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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fellowship Offering</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LEV.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#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 </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> an animal without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LEV.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You 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. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LEV.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LEV.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then 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 </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.3.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LEV.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are to offer a male or female without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LEV.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you offer a lamb, you are to present it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lay 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. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LEV.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LEV.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If your offering is a goat, you are to present it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">lay 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. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LEV.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From what you offer you are to present this food offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LEV.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#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;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">93</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 93</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.93.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns, he is robed in majesty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.93.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is robed in majesty and armed with strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.93.1"><span class="content">indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.93.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.93.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your throne was established long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.93.2"><span class="content">you are from all eternity.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.93.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.93.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.93.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The seas have lifted up, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.93.3"><span class="content">the seas have lifted up their voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.93.3"><span class="content">the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.93.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.93.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.93.4"><span class="content">mightier than the breakers of the sea&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.93.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on high is mighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.93.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.93.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.93.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your statutes, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, stand firm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.93.5"><span class="content">holiness adorns your house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.93.5"><span class="content">for endless days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amnon and Tamar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked Amnon, &#8220;Why do you, the king&#8217;s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won&#8217;t you tell me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="content">Amnon said to him, &#8220;I&#8217;m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom&#8217;s sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to bed and pretend to be ill,&#8221; Jonadab said. &#8220;When your father comes to see you, say to him, &#8216;I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, &#8220;I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David sent word to Tamar at the palace: &#8220;Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Send everyone out of here,&#8221; Amnon said. So everyone left him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Amnon said to Tamar, &#8220;Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.&#8221; And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, &#8220;Come to bed with me, my sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my brother!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don&#8217;t do this wicked thing. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, &#8220;Get up and get out!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;No!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He called his personal servant and said, &#8220;Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Her brother Absalom said to her, &#8220;Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don&#8217;t take this thing to heart.&#8221; And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom&#8217;s house, a desolate woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When King David heard all this, he was furious. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Absalom Kills Amnon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Two years later, when Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king&#8217;s sons to come there. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Absalom went to the king and said, &#8220;Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my son,&#8221; the king replied. &#8220;All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.&#8221; Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Absalom said, &#8220;If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="content">The king asked him, &#8220;Why should he go with you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Absalom ordered his men, &#8220;Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, &#8216;Strike Amnon down,&#8217; then kill him. Don&#8217;t be afraid. Haven&#8217;t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So Absalom&#8217;s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king&#8217;s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">While they were on their way, the report came to David: &#8220;Absalom has struck down all the king&#8217;s sons; not one of them is left.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother, said, &#8220;My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom&#8217;s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king&#8217;s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, &#8220;I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jonadab said to the king, &#8220;See, the king&#8217;s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As he finished speaking, the king&#8217;s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
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