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 <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1">Redeeming What Is the Lord&#8217;s</div><div class="p"> 1The Lord said to Moses, 2&#8220;Speak to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216;If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, 3set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels#27:3 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16 of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel#27:3 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25; 4for a female, set her value at thirty shekels#27:4 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams; 5for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels#27:5 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams and of a female at ten shekels#27:5 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7; 6for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels#27:6 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams of silver and that of a female at three shekels#27:6 That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams of silver; 7for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels#27:7 That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams and of a female at ten shekels. 8If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.</div><div class="p"> 9&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy. 10They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal&#8212;one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord&#8212;the animal must be presented to the priest, 12who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. 13If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.</div><div class="p"> 14&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. 15If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.</div><div class="p"> 16&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it&#8212;fifty shekels of silver to a homer#27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms of barley seed. 17If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. 18But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced. 19If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs. 20If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. 21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.</div><div class="p"> 22&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land, 23the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord. 24In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was. 25Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.</div><div class="p"> 26&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox#27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female. or a sheep, it is the Lord&#8217;s. 27If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.</div><div class="p"> 28&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But nothing that a person owns and devotes#27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord. to the Lord&#8212;whether a human being or an animal or family land&#8212;may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 29&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No person devoted to destruction#27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.</div><div class="p"> 30&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 31Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it. 32Every tithe of the herd and flock&#8212;every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd&#8217;s rod&#8212;will be holy to the Lord. 33No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 34These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.</div>
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 <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl">Psalm 56#In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</div><div class="d">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A miktam.#Title: Probably a literary or musical term When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</div><div class="q1"> 1Be merciful to me, my God,</div><div class="q2">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</div><div class="q2">all day long they press their attack.</div><div class="q1"> 2My adversaries pursue me all day long;</div><div class="q2">in their pride many are attacking me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</div><div class="q2"> 4In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</div><div class="q1">in God I trust and am not afraid.</div><div class="q2">What can mere mortals do to me?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5All day long they twist my words;</div><div class="q2">all their schemes are for my ruin.</div><div class="q1"> 6They conspire, they lurk,</div><div class="q2">they watch my steps,</div><div class="q2">hoping to take my life.</div><div class="q1"> 7Because of their wickedness do not#56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not. let them escape;</div><div class="q2">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Record my misery;</div><div class="q2">list my tears on your scroll#56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin&#8212;</div><div class="q2">are they not in your record?</div><div class="q1"> 9Then my enemies will turn back</div><div class="q2">when I call for help.</div><div class="q2">By this I will know that God is for me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10In God, whose word I praise,</div><div class="q2">in the Lord, whose word I praise&#8212;</div><div class="q1"> 11in God I trust and am not afraid.</div><div class="q2">What can man do to me?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12I am under vows to you, my God;</div><div class="q2">I will present my thank offerings to you.</div><div class="q1"> 13For you have delivered me from death</div><div class="q2">and my feet from stumbling,</div><div class="q1">that I may walk before God</div><div class="q2">in the light of life.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">Wisdom Bestows Well-Being</div><div class="q1"> 1My son, do not forget my teaching,</div><div class="q2">but keep my commands in your heart,</div><div class="q1"> 2for they will prolong your life many years</div><div class="q2">and bring you peace and prosperity.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3Let love and faithfulness never leave you;</div><div class="q2">bind them around your neck,</div><div class="q2">write them on the tablet of your heart.</div><div class="q1"> 4Then you will win favor and a good name</div><div class="q2">in the sight of God and man.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5Trust in the Lord with all your heart</div><div class="q2">and lean not on your own understanding;</div><div class="q1"> 6in all your ways submit to him,</div><div class="q2">and he will make your paths straight.