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Guilt Offering

^1 (F1)Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "^(C1)When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and disavows the rightful claim of his neighbor regarding a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or regarding robbery, or he has extorted from his neighbor,³ or ^(C1)has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins regarding any of the things that people do;⁴ then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall ^(C1)restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was ^(F1)entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found,⁵ or anything about which he swore falsely; ^(C1)he shall make restitution for it ^(F1)in full and add to it a fifth more. ^(C2)He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.⁶ "Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD, ^(C1)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering,⁷ and ^(C1)the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt."

The Priest's Part in the Offerings

^8 (F1)Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,⁹ "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is ^(C1)the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and ^(C2)the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.¹⁰ 'The priest is to put on ^(C1)his linen robe, and he shall put on linen undergarments next to his ^(F1)body; and he shall take up the fatty ashes to which the fire ^(F2)reduces the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.¹¹ 'Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the fatty ashes outside the camp to a clean place.¹² 'The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings ^(C1)on it.¹³ 'Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

¹⁴ 'Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.¹⁵ '^(C1)Then one of them shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, ^(F1)with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the LORD.¹⁶ 'And Aaron and his sons are to eat ^(C1)what is left of it. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.¹⁷ '^(C1)It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; ^(C2)it is most holy, like the sin offering and ^(C3)the guilt offering.¹⁸ '^(C1)Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. ^(F1)(C2)Whoever touches them ^(F2)will become consecrated.'"

¹⁹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,²⁰ "This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ^(F1)(C1)ephah of fine flour as ^(C2)a ^(F2)regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.²¹ "It shall be prepared with oil on a ^(C1)griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD.²² "The anointed priest who will be in his place ^(F1)among his sons shall ^(F2)offer it. By a permanent ordinance it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the LORD.²³ "So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten."

²⁴ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,²⁵ "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: ^(C1)in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.²⁶ '^(C1)The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.²⁷ '^(F1)(C1)Whoever touches its flesh ^(F2)will become consecrated; and when any of its blood spatters on a garment, you shall wash what spattered on it in a holy place.²⁸ 'Also ^(C1)the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.²⁹ '^(C1)Every male among the priests may eat it; ^(C2)it is most holy.³⁰ 'But no sin offering ^(C1)of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement ^(C2)in the Holy Place shall be eaten; ^(C3)it shall be burned with fire.

Chapter 6

Teaching at Nazareth

^1 (C1)Jesus went out from there and ^(*)came into ^(F1)(C2)His hometown; and His disciples ^(*)followed Him.² And when the Sabbath came, He began ^(C1)to teach in the synagogue; and ^(F1)the ^(C2)many listeners were astonished, saying, "Where did this Man learn these things, and what is this wisdom that has been given to Him, and such ^(F2)miracles as these performed by His hands?³ "Is this not ^(C1)the carpenter, ^(C2)the son of Mary and brother of ^(F1)James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are ^(C3)His sisters not here with us?" And they took ^(C4)offense at Him.⁴ Jesus said to them, "^(C1)A prophet is not dishonored except in ^(F1)(C2)his hometown and among his own relatives, and in his own household."⁵ And He could not do any ^(F1)miracle there except that He ^(C1)laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

⁶ And He was amazed at their unbelief. ^(C1)And He was going around the villages, teaching.

The Twelve Sent Out

^7 (C1)And ^(C2)He ^(*)summoned the twelve and began to send them out ^(C3)in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;^8 (C1)and He instructed them that they were to take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no ^(F1)bag, no money in their belt—⁹ but ^(F1)to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not wear two ^(F2)tunics."¹⁰ And He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you ^(F1)leave town.¹¹ "Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, ^(C1)shake the dust ^(F1)off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them."^12 (C1)And they went out and ^(F1)preached that people are to repent.¹³ And they were casting out many demons and ^(C1)were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

John's Fate Recalled

^14 (C1)And King Herod heard about it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "^(C2)John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."¹⁵ But others were saying, "He is ^(C1)Elijah." And others were saying, "He is ^(C2)a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."¹⁶ But when Herod heard about it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent men and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of ^(C1)Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.¹⁸ For John had been saying to Herod, "^(C1)It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."¹⁹ And ^(C1)Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death, and could not do so;²⁰ for ^(C1)Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he ^(F1)used to enjoy listening to him.²¹ An opportune day came when Herod, on his birthday, ^(C1)held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, and the leading people ^(C2)of Galilee;²² and when the daughter of ^(C1)Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and ^(F1)his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you."²³ And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to ^(C1)half of my kingdom."²⁴ And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."²⁵ Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."²⁶ And although the king was very sorry, because of his oaths and ^(F1)his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.²⁷ Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.²⁹ When his disciples heard about this, they came and carried away his body, and laid it in a tomb.<