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6 The Lord said to Moses, ² “If a person is not faithful and sins against the Lord by lying to his neighbor about money given to him for safe-keeping, or by stealing, or by false ways, ³ or by finding what was lost and lying about it before God, if a man does any of the things that men sin by doing, ⁴ he will become guilty. Then he should return what he took by stealing, or what he got by false ways, or the money which was given to him for safe-keeping, or the lost thing which he found, ⁵ or anything that he lied about. He should pay for it in full, and add to it one-fifth part more. He should give it to whom it belongs on the day he gives his guilt gift. ⁶ Then he will bring to the religious leader his guilt gift to the Lord, a ram that is perfect from the flock, that you decide to be the right price for a guilt gift. ⁷ Before the Lord the religious leader will pay the price for him for whatever he did that made him guilty. And he will be forgiven.”

The Law of the Burnt Gift

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, ⁹ “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law for the burnt gift. The burnt gift should stay on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire should be kept burning on the altar. ¹⁰ Then the religious leader will put on the clothing next to his flesh, and the long linen clothing over that. And he will take the ashes that are left from the fire of the burnt gift on the altar, and put them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he will change his clothes and carry the ashes to a clean place away from the tents. ¹² The fire should be kept burning on the altar. It should not go out. The religious leader should burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt gifts on it, and burn the fat parts of the peace gifts on it. ¹³ Fire should always be kept burning on the altar. It is not to go out.

The Law of the Grain Gift

¹⁴ ‘This is the Law of the grain gift. The sons of Aaron will give it to the Lord in front of the altar. ¹⁵ One of them will fill his hand with the fine flour of the grain gift, with its oil and all the special perfume that is on it, and burn it on the altar to be remembered as a pleasing smell to the Lord. ¹⁶ Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left of it. It will be eaten as loaves without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the open space of the meeting tent. ¹⁷ It will not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from My gifts by fire. It is most holy, like the sin gift and the guilt gift. ¹⁸ Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a Law forever for all your people, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them will become holy.’”

¹⁹ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁰ “This is the gift which Aaron and his sons are to give to the Lord on the day when he is set apart: The tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a grain gift each day, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. ²¹ It should be cooked with oil on top of a stove. Bring it when it is mixed well, and give the grain gift in baked pieces as a pleasing smell to the Lord. ²² The religious leader among Aaron’s sons, who is chosen to be in his place, will give it. By a Law forever, all of it will be burned and given to the Lord. ²³ Every grain gift of the religious leader will be all burned. It will not be eaten.”

The Law of the Sin Gift

²⁴ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁵ “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law of the sin gift. The sin gift will be killed before the Lord in the place where the burnt gift is killed. It is most holy. ²⁶ The religious leader who gives it for sin will eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place, in the open space of the meeting tent. ²⁷ Anyone who touches its flesh will become holy. When any of its blood gets on a piece of clothing, wash the blood from the clothing in a holy place. ²⁸ The clay pot in which it was made ready should be broken. But if it was made ready in a brass pot, it should be well cleaned with water. ²⁹ Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It is most holy. ³⁰ But no sin gift should be eaten from which any blood is brought into the meeting tent to pay for sins in the holy place. It should be burned with fire.

The Law of the Guilt Gift

7 ‘This is the Law of the guilt gift. It is most holy. ² They are to kill the guilt gift in the place where they kill the burnt gift. And the religious leader should put its blood around on the altar. ³ Then he will give all its fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inside parts, ⁴ the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver which he will take away with the kidneys. ⁵ The religious leader will burn them on the altar as a gift by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt gift. ⁶ Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. ⁷ The guilt gift is like the sin gift. There is one Law for them. It belongs to the religious leader who pays the price for sin with it. ⁸ And the religious leader who gives any man’s burnt gift will keep for himself the skin of the burnt gift he has given. ⁹ Every grain gift that is baked in a stove and everything that is cooked in a pot or on top of a stove will belong to the religious leader who gives it. ¹⁰ And every grain gift, mixed with oil or dry, will belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all the same.

The Law of the Peace Gift

¹¹ ‘This is the Law of giving peace gifts in worship to the Lord. ¹² If he gives it because he is thankful, then with the thank gift he will give bread mixed with oil and without yeast, hard bread spread with oil and without yeast, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. ¹³ With loaves of bread with yeast he will give his thank gift with the peace gifts. ¹⁴ Out of each gift he will give a part as a gift to the Lord. It will belong to the religious leader who puts the blood on the peace gifts.

