them (F1)with its pieces and (F2)its head.18 "And you shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD: (C1)it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.
19 "Then (C1)you shall take the (F1)other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.20 "And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the lobes of his sons' right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar.21 "Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the (C1)anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons' garments with him.
22 "You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails and the (F1)lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of (F2)ordination),23 and one loaf of bread, and (C1)one cake of bread mixed with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the LORD;24 and you shall put (F1)all these (F2)in the (F3)hands of Aaron and (F2)in the (F3)hands of his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.25 "Then (C1)you shall take them from their hands, and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering by fire to the LORD.
26 "Then you shall take (C1)the breast of Aaron's ram of (F1)ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.27 "You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the (F1)contribution which was waved and which was (F2)offered from the ram of (F3)ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons.28 "It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel, for it is (F1)a contribution; and it shall be (F1)a contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their (F1)contribution to the LORD.
29 "(C1)The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, (F1)so that they may be anointed and ordained in them.30 "For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his place shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
Food of the Priests
31 "Now you shall take the ram of (F1)ordination and (C1)boil its flesh in a holy place.32 "Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting.33 "So (C1)they shall eat (F1)those things by which atonement was made (F2)at their ordination and consecration; but a (F3)(C2)layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.34 "And (C1)if any of the flesh of (F1)ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35 "So you shall do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall (F1)ordain them for (C1)seven days.36 "(C1)Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall (F1)purify the altar when you make atonement (F2)for it, and (C2)you shall anoint it to consecrate it.37 "For seven days you shall make atonement (F1)for the altar and consecrate it; then (C1)the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
38 "Now (C1)this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one-year-old lambs each day, continuously.39 "The (C1)one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the (F1)other lamb you shall offer at (F2)twilight;40 and there shall be a (F1)tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a (F2)fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.41 "The (F1)other lamb you shall offer at (F2)twilight, and shall offer with it (F3)the same grain offering and (F4)the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.42 "It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, (C1)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.43 "I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory.44 "I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve as priests to Me.45 "And (C1)I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.46 "And they shall know that (C1)I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God.
The Altar of Incense
1 "Now you shall make (C1)an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.2 "Its length shall be (F1)a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be (F2)of one piece with it.3 "You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its (F1)sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.4 "You shall also make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two sides—on (F1)opposite sides—and (F2)they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.5 "And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.6 "You shall put (F1)this altar in front of the veil that is (F2)near the ark of the testimony, in front of the (F3)(C1)atoning cover that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.7 "Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.8 "And when Aaron sets up the lamps at (F1)twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.9 "You shall not offer any (F1)strange incense on (F2)this altar, or burnt offering, or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.10 "However, Aaron shall (C1)make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD."
11 The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying,12 "When you take (C1)a (F1)census of the sons of Israel (F2)to count them, then each one of them shall give (C2)a ransom for (F3)himself to the LORD, when you (F4)count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you (F4)count them.13 "This is what everyone who (F1)is counted shall give: half a (F2)shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ((C1)the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a (F3)contribution to the LORD.14 "Everyone who (F1)is counted, from twenty years old and over, shall give the (F2)contribution to the LORD.15 "The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less, than the half shekel, when you give the (F1)contribution to the LORD to make atonement for (F2)yourselves.16 "And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for (F1)yourselves."
17 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,18 "You shall also make (C1)a basin of (F1)bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall (C2)put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.19 "Aaron and his sons shall (C1)wash their hands and their feet from it;20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they do not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD.21 "So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they do not die; and (C1)it shall be a permanent statute for them, for (F1)Aaron and his (F2)descendants throughout their generations."
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,23 "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of liquid myrrh (F1)five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250,24 and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a (F1)hin.25 "You shall make (F1)from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be (C1)a holy anointing oil.26 "And (C1)you shall anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand.29 "You shall also consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.30 "And (C1)you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, so that they may serve as priests to Me.31 "Furthermore, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.32 'It shall not be poured on (F1)anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in (F2)the same proportions; (C1)it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.33 '(C1)Whoever mixes any like it or whoever puts any of it on a (F1)layman (F2)(C2)shall be cut off from his people.'"
The Incense
34 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.35 "You shall make incense from it all, a skillful mixture, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.36 "And you shall crush some of it very fine, and put part of it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting (C1)where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.37 "And the incense which you shall make, (C1)you shall not make in (F1)the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.38 "(C1)Whoever makes any like it, to (F1)use as perfume, (F2)shall be cut off from his people."
Mark 2
Chapter 2
The Paralyzed Man Healed
1 When Jesus came back to Capernaum a few days later, it was heard that He was at home.2 And (C1)many were gathered together, so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.3 (C1)And some people (*)came, bringing to Him a man who was (C2)paralyzed, carried by four men.4 And when they were unable to (F1)get to Him because of the crowd, they (C1)removed the roof (F2)above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the (C2)paralyzed man was lying.5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, (*)said to the paralyzed man, "Son, (C1)your sins are forgiven."6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking it over in their hearts,7 "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming! (C1)Who can forgive sins except God alone?"8 Immediately Jesus, aware (F1)in His spirit that they were thinking that way within themselves, (*)said to them, "Why are you thinking about these things in your hearts?9 "Which is easier, to say to the (C1)paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, 'Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk'?10 "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—He (*)said to the paralyzed man,11 "I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home."12 And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and (C1)were glorifying God, saying, "(C2)We have never seen anything like this!"
13 And He went out again by the seashore; and (C1)all the (F1)people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
Levi (Matthew) Called
14 (C1)As He passed by, He saw (F1)(C2)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He (*)said to him, "(C3)Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.15 And it (*)happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and (F1)sinners were (F2)dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.16 When (C1)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the (F1)sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "(C2)Why is He eating with tax collectors and (F1)sinners?"17 And hearing this, Jesus (*)said to them, "(C1)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
18 (C1)John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they (*)came and (*)said to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"19 And Jesus said to them, "While the groom is with them, (F1)the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.20 "But the (C1)days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.
21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, (F1)the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.22 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."
Question of the Sabbath
23 (C1)And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while (C2)picking the heads of grain.24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, (C1)why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"25 And He (*)said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;26 how he entered the house of God in the (F1)time of (C1)Abiathar the high priest, and ate the (F2)consecrated bread, which (C2)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?"27 Jesus said to them, "(C1)The Sabbath (F1)was made (F2)for man, and (C2)not man (F2)for the Sabbath.28 "So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath."
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