Daily Readings for February 27

Daily Readings for February 27
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Leviticus 1

1.Yahweh¹ called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying, 2."Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.

3."'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. 4.He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5.He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 6.He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. 7.The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; 8.and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; 9.but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

10."'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep, or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish. 11.He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12.He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar, 13.but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

14."'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 15.The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar; 16.and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes. 17.He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

Leviticus 2

1."'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it. 2.He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 3.That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.

4."'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5.If your offering is a meal offering of the griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil. 6.You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering. 7.If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8.You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. 9.The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 10.That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.

11."'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 12.As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not ascend for a pleasant aroma on the altar. 13.Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God² to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14."'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear. 15.You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal offering. 16.The priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

Psalm 103

1.Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! 2.Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits; 3.who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; 4.who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; 5.who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6.Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. 7.He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. 8.Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. 9.He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. 10.He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. 11.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. 12.As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13.Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. 14.For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. 15.As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16.For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. 17.But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children; 18.to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. 19.Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. 20.Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. 21.Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. 22.Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

1Corinthians 11

1.Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2.Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. 3.But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. 4.Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 5.But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. 6.For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 7.For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. 8.For man is not from woman, but woman from man; 9.for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10.For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

11.Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. 12.For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God. 13.Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled? 14.Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15.But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering. 16.But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's assemblies.

17.But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18.For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it. 19.For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. 20.When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. 21.For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken. 22.What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.

23.For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread. 24.When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me." 25.In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me." 26.For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27.Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28.But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29.For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body. 30.For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. 31.For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged. 32.But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. 33.Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34.But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.