Bible Reading for March 29 and 30
World English Bible
Mar.
29
Leviticus
13, 14
Lev
13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Lev
13:2 "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a
scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the
plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or
to one of his sons, the priests:
Lev
13:3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the
body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the
appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the
plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce
him unclean.
Lev
13:4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its
appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned
white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven
days.
Lev
13:5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold,
if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread
in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
Lev
13:6 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and
behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the
skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He
shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Lev
13:7 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself
to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest
again.
Lev
13:8 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has
spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It
is leprosy.
Lev
13:9 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be
brought to the priest;
Lev
13:10 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white
rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is
raw flesh in the rising,
Lev
13:11 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the
priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he
is unclean.
Lev
13:12 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the
leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even
to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
Lev
13:13 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy
has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the
plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.
Lev
13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
Lev
13:15 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him
unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
Lev
13:16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then
he shall come to the priest;
Lev
13:17 and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague
has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the
plague. He is clean.
Lev
13:18 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
Lev
13:19 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a
bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;
Lev
13:20 and the priest shall examine it; and behold, if its appearance
is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It
has broken out in the boil.
Lev
13:21 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white
hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the
priest shall isolate him seven days.
Lev
13:22 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is a plague.
Lev
13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread,
it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him
clean.
Lev
13:24 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and
the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or
white,
Lev
13:25 then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in
the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than
the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the
priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
Lev
13:26 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white
hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is
faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
Lev
13:27 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has
spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It
is the plague of leprosy.
Lev
13:28 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in
the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the
priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.
Lev
13:29 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the
beard,
Lev
13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its
appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and
thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it
is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
Lev
13:31 If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold, its
appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in
it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with
itching seven days.
Lev
13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and
behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it,
and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
Lev
13:33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and
the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
Lev
13:34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and
behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance
isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Lev
13:35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
Lev
13:36 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has
spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he
is unclean.
Lev
13:37 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has
grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall
pronounce him clean.
Lev
13:38 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of
the body, even white bright spots;
Lev
13:39 then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright
spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless
rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
Lev
13:40 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He
is clean.
Lev
13:41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he
is forehead bald. He is clean.
Lev
13:42 But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a
reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or
his bald forehead.
Lev
13:43 Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising
of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald
forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
Lev
13:44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely
pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.
Lev
13:45 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper
lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
Lev
13:46 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be
unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp
shall be his dwelling.
Lev
13:47 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in,
whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
Lev
13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether
in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
Lev
13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it
is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
Lev
13:50 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague
seven days.
Lev
13:51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague
has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a
destructive mildew. It is unclean.
Lev
13:52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in
wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it
is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
Lev
13:53 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
anything of skin;
Lev
13:54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in
which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
Lev
13:55 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed;
and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague
hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a
mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
Lev
13:56 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it
is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the
skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
Lev
13:57 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or
in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn
with fire that in which the plague is.
Lev
13:58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing
of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from
them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."
Lev
13:59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool
or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Lev
14:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
14:2 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his
cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
Lev
14:3 and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall
examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the
leper,
Lev
14:4 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be
cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop.
Lev
14:5 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an
earthen vessel over running water.
Lev
14:6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood,
and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living
bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
Lev
14:7 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy
seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living
bird go into the open field.
Lev
14:8 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and
shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be
clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell
outside his tent seven days.
Lev
14:9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his
hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair
he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
body in water, then he shall be clean.
Lev
14:10 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without
blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three
tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with
oil, and one log of oil.
Lev
14:11 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be
cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of
Meeting.
Lev
14:12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer
him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a
wave offering before Yahweh.
Lev
14:13 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the
sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary;
for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering.
It is most holy.
Lev
14:14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass
offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of
him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on
the big toe of his right foot.
Lev
14:15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into
the palm of his own left hand.
Lev
14:16 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in
his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger
seven times before Yahweh.
Lev
14:17 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in
his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed,
and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right
foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
Lev
14:18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make
atonement for him before Yahweh.
Lev
14:19 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make
atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness:
and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;
Lev
14:20 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal
offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and
he shall be clean.
