Day 73 of 730

¹The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²"Command the children of Israel, and tell them, 'My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, you shall observe to offer to me in their due season.'

³You shall tell them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: male lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

⁴You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening;

⁵with the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

⁶It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

⁷Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord in the holy place.

⁸The other lamb you shall offer at evening: as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the Lord.

⁹"'On the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and the drink offering of it:

¹⁰this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

¹¹"'In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

¹²and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;

¹³and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

¹⁴Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for each lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

¹⁵One male goat for a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

¹⁶"'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's Passover.

¹⁷On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

¹⁸In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;

¹⁹but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;

²⁰and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil: you shall offer three tenth parts for a bull, and two tenth parts for the ram.

²¹You shall offer a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

²²and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.

²³You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

²⁴In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the Lord: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

²⁵On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

²⁶"'Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the Lord in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;

²⁷but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;

²⁸and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,

²⁹a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

³⁰one male goat, to make atonement for you.

³¹Besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish), and their drink offerings.

¹"'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.

²You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

³and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,

⁴and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

⁵and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;

⁶besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

⁷"'On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no kind of work;

⁸but you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;

⁹and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,

¹⁰a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:

¹¹one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.

¹²"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days:

¹³and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the Lord; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;

¹⁴and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,

¹⁵and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;

¹⁶and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

¹⁷"'On the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

¹⁸and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

¹⁹and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.

²⁰"'On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

²¹and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

²²and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

²³"'On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

²⁴their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

²⁵and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

²⁶"'On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

²⁷and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

²⁸and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

²⁹"'On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

³⁰and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

³¹and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offerings of it.

³²"'On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;

³³and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

³⁴and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

³⁵"'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;

³⁶but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

³⁷their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:

³⁸and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.

³⁹"'You shall offer these to the Lord in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.'"

⁴⁰Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

¹Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

³For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

⁵They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

¹¹They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

¹⁴For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

²¹For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

²²I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

¹A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but accurate weights are his delight.

²When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

³The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

⁴Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

⁵The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

⁷When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

⁸A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

⁹With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

¹⁰When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

¹¹By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

¹²One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

¹³One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

¹⁴Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

¹⁵He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

¹⁶A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

¹⁷The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

¹⁸Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

¹⁹He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

²⁰Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

²¹Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

²²Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

²³The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

²⁵The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

²⁶People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

²⁷He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

²⁸He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

²⁹He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

³¹Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!