DECEMBER
5
PSALMS:
5
PROVERBS: 5, 35, 65, 95, 125
OLD TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 15:1 - 16:28
NEW TESTAMENT: MARK 7:1 - 23
PSALMS: 5, 35, 65, 95, 125
PROVERBS: 5
PSALMS: 5
For
the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
1
Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider
my sighing.
2
Listen to my cry for help,
my
King and my God,
for
to you I pray.
3
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in
the morning I lay my requests before you
and
wait in expectation.
4
You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;
with
you the wicked cannot dwell.
5
The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
you
hate all who do wrong.
6
You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty
and deceitful men
the
LORD abhors.
7
But I, by your great mercy,
will
come into your house;
in
reverence will I bow down
toward
your holy temple.
8
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because
of my enemies--
make
straight your way before me. [1]
9
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their
heart is filled with destruction.
Their
throat is an open grave;
with
their tongue they speak deceit.
10
Declare them guilty, O God!
Let
their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish
them for their many sins,
for
they have rebelled against you.
11
But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let
them ever sing for joy.
Spread
your protection over them,
that
those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12
For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you
surround them with your favor as with a shield. [2]
PSALMS: 35
Of
David.
1
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;
fight
against those who fight against me.
2
Take up shield and buckler;
arise
and come to my aid.
3
Brandish spear and javelin A
against
those who pursue me.
Say
to my soul,
"I am your salvation."
4
May those who seek my life
be
disgraced and put to shame;
may
those who plot my ruin
be
turned back in dismay.
5
May they be like chaff before the wind,
with
the angel of the LORD driving them away;
6
may their path be dark and slippery,
with
the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7
Since they hid their net for me without cause
and
without cause dug a pit for me,
8
may ruin overtake them by surprise--
may
the net they hid entangle them,
may
they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
9
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD
and
delight in his salvation.
10
My whole being will exclaim,
"Who
is like you, O LORD?
You
rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the
poor and needy from those who rob them." [3]
11
Ruthless witnesses come forward;
they
question me on things I know nothing about.
12
They repay me evil for good
and
leave my soul forlorn.
13
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth
and
humbled myself with fasting.
When
my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14
I went about mourning
as
though for my friend or brother.
I
bowed my head in grief
as
though weeping for my mother.
15
But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
attackers
gathered against me when I was unaware.
They
slandered me without ceasing.
16
Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked B;
they
gnashed their teeth at me.
17
O Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue
my life from their ravages,
my
precious life from these lions.
18
I will give you thanks in the great assembly;
among
throngs of people I will praise you.
19
Let not those gloat over me
who
are my enemies without cause;
let
not those who hate me without reason
maliciously
wink the eye.
20
They do not speak peaceably,
but
devise false accusations
against
those who live quietly in the land.
21
They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha!
With
our own eyes we have seen it." [4]
22
O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent.
Do
not be far from me, O Lord.
23
Awake, and rise to my defense!
Contend
for me, my God and Lord.
24
Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God;
do
not let them gloat over me.
25
Do not let them think, "Aha, just what we
wanted!"
or
say, "We have swallowed him up."
26
May all who gloat over my distress
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who exalt themselves over me
be
clothed with shame and disgrace.
27
May those who delight in my vindication
shout
for joy and gladness;
may
they always say, "The LORD be exalted,
who
delights in the well-being of his servant."
28
My tongue will speak of your righteousness
and
of your praises all day long. [5]
PSALMS: 65
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.
1
Praise awaits A you, O God, in Zion;
to
you our vows will be fulfilled.
2
O you who hear prayer,
to
you all men will come.
3
When we were overwhelmed by sins,
you
forgave B our transgressions.
4
Blessed are those you choose
and
bring near to live in your courts!
We
are filled with the good things of your house,
of
your holy temple.
5
You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness,
O
God our Savior,
the
hope of all the ends of the earth
and
of the farthest seas,
6
who formed the mountains by your power,
having
armed yourself with strength,
7
who stilled the roaring of the seas,
the
roaring of their waves,
and
the turmoil of the nations.
8
Those living far away fear your wonders;
where
morning dawns and evening fades
you
call forth songs of joy.
9
You care for the land and water it;
you
enrich it abundantly.
The
streams of God are filled with water
to
provide the people with grain, [6]
for
so you have ordained it. C
10
You drench its furrows
and
level its ridges;
you
soften it with showers
and
bless its crops.
11
You crown the year with your bounty,
and
your carts overflow with abundance.
12
The grasslands of the desert overflow;
the
hills are clothed with gladness.
13
The meadows are covered with flocks
and
the valleys are mantled with grain;
they
shout for joy and sing. [7]
PSALMS: 95
1
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let
us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and
extol him with music and song.
3
For the LORD is the great God,
the
great King above all gods.
4
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and
the mountain peaks belong to him.
5
The sea is his, for he made it,
and
his hands formed the dry land.
6
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let
us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7
for he is our God
and
we are the people of his pasture,
the
flock under his care.
Today,
if you hear his voice,
8
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, A
as
you did that day at MassahB in the desert,
9
where your fathers tested and tried me,
though
they had seen what I did.
10
For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I
said, "They are a people whose hearts go
astray,
and they have not known my ways."
11So
I declared on oath in my anger,
"They shall never enter my rest." [8]
PSALMS: 125
A
song of ascents.
1
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which
cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so
the LORD surrounds his people
both
now and forevermore.
3
The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over
the land allotted to the righteous,
for
then the righteous might use
their
hands to do evil.
4
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
to
those who are upright in heart.
5
But those who turn to crooked ways
the
LORD will banish with the evildoers.
