Numbers 7:1-8:4
1 Now it came to pass, on the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and sanctified it and all its vessels, and the altar and all its vessels; thus he anointed and sanctified these things. 2 Then the rulers of Israel, the twelve rulers of their fathers’ houses who were the rulers of the tribes and were in charge of the census, brought gifts. 3 They brought their gifts before the Lord: six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the rulers, and for each one a young bull; and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 5 “Receive these things from them so they may be used in doing the works of liturgical service in the tabernacle of testimony; and you shall give these things to the Levites, to every man according to his liturgical service.” 6 Thus Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave these things to the Levites. 7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their liturgical service; 8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their liturgical service, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because their liturgical service had to do with the holy place, which they carried on their shoulders.
The Order of the Offerings
10 Now the rulers brought their gifts for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; so the rulers brought their gift before the altar. 11 For the Lord said to Moses, “They shall bring their gifts, one ruler each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
12 So the one who brought his gift on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, ruler of the tribe of Judah. 13 The gift he brought was one silver bowl; its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 14 one gold censer of ten shekels full of incense; 15 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 16 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day, Nethanel the son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar, brought his gift. 19 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 20 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 21 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 22 and one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day, Eliab the son of Helon, ruler of the children of Zebulun, brought his gift. 25 The gift he brought was one silver bowl; its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 26 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 27 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 28 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day, Elizur the son of Shedeur, ruler of the children of Reuben, brought his gift. 31 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 32 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 33 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 34 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ruler of the children of Simeon, brought his gift. 37 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 38 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 39 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 40 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, ruler of the children of Gad, brought his gift. 43 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 44 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 45 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 46 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 47 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day, Elishama the son of Ammihud, ruler of the children of Ephraim, brought his gift. 49 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 50 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 51 one young bull from the oxen, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 52 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ruler of the children of Manasseh, brought his gift. 55 The gift he brought was one silver bowl; its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 56 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 57 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 58 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 59 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day, Abidan the son of Gideoni, ruler of the children of Benjamin, brought his gift. 61 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 62 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 63 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 64 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 65 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ruler of the children of Dan, brought his gift. 67 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 68 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 69 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 70 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 71 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day, Pagiel the son of Ocran, ruler of the children of Asher, brought his gift. 73 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 74 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 75 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 76 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 77 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the gift of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day, Ahira the son of Enan, ruler of the children of Naphtali, brought his gift. 79 The gift he brought was one silver bowl, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver cup of seventy shekels, according to the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour prepared with oil for a grain offering; 80 one gold censer of ten shekels, full of incense; 81 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year for a whole burnt offering; 82 one male kid from the goats for a sin offering; 83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two young heifers, five rams, five male goats, and five ewe lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication gift for the altar from the rulers of Israel, the day it was anointed: twelve silver bowls, twelve silver cups, and twelve gold censers. 85 Each silver bowl weighed one hundred and thirty shekels and each cup seventy shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the holy shekel. 86 The twelve gold censers, full of incense, weighed ten shekels apiece, according to the holy shekel; all the gold of the censers weighed one hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the whole burnt offering were twelve young bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs in their first year twelve, with their grain offering, and the male kids from the goats for a sin offering twelve. 88 So all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings were twenty-four young heifers, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, and the ewe lambs in their first year sixty. This was the dedication gift for the altar after it was consecrated and anointed. 89 Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of testimony to speak with Him, he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from above the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.
Arranging the Lamps
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’ ” 3 Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, and lit its lamps, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 Now this construction of the lampstand was solid gold; its stem and corolla were solid throughout, according to the form the Lord showed Moses; thus he made the lampstand.
Psalm 43:1–9
1 For the End; a psalm for the sons of Korah; for understanding.
2 O God, we heard with our ears;
Our fathers proclaimed it to us,
The work You performed in their days, in days of old.
3 Your hand utterly destroyed the nations, and You planted them;
You afflicted and cast out peoples.
4 For they did not inherit the land with their sword,
And their arm did not save them;
But it was Your right hand and Your arm,
And the light of Your countenance,
Because You took pleasure in them.
5 You Yourself are my King and God,
Who commands salvation for Jacob;
6 In You we shall push back our enemies,
And in Your name we shall scorn those who rise up against us.
7 For I will not hope in my bow,
And my sword will not save me;
8 For You saved us from those who afflict us,
And You disgraced those who hate us.
9 We shall praise God all day long,
And we shall give thanks to Your name forever.
(Pause)
Proverbs 8:32–35
32 Now therefore, my son, hear me:
Blessed is the man who shall hearken to me
And the man who shall guard my ways;
33 Who watches daily at my doors,
Who keeps watch at the doors of my entryways;
34 For my issues are the issues of life,
And grace is prepared from the Lord.
35 But those who sin against me act ungodly toward their own souls,
And those who hate me love death.”
Matthew 27:45–66
45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!”
48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
56 among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
57 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Pilate Sets a Guard
62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’
64 “Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.”66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.