¹⁵ ‘The flesh of the thank gift, given as a peace gift, will be eaten on the day it is given. None of it is to be left until morning. ¹⁶ But if his gift is for a promise or is given only because he wants to give it, it will be eaten the same day he gives his gift. And whatever is left may be eaten the next day. ¹⁷ But what is left of the flesh of the gift until the third day will be burned with fire. ¹⁸ If any of the flesh of his gift is eaten on the third day, then the one who brought it will not be received and it will not do him any good. It will be a sin. And the person who eats of it must suffer for his own sin.

¹⁹ ‘The flesh that touches anything that is unclean must not be eaten. It will be burned with fire. Anyone who is clean may eat other flesh. ²⁰ But the person who is unclean, who eats the flesh of the peace gifts which belong to the Lord, will be kept away from his people. ²¹ And a person will be kept away from his people when he touches anything that is unclean, a human, animal or thing that is unclean, and then eats of the flesh of the peace gifts that belong to the Lord.’”

Fat and Blood Not to Be Eaten

²² The Lord said to Moses, ²³ “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Do not eat any fat from a bull, sheep or goat. ²⁴ The fat of an animal that dies, and the fat of an animal torn by wild animals, may be used in other ways. But for sure you must not eat it. ²⁵ For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which a gift is given by fire to the Lord will be kept away from his people. ²⁶ Do not eat any blood, of bird or animal, in any of your houses. ²⁷ Whoever eats any blood will be kept away from his people.’”

Jesus Heals by the Sea-Shore ^(A)

⁷ Jesus went with His followers to the sea. Many people followed Him from the countries of Galilee and Judea. ⁸ They followed from Jerusalem and from the country of Idumea. They came from the other side of the Jordan River and from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Many people heard all that Jesus was doing and came to Him. ⁹ He told His followers to have a small boat ready for Him because so many people might push Him down. ¹⁰ He had healed so many that the sick people were pushing in on Him. They were trying to put their hands on Him. ¹¹ When demons saw Him, they got down at His feet and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” ¹² He spoke strong words that the demons should tell no one Who He was.

Jesus Calls His Twelve Followers ^(B)

¹³ He went up on a mountain and called those He wanted. They followed Him. ¹⁴ He picked out twelve followers to be with Him so He might send them out to preach. ¹⁵ They would have the right and the power to heal diseases and to put out demons. ¹⁶ Jesus gave Simon another name, Peter. ¹⁷ James and John were brothers. They were the sons of Zebedee. He named them Boanerges, which means, The Sons of Thunder. ¹⁸ The others were Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot. Judas was the one who handed Jesus over to be killed.

The Family of Jesus Holds Him Back

²⁰ When Jesus came into a house, many people gathered around Him again. Jesus and His followers could not even eat. ²¹ When His family heard of it, they went to take Him. They said, “He must be crazy.”

A Nation That Cannot Stand ^(C)

²² Teachers of the Law came down from Jerusalem. They said, “Jesus has Satan in Him. This Man puts out demons by the king of demons.” ²³ Jesus called them to Him and spoke to them in picture-stories. He said, “How can the devil put out the devil? ²⁴ A nation cannot last if it is divided against itself. ²⁵ A family cannot last if it is divided against itself. ²⁶ If the devil fights against himself and is divided, he cannot last. He will come to an end. ²⁷ No man can go into a strong man’s house and take away his things, unless he ties up the strong man first. Only then can he take things from his house. ²⁸ For sure, I tell you, all sins will be forgiven people, and bad things they speak against God. ²⁹ But if anyone speaks bad things against the Holy Spirit, he will never be forgiven. He is guilty of a sin that lasts forever.” ³⁰ Jesus told them this because they said, “He has a demon.”

A Safe Place for Those Who Trust in the Lord

37 Do not trouble yourself because of sinful men. Do not want to be like those who do wrong. ² For they will soon dry up like the grass. Like the green plant they will soon die. ³ Trust in the Lord, and do good. So you will live in the land and will be fed. ⁴ Be happy in the Lord. And He will give you the desires of your heart. ⁵ Give your way over to the Lord. Trust in Him also. And He will do it. ⁶ He will make your being right and good show as the light, and your wise actions as the noon day.

⁷ Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Do not trouble yourself when all goes well with the one who carries out his sinful plans. ⁸ Stop being angry. Turn away from fighting. Do not trouble yourself. It leads only to wrong-doing. ⁹ For those who do wrong will be cut off. But those who wait for the Lord will be given the earth. ¹⁰ A little while, and the sinful man will be no more. You will look for his place, and he will not be there. ¹¹ But those who have no pride will be given the earth. And they will be happy and have much more than they need.

³ The Lord will not let those who are right with Him go hungry, but He puts to one side the desire of the sinful.

⁴ He who works with a lazy hand is poor, but the hand of the hard worker brings riches.