Lev
14:21 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall
take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make
atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
Lev
14:22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able
to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt
offering.
Lev
14:23 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing
to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.
Lev
14:24 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and
the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering
before Yahweh.
Lev
14:25 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on
the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the
thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Lev
14:26 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own
left hand;
Lev
14:27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of
the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
Lev
14:28 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand
on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the
thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the
place of the blood of the trespass offering.
Lev
14:29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him
before Yahweh.
Lev
14:30 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he is able to afford,
Lev
14:31 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The
priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before
Yahweh."
Lev
14:32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who
is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
Lev
14:33 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Lev
14:34 "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give
to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in
the land of your possession,
Lev
14:35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest,
saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
Lev
14:36 The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the
priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house
not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect
the house.
Lev
14:37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in
the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and
it appears to be deeper than the wall;
Lev
14:38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the
house, and shut up the house seven days.
Lev
14:39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If
the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
Lev
14:40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in
which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of
the city:
Lev
14:41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all
over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off,
outside of the city into an unclean place.
Lev
14:42 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of
those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the
house.
Lev
14:43 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house,
after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the
house, and after it was plastered;
Lev
14:44 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the
plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the
house. It is unclean.
Lev
14:45 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and
all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an
unclean place.
Lev
14:46 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up
shall be unclean until the evening.
Lev
14:47 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he
who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
Lev
14:48 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold,
the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house was plastered,
then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague
is healed.
Lev
14:49 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood,
and scarlet, and hyssop.
Lev
14:50 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over
running water.
Lev
14:51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and
in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
Lev
14:52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and
with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood,
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
Lev
14:53 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the
open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be
clean."
Lev
14:54 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
Lev
14:55 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,
Lev
14:56 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
Lev
14:57 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is
the law of leprosy.
Mar.
30
Leviticus
15, 16
Lev
15:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Lev
15:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any
man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is
unclean.
Lev
15:3 This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his
body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his
discharge, it is his uncleanness.
Lev
15:4 " 'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall
be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
Lev
15:5 Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:6 He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge
sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:7 " 'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the evening.
Lev
15:8 " 'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean,
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:9 " 'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall
be unclean.
Lev
15:10 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean
until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
Lev
15:11 " 'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without
having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:12 " 'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge
touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in
water.
Lev
15:13 " 'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his
discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his
cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in
running water, and shall be clean.
Lev
15:14 " 'On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or
two young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent of
Meeting, and give them to the priest:
Lev
15:15 and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make atonement
for him before Yahweh for his discharge.
Lev
15:16 " 'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall
bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:17 Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be
washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen,
they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
Lev
15:19 " 'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her
flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever
touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:20 " 'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be
unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
Lev
15:21 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:22 Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
Lev
15:23 If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits, when he
touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
Lev
15:24 " 'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on
him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies
shall be unclean.
Lev
15:25 " 'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not
in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time
of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall
be as in the days of her period: she is unclean.
Lev
15:26 Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall
be to her as the bed of her period: and everything whereon she sits
shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
Lev
15:27 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
Lev
15:28 " 'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she
shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
Lev
15:29 On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of
Meeting.
Lev
15:30 The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for
her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.
Lev
15:31 " 'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from
their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when
they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.' "
Lev
15:32 This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has
an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;
Lev
15:33 and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a
discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.
Lev
16:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of
Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
Lev
16:2 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to
come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before
the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in
the cloud on the mercy seat.
Lev
16:3 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a
young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Lev
16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the
linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he
shall be dressed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments.
He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
Lev
16:5 He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel
two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Lev
16:6 "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is
for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
Lev
16:7 He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the
door of the Tent of Meeting.
Lev
16:8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh,
and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Lev
16:9 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh,
and offer him for a sin offering.
Lev
16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall
be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send
him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
Lev
16:11 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which
is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his
house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for
himself.
Lev
16:12 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the
altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small,
and bring it within the veil:
Lev
16:13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that
the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the
testimony, so that he will not die.
