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Tue 05-24-2022 Exodus29 John8 Proverbs5 Galatians4
Exodus 29.
29:1 "This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without defect.
29:2 And from fine wheat flour, without yeast, make bread, and cakes mixed with oil, and wafers spread with oil.
29:3 Put them in a basket and present them in it--along with the bull and the two rams.
29:4 Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
29:5 Take the garments and dress Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself and the breastpiece. Fasten the ephod on him by its skillfully woven waistband.
29:6 Put the turban on his head and attach the sacred diadem to the turban.
29:7 Take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
29:8 Bring his sons and dress them in tunics
29:9 and put headbands on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons. The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. In this way you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
29:10 "Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
29:11 Slaughter it in the LORD'S presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
29:12 Take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.
29:13 Then take all the fat around the inner parts, the covering of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
29:14 But burn the bull's flesh and its hide and its offal outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
29:15 "Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
29:16 Slaughter it and take the blood and sprinkle it against the altar on all sides.
29:17 Cut the ram into pieces and wash the inner parts and the legs, putting them with the head and the other pieces.
29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.
29:19 "Take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
29:20 Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then sprinkle blood against the altar on all sides.
29:21 And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. Then he and his sons and their garments will be consecrated.
29:22 "Take from this ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat on the inner parts, the covering of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. (This is the ram for the ordination.)
29:23 From the basket of bread made without yeast, which is before the LORD, take a loaf, and a cake made with oil, and a wafer.
29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
29:25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD, an offering made to the LORD by fire.
29:26 After you take the breast of the ram for Aaron's ordination, wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your share.
29:27 "Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.
29:28 This is always to be the regular share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. It is the contribution the Israelites are to make to the LORD from their fellowship offerings.
29:29 "Aaron's sacred garments will belong to his descendants so that they can be anointed and ordained in them.
29:30 The son who succeeds him as priest and comes to the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place is to wear them seven days.
29:31 "Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.
29:32 At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.
29:33 They are to eat these offerings by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no one else may eat them, because they are sacred.
29:34 And if any of the meat of the ordination ram or any bread is left over till morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
29:35 "Do for Aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
29:36 Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
29:37 For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.
29:38 "This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old.
29:39 Offer one in the morning and the other at twilight.
29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
29:41 Sacrifice the other lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and its drink offering as in the morning--a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.
29:42 "For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD. There I will meet you and speak to you;
29:43 there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.
29:44 "So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
29:45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
29:46 They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
John 8.
8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
8:2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
8:3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group
8:4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
8:5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"
8:6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
8:8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
8:9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
8:10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
8:11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
8:13 The Pharisees challenged him, "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."
8:14 Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.
8:15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
8:16 But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
8:17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
8:18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me."
8:19 Then they asked him, "Where is your father?" "You do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple area near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his time had not yet come.
8:21 Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come."
8:22 This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"
8:23 But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."
8:25 "Who are you?" they asked. "Just what I have been claiming all along," Jesus replied.
8:26 "I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is reliable, and what I have heard from him I tell the world."
8:27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.
8:28 So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.
8:29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him."
8:30 Even as he spoke, many put their faith in him.
8:31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
8:33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?"
8:34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
8:35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
8:37 I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.
8:38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father."
8:39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did.
8:40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
8:41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
8:42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
8:43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
8:45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!
8:46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
8:47 He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
8:48 The Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?"
8:49 "I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
8:50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.
8:51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."
8:52 At this the Jews exclaimed, "Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that if anyone keeps your word, he will never taste death.
8:53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?"
8:54 Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.
8:55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.
8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."
8:57 "You are not yet fifty years old," the Jews said to him, "and you have seen Abraham!"
8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
8:59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
Proverbs 5.
5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
5:2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
5:4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
5:6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
5:7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
5:8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
5:9 lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
5:10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
5:11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
5:12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
5:13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
5:14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."
5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
5:16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
5:17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
5:18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
5:19 A loving doe, a graceful deer--may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
5:20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
5:21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
5:22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.
5:23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Galatians 4.
4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.
4:2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
4:3 So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.
4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
4:5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
4:9 But now that you know God--or rather are known by God--how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
4:10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
4:11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
4:12 I plead with you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
4:13 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
4:14 Even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
4:15 What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
4:16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
4:17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
4:18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.
4:19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
4:20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
4:23 His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.
4:24 These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
4:25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
4:27 For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."
4:28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
4:29 At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
4:30 But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son."
4:31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.