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Daily Readings for March 2
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Leviticus 7
1."'This is the law of the trespass offering. It is most holy. 2.In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle around on the altar. 3.He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards, 4.and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away; 5.and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass offering. 6.Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
7."'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it. 8.The priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 9.Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest's who offers it. 10.Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.
11."'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh. 12.If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil. 13.With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving. 14.Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 15.The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
16."'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice; and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten: 17.but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. 18.If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
19."'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may eat it; 20.but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 21.When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
22.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23."Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. 24.The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it. 25.For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people. 26.You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. 27.Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
28.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 29."Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30.With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh. 31.The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32.The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33.He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34.For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.'"
35.This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to Yahweh in the priest's office; 36.which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations. 37.This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings; 38.which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Psalm 106
1.Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2.Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise? 3.Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. 4.Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, 5.that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
6.We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. 7.Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea34. 8.Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known. 9.He rebuked the Red Sea35 also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. 10.He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11.The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. 12.Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
13.They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel, 14.but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. 15.He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. 16.They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint. 17.The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18.A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. 19.They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. 20.Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. 21.They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, 22.Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea36. 23.Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them. 24.Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word, 25.but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice. 26.Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, 27.that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. 28.They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29.Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. 30.Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. 31.That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. 32.They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; 33.because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. 34.They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, 35.but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. 36.They served their idols, which became a snare to them. 37.Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38.They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. 39.Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. 40.Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. 41.He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. 42.Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. 43.Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. 44.Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. 45.He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. 46.He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
47.Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
48.Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
1Corinthians 15
1.Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, 2.by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3.For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4.that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5.and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6.Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. 7.Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8.and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. 9.For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. 10.But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11.Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
12.Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13.But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. 14.If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. 15.Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised. 16.For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised. 17.If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 18.Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19.If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
20.But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21.For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. 22.For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23.But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming. 24.Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25.For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26.The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 27.For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet."16 But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. 28.When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. 29.Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? 30.Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 31.I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32.If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."17 33.Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." 34.Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 35.But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?" 36.You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37.That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. 38.But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. 39.All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. 40.There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. 41.There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 42.So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 43.It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
45.So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul."18 The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46.However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. 47.The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 48.As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49.As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's19 also bear the image of the heavenly. 50.Now I say this, brothers,20 that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51.Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52.in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. 53.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54.But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."21 55."Death, where is your sting? Hades22, where is your victory?"23
56.The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57.But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58.Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.