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Bible Reading for February 22
Numbers 18
[1] And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with
thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. [2] And thy brethren also of
the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they
may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with
thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
[3] And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only
they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that
neither they, nor ye also, die. [4] And they shall be joined unto thee, and
keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of
the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. [5] And ye shall
keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be
no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. [6] And I, behold, I have taken
your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are
given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation. [7] Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your
priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye
shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. [8] And the LORD
spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave
offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have
I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for
ever.
[9] This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every
oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of
theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto
me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. [10] In the most holy place
shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
[11] And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy
sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is
clean in thy house shall eat of it. [12] All the best of the oil, and all the
best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall
offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
[13] And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the
LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
[14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. [15] Every thing that
openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be
of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou
surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
[16] And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. [17] But the firstling of a cow, or
the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem;
they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn
their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. [18]
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right
shoulder are thine.
[19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel
offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with
thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD
unto thee and to thy seed with thee. [20] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou
shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part
among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
[21] And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation. [22] Neither must the children of Israel
henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin,
and die. [23] But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have
no inheritance.
[24] But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I
have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no
inheritance.
[25] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [26] Thus speak unto the Levites,
and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I
have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave
offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
[27] And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. [28]
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes,
which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the
LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. [29] Out of all your gifts ye shall
offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the
hallowed part thereof out of it. [30] Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When
ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the
Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the
winepress. [31] And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households:
for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[32] And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the
best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of
Israel, lest ye die.
Numbers 19
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, [2] This is the
ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is
no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: [3] And ye shall give her unto
Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one
shall slay her before his face: [4] And Eleazar the priest shall take of her
blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the
tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
[5] And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and
her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: [6] And the priest shall take cedar
wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of
the heifer. [7] Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest
shall be unclean until the even.
[8] And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. [9] And a man that is
clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the
camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the
children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
[10] And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and
unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. [11] He
that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. [12] He
shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall
be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he
shall not be clean.
[13] Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth
not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut
off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him,
he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. [14] This is the law,
when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in
the tent, shall be unclean seven days. [15] And every open vessel, which hath
no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
[16] And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields,
or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
[17] And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a
vessel:
[18] And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that
were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a
grave:
[19] And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day,
and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. [20]
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul
shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the
sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon
him; he is unclean.
[21] And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth
the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water
of separation shall be unclean until even. [22] And whatsoever the unclean
person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be
unclean until even.
Numbers 20
[1] Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the
desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam
died there, and was buried there.
[2] And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron. [3] And the people chode with Moses,
and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before
the LORD! [4] And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into
this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? [5] And wherefore
have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?
it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither
is there any water to drink. [6] And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of
the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they
fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. [7] And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [8] Take the rod, and gather thou the
assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock
before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring
forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and
their beasts drink. [9] And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he
commanded him. [10] And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together
before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you
water out of this rock?
[11] And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice:
and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their
beasts also.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not
bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. [13] This is
the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and
he was sanctified in them. [14] And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the
king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that
hath befallen us: [15] How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt
in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: [16] And
when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath
brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the
uttermost of thy border: [17] Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country:
we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we
drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, we will not
turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. [18]
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against
thee with the sword.
[19] And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and
if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only,
without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. [20] And he said, Thou
shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with
a strong hand. [21] Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his
border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from
Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the
land of Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the
land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah. [25] Take Aaron and Eleazar his son,
and bring them up unto mount Hor: [26] And strip Aaron of his garments, and
put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people,
and shall die there. [27] And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went
up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came
down from the mount.
[29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for
Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
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