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Bible Reading for February 16
Leviticus 24
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Command the children of Israel,
that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the
lamps to burn continually. [3] Without the vail of the testimony, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the
morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your
generations. [4] He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the
LORD continually.
[5] And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
deals shall be in one cake.
[6] And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table
before the LORD.
[7] And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the
bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. [8] Every
sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from
the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. [9] And it shall be Aaron's
and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy
unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
[10] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went
out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a
man of Israel strove together in the camp; [11] And the Israelitish woman's
son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto
Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the
tribe of Dan:) [12] And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might
be shewed them.
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [14] Bring forth him that hath
cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his
head, and let all the congregation stone him.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin. [16] And he that blasphemeth the name of
the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall
certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land,
when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
[17] And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. [18] And he
that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. [19] And if a man
cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
[20] Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. [21] And he that killeth a
beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to
death.
[22] Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of
your own country: for I am the LORD your God. [23] And Moses spake to the
children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of
the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the
LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 25
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, [2] Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give
you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. [3] Six years thou
shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather
in the fruit thereof; [4] But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest
unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor
prune thy vineyard.
[5] That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,
neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto
the land.
[6] And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy
servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger
that sojourneth with thee,
[7] And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the
increase thereof be meat.
[8] And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven
years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty
and nine years.
[9] Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day
of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound
throughout all your land.
[10] And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you;
and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every
man unto his family.
[11] A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither
reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy
vine undressed.
[12] For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
[13] In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
[14] And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: [15] According to the
number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and
according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
[16] According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price
of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell
unto thee.
[17] Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:
for I am the LORD your God.
[18] Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. [19] And the land shall yield her
fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
[20] And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall
not sow, nor gather in our increase: [21] Then I will command my blessing upon
you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. [22]
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth
year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. [23] The land
shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and
sojourners with me.
[24] And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for
the land.
[25] If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession,
and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his
brother sold.
[26] And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
[27] Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his
possession.
[28] But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall
remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in
the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
[29] And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
[30] And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house
that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it
throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. [31] But the
houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as
the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the
jubile.
[32] Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities
of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. [33] And if a man
purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his
possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities
of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
[34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he
may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
[38] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. [39] And if thy brother
that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not
compel him to serve as a bondservant: [40] But as an hired servant, and as a
sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of
jubile: [41] And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with
him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his
fathers shall he return.
[42] For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt:
they shall not be sold as bondmen. [43] Thou shalt not rule over him with
rigour; but shalt fear thy God. [44] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids,
which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of
them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
[45] Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of
them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat
in your land: and they shall be your possession. [46] And ye shall take them
as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a
possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the
children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
[47] And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by
thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: [48] After that he is sold he
may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
[49] Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh
of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem
himself.
[50] And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was
sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant
shall it be with him.
[51] If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give
again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
[52] And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall
count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price
of his redemption.
[53] And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall
not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. [54] And if he be not redeemed in
these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his
children with him. [55] For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they
are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
Leviticus 26
[1] Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to
bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. [2] Ye shall keep my sabbaths,
and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. [3] If ye walk in my statutes, and
keep my commandments, and do them; [4] Then I will give you rain in due
season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit. [5] And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage,
and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread
to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
[6] And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall
make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the
sword go through your land.
[7] And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the
sword.
[8] And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put
ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
[9] For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you,
and establish my covenant with you. [10] And ye shall eat old store, and bring
forth the old because of the new. [11] And I will set my tabernacle among you:
and my soul shall not abhor you.
[12] And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people.
[13] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke,
and made you go upright. [14] But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not
do all these commandments;
[15] And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments,
so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
[16] I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall
eat it.
[17] And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your
enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none
pursueth you.
[18] And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish
you seven times more for your sins. [19] And I will break the pride of your
power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
[20] And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield
her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. [21] And
if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven
times more plagues upon you according to your sins. [22] I will also send wild
beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your
cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
[23] And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
[24] Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven
times for your sins.
[25] And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my
covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send
the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
[26] And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your
bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and
ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. [27] And if ye will not for all this
hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
[28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins. [29] And ye shall eat the flesh of
your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
[30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast
your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
[31] And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. [32] And I
will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein
shall be astonished at it.
[33] And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after
you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. [34] Then shall
the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your
enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
[35] As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in
your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. [36] And upon them that are left alive
of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their
enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee,
as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
[37] And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. [38]
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat
you up.
[39] And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your
enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine
away with them.
[40] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have
walked contrary unto me;
[41] And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them
into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: [42] Then will I
remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my
covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
[43] The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while
she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of
their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because
their soul abhorred my statutes. [44] And yet for all that, when they be in
the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor
them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am
the LORD their God. [45] But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of
their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of
the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. [46] These are the
statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the
children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 27
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons
shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. [3] And thy estimation shall be of
the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation
shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
[4] And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. [5]
And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
[6] And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy
estimation shall be three shekels of silver. [7] And if it be from sixty years
old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels,
and for the female ten shekels. [8] But if he be poorer than thy estimation,
then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value
him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. [9] And
if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any
man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. [10] He shall not alter it,
nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all
change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
[11] And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice
unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: [12] And the
priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art
the priest, so shall it be. [13] But if he will at all redeem it, then he
shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
[14] And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then
the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall
estimate it, so shall it stand.
[15] And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the
fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. [16]
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his
possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an
homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. [17] If he
sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it
shall stand.
[18] But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall
reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the
year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. [19] And if he
that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the
fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to
him.
[20] And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to
another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. [21] But the field, when it
goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the
possession thereof shall be the priest's. [22] And if a man sanctify unto the
LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his
possession; [23] Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy
estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine
estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
[24] In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was
bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. [25] And
all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty
gerahs shall be the shekel. [26] Only the firstling of the beasts, which
should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or
sheep: it is the LORD's. [27] And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall
redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it
thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy
estimation. [28] Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote
unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of
his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy
unto the LORD.
[29] None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall
surely be put to death.
[30] And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the
fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. [31] And if a man
will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part
thereof.
[32] And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. [33] He shall
not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he
change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall
not be redeemed.
[34] These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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