Lev
16:14 He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it
with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy
seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
Lev
16:15 "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is
for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his
blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the
mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
Lev
16:16 and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their
transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent
of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Lev
16:17 There shall be no one in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to
make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made
atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly
of Israel.
Lev
16:18 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and
make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and
some of the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the
altar.
Lev
16:19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger
seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of
the children of Israel.
Lev
16:20 "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place,
the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
Lev
16:21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,
and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put
them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the
wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
Lev
16:22 The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a
solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Lev
16:23 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall
take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the
Holy Place, and shall leave them there.
Lev
16:24 Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put
on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the
burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for
the people.
Lev
16:25 The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
Lev
16:26 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come
into the camp.
Lev
16:27 The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin
offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy
Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn
their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
Lev
16:28 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
Lev
16:29 "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls,
and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who
lives as a foreigner among you:
Lev
16:30 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse
you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
Lev
16:31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict
your souls; it is a statute forever.
Lev
16:32 The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be
priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put
on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
Lev
16:33 Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he
shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and
he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the
assembly.
Lev
16:34 "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make
atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all
their sins." It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Mar.
29, 30
Luke 1
Luk 1:1
Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning
those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
Luk 1:2
even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants
of the word delivered them to us,
Luk 1:3
it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things
accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent
Theophilus;
Luk 1:4
that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you
were instructed.
Luk 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of
the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luk 1:6
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Luk 1:7
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both
were well advanced in years.
Luk 1:8
Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in
the order of his division,
Luk 1:9
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter
into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Luk
1:10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the
hour of incense.
Luk
1:11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right
side of the altar of incense.
Luk
1:12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
Luk
1:13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias,
because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will
bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Luk
1:14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his
birth.
Luk
1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will
drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy
Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Luk
1:16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their
God.
Luk
1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to
turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the
Lord."
Luk
1:18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this?
For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
Luk
1:19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the
presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this
good news.
Luk
1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day
that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words,
which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
Luk
1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that
he delayed in the temple.
Luk
1:22 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they
perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued
making signs to them, and remained mute.
Luk
1:23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he
departed to his house.
Luk
1:24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid
herself five months, saying,
Luk
1:25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he
looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."
Luk
1:26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to
a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luk
1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
Luk
1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you
highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among
women!"
Luk
1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying,
and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
Luk
1:30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you
have found favor with God.
Luk
1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son,
and will call his name 'Jesus.'
Luk
1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
Luk
1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will
be no end to his Kingdom."
Luk
1:34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a
virgin?"
Luk
1:35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also
the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
Luk
1:36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in
her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called
barren.
Luk
1:37 For everything spoken by God is possible."
Luk
1:38 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me
according to your word." The angel departed from her.
Luk
1:39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Judah,
Luk
1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
Luk
1:41 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the
baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit.
Luk
1:42 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are
you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Luk
1:43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to
me?
Luk
1:44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears,
the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Luk
1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of
the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"
Luk
1:46 Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
Luk
1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
Luk
1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For
behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
Luk
1:49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his
name.
Luk
1:50 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear
him.
Luk
1:51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.
Luk
1:52 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the
lowly.
Luk
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich
away empty.
Luk
1:54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might
remember mercy,
Luk
1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever."
Luk
1:56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to
her house.
Luk
1:57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled,
and she brought forth a son.
Luk
1:58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had
magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
Luk
1:59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the
child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of
the father.
Luk
1:60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."
Luk
1:61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives
who is called by this name."
Luk
1:62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
Luk
1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is
John." They all marveled.
Luk
1:64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he
spoke, blessing God.
Luk
1:65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings
were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
Luk
1:66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What
then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.
Luk
1:67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and
prophesied, saying,
Luk
1:68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has
visited and worked redemption for his people;
Luk
1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of
his servant David
Luk
1:70 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been
from of old),
Luk
1:71 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate
us;
Luk
1:72 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy
covenant,
Luk
1:73 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
Luk
1:74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our
enemies, should serve him without fear,
Luk
1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our
life.
Luk
1:76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for
you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,
Luk
1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission
of their sins,
Luk
1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from
on high will visit us,
Luk
1:79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
Luk
1:80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was
in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