Peace
be upon Israel. [9]
PROVERBS: 5
5
1 My son, pay attention
to my wisdom,
listen
well to my words of insight,
2
that you may maintain discretion
and
your lips may preserve knowledge.
3
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and
her speech is smoother than oil;
4
but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp
as a double-edged sword.
5
Her feet go down to death;
her
steps lead straight to the grave. A
6
She gives no thought to the way of life;
her
paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
7
Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do
not turn aside from what I say.
8
Keep to a path far from her,
do
not go near the door of her house,
9
lest you give your best strength to others
and
your years to one who is cruel,
10
lest strangers feast on your wealth
and
your toil enrich another man's house.
11
At the end of your life you will groan,
when
your flesh and body are spent.
12
You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How
my heart spurned correction!
13
I would not obey my teachers
or
listen to my instructors.
14
I have come to the brink of utter ruin
in
the midst of the whole assembly."
15
Drink water from your own cistern,
running
water from your own well.
16
Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your
streams of water in the public squares?
17
Let them be yours alone, [10]
never
to be shared with strangers.
18
May your fountain be blessed,
and
may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19
A loving doe, a graceful deer--
may
her breasts satisfy you always,
may
you ever be captivated by her love.
20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why
embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21
For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and
he examines all his paths.
22
The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the
cords of his sin hold him fast.
23
He will die for lack of discipline,
led
astray by his own great folly. [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 15:1 - 16:28
15 1
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: `When any man has a
bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. 3 Whether it continues
flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his
discharge will bring about uncleanness:
4"`
Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be
unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.
5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water,
and he will be unclean till evening. 6 Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat
on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till
evening.
7"` Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash his
clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
8"` If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is
clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be
unclean till evening.
9"` Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean,
10 and
whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till
evening; whoever picks up those things must wash his clothes and bathe with
water, and he will be unclean till evening.
11"` Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his
hands with water must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be
unclean till evening.
12"` A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any
wooden article is to be rinsed with water.
13"` When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count
off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe
himself with fresh water, and he will be clean. 14 On the eighth day he
must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD to the
entrance to the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to
sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
In this way he will make atonement before the LORD for the man because of his
discharge.
16"` When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his
whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 17Any
clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will
be unclean till evening. 18When a man lies with a woman and there is
an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till
evening.
19"` When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of
her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be
unclean till evening.
20"` Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and
anything she sits on will be unclean. 21Whoever touches her bed must
wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
22 Whoever
touches anything she sits on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he
will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when
anyone touches it, he will be unclean till evening. [12]
24"` If a man lies with her and her monthly flow touches him, he
will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
25"` When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a
time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her
period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the
days of her period. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be
unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will
be unclean, as during her period. 27 Whoever touches them will be unclean; he must wash his
clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
28"` When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off
seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day she
must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the
entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the
other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before
the LORD for the uncleanness of her discharge.
31"` You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make
them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my
dwelling place,A which is among them.'"
32 These
are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an
emission of semen,
33 for
a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a
man who lies with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.
16 1
The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two
sons of Aaron who died when they approached the LORD. 2 The LORD
said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron not to
come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front
of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the
cloud over the atonement cover.
3 "This is how Aaron is to enter the sanctuary area: with a
young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He is to put on the
sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the
linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are sacred garments;
so he must bathe himself with water before he puts them on. 5 From the Israelite
community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt
offering.
6 "Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make
atonement for himself and his household. 7
Then he is to take the two goats and
present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 8 He is to cast lots
for the two goats--one lot for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat.
A 9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and
sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be
presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it
into the desert as a scapegoat.
11 "Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make
atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for
his[13]own sin offering. 12 He is to take a
censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of
finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain. 13 He is to put the
incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal
the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die. 14 He is to take some of
the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement
cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the
atonement cover.
15 "He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for
the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with
the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of
it.
16 In this way
he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and
rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the
same for the Tent of Meeting, which is among them in the midst of their
uncleanness. 17 No one is to be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron
goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having
made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel.
18 "Then he shall come out to the altar that is before the LORD
and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of
the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of the altar. 19 He shall sprinkle
some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to
consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
20 "When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy
Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.
21 He is to
lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the
wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites--all their sins--and put them on the
goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man
appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary
place; and the man shall release it in the desert.
23 "Then Aaron is to go into the Tent of Meeting and take off
the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is
to leave them there. 24 He shall bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on
his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering
for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for
himself and for the people. 25 He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
26 "The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his
clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
27 The bull
and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy
Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and
offal are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself
with water; afterward he may come into the camp. [14]
NEW TESTAMENT: MARK 7:1 - 23
7 1
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who
had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2 saw some of his
disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is,
unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they
give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4
When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And
they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and
kettles.A)
5 So
the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your
disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their
food with `unclean' hands?"
6 He
replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied
about you hypocrites; as it is written:
"`These people honor me with their lips,
but their
hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their
teachings are but rules taught by men.' B
8 You have let go of the commands of God and
are holding on to the traditions of men."
9 And
he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting
aside the commands of God in order to observe C your own traditions! 10
For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother,' D and, `Anyone who curses his
father or mother must be put to death.' E 11 But you say that if a
man says to his father or mother: `Whatever
help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift
devoted to God), 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or
mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you
have handed down. And you do many things like that."
14 Again
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen
to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a man can make him `unclean' by going into
him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him `unclean.' F"
17 After
he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this
parable. 18 "Are you so dull?"
he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters
a man from the outside can make him `unclean'?
19 For it
doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body."
(In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")
20 He
went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes
him `unclean.' 21 For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts,
sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice,
deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come
from inside and make a man `unclean.’"
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