Through the Bible – Day 55

₁The LORD told Moses ₂to say to the people of Israel:

Offer sacrifices to me at the appointed times of worship, so that I will smell the smoke and be pleased.

₃Each day offer two rams a year old as sacrifices to please me. The animals must have nothing wrong with them; ₄one will be sacrificed in the morning, and the other in the evening. ₅Along with each of them, one kilogramme of your finest flour mixed with a litre of olive oil must be offered as a grain sacrifice. ₆This sacrifice to please me was first offered on Mount Sinai. ₇Finally, along with each of these two sacrifices, a litre of wine must be poured on the altar as a drink offering. ₈The second ram will be sacrificed that evening, along with the other offerings, just like the one sacrificed that morning. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will please me.

_9-10On the Sabbath, in addition to the regular daily sacrifices, you must sacrifice two rams a year old to please me. These rams must have nothing wrong with them, and they will be sacrificed with a drink offering and two kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil.

₁₁On the first day of each month, bring to the altar two bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₁₂Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with each bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, ₁₃and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will please me.

_14-15Offer two litres of wine as a drink offering with each bull, one and a half litres with the ram, and one litre with each of the young rams.

Finally, you must offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin.

These sacrifices are to be offered on the first day of each month, in addition to the regular daily sacrifices.

₁₆Celebrate Passover in honour of me on the fourteenth day of the first month of each year. ₁₇The following day will begin the Festival of Thin Bread, which will last for a week. During this time you must honour me by eating bread made without yeast.

₁₈On the first day of this festival, you must rest from your work and come together for worship. ₁₉Bring to the altar two bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. And then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₂₀Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with each bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, ₂₁and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. ₂₂Also offer a goat as a sacrifice for the sins of the people. _23-24All of these are to be offered in addition to the regular daily sacrifices, and the smoke from them will please me. ₂₅Then on the last day of the festival, you must once again rest from work and come together for worship.

₂₆On the first day of the Harvest Festival, you must rest from your work, come together for worship, and bring a sacrifice of new grain. ₂₇Offer two young bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old as sacrifices to please me. ₂₈Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with each bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, ₂₉and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. ₃₀Also offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin. ₃₁The animals must have nothing wrong with them and are to be sacrificed along with the regular daily sacrifices.

₁On the first day of the seventh month, you must rest from your work and come together to celebrate at the sound of the trumpets. ₂Bring to the altar one bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. And then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₃Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with the bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, ₄and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. ₅You must also offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin. ₆These sacrifices will be made in addition to the regular daily sacrifices and the sacrifices for the first day of the month. The smoke from these sacrifices will please me.

₇The tenth day of the seventh month is the Great Day of Forgiveness. On that day you must rest from all work and come together for worship. Show sorrow for your sins by going without food, ₈and bring to the altar one young bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₉Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with the bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, ₁₀and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. ₁₁A goat must also be sacrificed for the sins of the people. You will offer these sacrifices in addition to the sacrifice to ask forgiveness and the regular daily sacrifices.

₁₂Beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and continuing for seven days, everyone must celebrate the Festival of Shelters in honour of me.

₁₃On the first day, you must rest from your work and come together for worship. Bring to the altar thirteen bulls, two full-grown rams, and fourteen rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₁₄Three kilogrammes of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with each bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilogrammes of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the rams, ₁₅and one kilogramme of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. ₁₆You must also offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin. These are to be offered in addition to the regular daily sacrifices.

_17-34For the next six days of the festival, you will sacrifice one less bull than the day before, so that on the seventh day, seven bulls will be sacrificed. The other sacrifices and offerings must remain the same for each of these days.

₃₅On the eighth day, you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship. ₃₆Bring to the altar one bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me. ₃₇You must also offer the proper grain sacrifices and drink offerings of wine with each animal. ₃₈And offer a goat as the sacrifice to ask forgiveness for the people. These sacrifices are made in addition to the regular daily sacrifices.

₃₉You must offer all these sacrifices to me at the appointed times of worship, together with any offerings that are voluntarily given or given because of a promise.

₄₀Moses told the people of Israel everything the LORD had told him about the sacrifices.

₁The LORD told Moses to say to Israel's tribal leaders:

₂When one of you men makes a promise to the LORD, you must keep your word.

₃Suppose a young woman who is still living with her parents makes a promise to the LORD. ₄If her father hears about it and says nothing, she must keep her promise. ₅But if he hears about it and objects, then she no longer has to keep her promise. The LORD will forgive her, because her father did not agree with the promise.

_6-7Suppose a woman makes a promise to the LORD and then gets married. If her husband later hears about the promise but says nothing, she must do what she said, whether she meant it or not. ₈But if her husband hears about the promise and objects, she no longer has to keep it, and the LORD will forgive her.

₉Widows and divorced women must keep every promise they make to the LORD.

₁₀Suppose a married woman makes a promise to the LORD. ₁₁If her husband hears about the promise and says nothing, she must do what she said. ₁₂But if he hears about the promise and does object, she no longer has to keep it. The LORD will forgive her, because her husband would not allow her to keep the promise. ₁₃Her husband has the final say about any promises she makes to the LORD. ₁₄If her husband hears about a promise and says nothing about it for a whole day, she must do what she said—since he did not object, the promise must be kept. ₁₅But if he waits until the next day to stop her from keeping her promise, he is the one who must be punished.

₁₆These are the laws that the LORD gave Moses about husbands and wives, and about young daughters who still live at home.

₁The next time Jesus taught beside Lake Galilee, a big crowd gathered. It was so large that he had to sit in a boat out on the lake, while the people stood on the shore. ₂He used stories to teach them many things, and this is part of what he taught:

₉Then Jesus said, “If you have ears, pay attention.”

₁₀When Jesus was alone with the twelve apostles and some others, they asked him about these stories. ₁₁He answered:

₁₃Jesus told them: