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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">The Fellowship Offering</div><div class="p"> 1&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the Lord an animal without defect. 2You are to lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron&#8217;s sons the priests shall splash the blood against the sides of the altar. 3From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the Lord: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, 4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. 5Then Aaron&#8217;s sons are to burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering that is lying on the burning wood; it is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 6&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the Lord, you are to offer a male or female without defect. 7If you offer a lamb, you are to present it before the Lord, 8lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron&#8217;s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. 9From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the Lord: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, 10both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. 11The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 12&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If your offering is a goat, you are to present it before the Lord, 13lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron&#8217;s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. 14From what you offer you are to present this food offering to the Lord: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, 15both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. 16The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord&#8217;s.</div><div class="p"> 17&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1">The Sin Offering</div><div class="p"> 1The Lord said to Moses, 2&#8220;Say to the Israelites: &#8216;When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord&#8217;s commands&#8212;</div><div class="p"> 3&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering#4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter for the sin he has committed. 4He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord. 5Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull&#8217;s blood and carry it into the tent of meeting. 6He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary. 7The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull&#8217;s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering&#8212;all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, 9both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys&#8212; 10just as the fat is removed from the ox#4:10 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female. sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines&#8212; 12that is, all the rest of the bull&#8212;he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.</div><div class="p"> 13&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord&#8217;s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt 14and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. 15The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull&#8217;s head before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord. 16Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull&#8217;s blood into the tent of meeting. 17He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain. 18He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar, 20and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven. 21Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.</div><div class="p"> 22&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt 23and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. 24He is to lay his hand on the goat&#8217;s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord. It is a sin offering. 25Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 26He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader&#8217;s sin, and he will be forgiven.</div><div class="p"> 27&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord&#8217;s commands, when they realize their guilt 28and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. 29They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. 30Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 31They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.</div><div class="p"> 32&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. 33They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 35They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.</div>
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 <div class="label">104</div><div class="cl">Psalm 104</div><div class="q1"> 1Praise the Lord, my soul.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> Lord my God, you are very great;</div><div class="q2">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 2The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;</div><div class="q2">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</div><div class="q2"> 3and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</div><div class="q1">He makes the clouds his chariot</div><div class="q2">and rides on the wings of the wind.</div><div class="q1"> 4He makes winds his messengers,#104:4 Or angels</div><div class="q2">flames of fire his servants.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5He set the earth on its foundations;</div><div class="q2">it can never be moved.</div><div class="q1"> 6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</div><div class="q2">the waters stood above the mountains.</div><div class="q1"> 7But at your rebuke the waters fled,</div><div class="q2">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</div><div class="q1"> 8they flowed over the mountains,</div><div class="q2">they went down into the valleys,</div><div class="q2">to the place you assigned for them.</div><div class="q1"> 9You set a boundary they cannot cross;</div><div class="q2">never again will they cover the earth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</div><div class="q2">it flows between the mountains.</div><div class="q1"> 11They give water to all the beasts of the field;</div><div class="q2">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</div><div class="q1"> 12The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</div><div class="q2">they sing among the branches.</div><div class="q1"> 13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</div><div class="q2">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</div><div class="q1"> 14He makes grass grow for the cattle,</div><div class="q2">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</div><div class="q2">bringing forth food from the earth:</div><div class="q1"> 15wine that gladdens human hearts,</div><div class="q2">oil to make their faces shine,</div><div class="q2">and bread that sustains their hearts.</div><div class="q1"> 16The trees of the Lord are well watered,</div><div class="q2">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</div><div class="q1"> 17There the birds make their nests;</div><div class="q2">the stork has its home in the junipers.</div><div class="q1"> 18The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</div><div class="q2">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 19He made the moon to mark the seasons,</div><div class="q2">and the sun knows when to go down.</div><div class="q1"> 20You bring darkness, it becomes night,</div><div class="q2">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</div><div class="q1"> 21The lions roar for their prey</div><div class="q2">and seek their food from God.</div><div class="q1"> 22The sun rises, and they steal away;</div><div class="q2">they return and lie down in their dens.</div><div class="q1"> 23Then people go out to their work,</div><div class="q2">to their labor until evening.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 24How many are your works, Lord!</div><div class="q2">In wisdom you made them all;</div><div class="q2">the earth is full of your creatures.</div><div class="q1"> 25There is the sea, vast and spacious,</div><div class="q2">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</div><div class="q2">living things both large and small.</div><div class="q1"> 26There the ships go to and fro,</div><div class="q2">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 27All creatures look to you</div><div class="q2">to give them their food at the proper time.</div><div class="q1"> 28When you give it to them,</div><div class="q2">they gather it up;</div><div class="q1">when you open your hand,</div><div class="q2">they are satisfied with good things.</div><div class="q1"> 29When you hide your face,</div><div class="q2">they are terrified;</div><div class="q1">when you take away their breath,</div><div class="q2">they die and return to the dust.</div><div class="q1"> 30When you send your Spirit,</div><div class="q2">they are created,</div><div class="q2">and you renew the face of the ground.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 31May the glory of the Lord endure forever;</div><div class="q2">may the Lord rejoice in his works&#8212;</div><div class="q1"> 32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</div><div class="q2">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 33I will sing to the Lord all my life;</div><div class="q2">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</div><div class="q1"> 34May my meditation be pleasing to him,</div><div class="q2">as I rejoice in the Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 35But may sinners vanish from the earth</div><div class="q2">and the wicked be no more.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1">Praise the Lord, my soul.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1">Praise the Lord.#104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.</div>
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 <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1">Concerning Spiritual Gifts</div><div class="p"> 1Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus be cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.</div><div class="p"> 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.</div><div class="p"> 7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,#12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28 and to still another the interpretation of tongues.#12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.</div><div class="s1">Unity and Diversity in the Body</div><div class="p"> 12Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by#12:13 Or with; or in one Spirit so as to form one body&#8212;whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free&#8212;and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.</div><div class="p"> 15Now if the foot should say, &#8220;Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, &#8220;Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.</div><div class="p"> 21The eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; And the head cannot say to the feet, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</div><div class="p"> 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues#12:30 Or other languages? Do all interpret? 31Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.</div><div class="s1">Love Is Indispensable</div><div class="p">And yet I will show you the most excellent way.</div>
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 <div class="label">13</div><div class="p"> 1If I speak in the tongues#13:1 Or languages of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,#13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames but do not have love, I gain nothing.</div><div class="p"> 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.</div><div class="p"> 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.</div><div class="p"> 13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</div>
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