#3:6 Or will direct your paths</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7Do not be wise in your own eyes;</div><div class="q2">fear the Lord and shun evil.</div><div class="q1"> 8This will bring health to your body</div><div class="q2">and nourishment to your bones.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9Honor the Lord with your wealth,</div><div class="q2">with the firstfruits of all your crops;</div><div class="q1"> 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing,</div><div class="q2">and your vats will brim over with new wine.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11My son, do not despise the Lord&#8217;s discipline,</div><div class="q2">and do not resent his rebuke,</div><div class="q1"> 12because the Lord disciplines those he loves,</div><div class="q2">as a father the son he delights in.#3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 13Blessed are those who find wisdom,</div><div class="q2">those who gain understanding,</div><div class="q1"> 14for she is more profitable than silver</div><div class="q2">and yields better returns than gold.</div><div class="q1"> 15She is more precious than rubies;</div><div class="q2">nothing you desire can compare with her.</div><div class="q1"> 16Long life is in her right hand;</div><div class="q2">in her left hand are riches and honor.</div><div class="q1"> 17Her ways are pleasant ways,</div><div class="q2">and all her paths are peace.</div><div class="q1"> 18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;</div><div class="q2">those who hold her fast will be blessed.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 19By wisdom the Lord laid the earth&#8217;s foundations,</div><div class="q2">by understanding he set the heavens in place;</div><div class="q1"> 20by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,</div><div class="q2">and the clouds let drop the dew.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,</div><div class="q2">preserve sound judgment and discretion;</div><div class="q1"> 22they will be life for you,</div><div class="q2">an ornament to grace your neck.</div><div class="q1"> 23Then you will go on your way in safety,</div><div class="q2">and your foot will not stumble.</div><div class="q1"> 24When you lie down, you will not be afraid;</div><div class="q2">when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</div><div class="q1"> 25Have no fear of sudden disaster</div><div class="q2">or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,</div><div class="q1"> 26for the Lord will be at your side</div><div class="q2">and will keep your foot from being snared.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,</div><div class="q2">when it is in your power to act.</div><div class="q1"> 28Do not say to your neighbor,</div><div class="q2">&#8220;Come back tomorrow and I&#8217;ll give it to you&#8221;&#8212;</div><div class="q2">when you already have it with you.</div><div class="q1"> 29Do not plot harm against your neighbor,</div><div class="q2">who lives trustfully near you.</div><div class="q1"> 30Do not accuse anyone for no reason&#8212;</div><div class="q2">when they have done you no harm.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 31Do not envy the violent</div><div class="q2">or choose any of their ways.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 32For the Lord detests the perverse</div><div class="q2">but takes the upright into his confidence.</div><div class="q1"> 33The Lord&#8217;s curse is on the house of the wicked,</div><div class="q2">but he blesses the home of the righteous.</div><div class="q1"> 34He mocks proud mockers</div><div class="q2">but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.</div><div class="q1"> 35The wise inherit honor,</div><div class="q2">but fools get only shame.</div>
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 <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1">Jesus Has Risen</div><div class="p"> 1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, &#8220;Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7&#8216;The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.&#8217; &#8221; 8Then they remembered his words.</div><div class="p"> 9When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.</div><div class="s1">On the Road to Emmaus</div><div class="p"> 13Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles#24:13 Or about 11 kilometers from Jerusalem. 14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16but they were kept from recognizing him.</div><div class="p"> 17He asked them, &#8220;What are you discussing together as you walk along?&#8221;</div><div class="p">They stood still, their faces downcast. 18One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, &#8220;Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 19 &#8220;What things?&#8221; he asked.</div><div class="p">&#8220;About Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23but didn&#8217;t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 25He said to them, &#8220;How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?&#8221; 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.</div><div class="p"> 28As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29But they urged him strongly, &#8220;Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.&#8221; So he went in to stay with them.</div><div class="p"> 30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32They asked each other, &#8220;Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 33They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34and saying, &#8220;It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.&#8221; 35Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.</div><div class="s1">Jesus Appears to the Disciples</div><div class="p"> 36While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, &#8220;Peace be with you.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38He said to them, &#8220;Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 40When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, &#8220;Do you have anything here to eat?&#8221; 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate it in their presence.</div><div class="p"> 44He said to them, &#8220;This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, &#8220;This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Ascension of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 50When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.</div>
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 <div class="p">16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </div>
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