Matthew 16:13-28
[13]
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” [14] And they
said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” [15] He said to them, “But who do you
say that I am?” [16] Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God.” [17] And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon
Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my
Father who is in heaven. [18] And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this
rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. [19] I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” [20] Then he strictly charged
the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
[21]
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to
Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. [22] And Peter
took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you,
Lord! This shall never happen to you.” [23] But he turned and said to
Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not
setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
[24]
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him
deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. [25] For whoever would
save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will
find it. [26] For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world
and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
[27] For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory
of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he
has done. [28] Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who
will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his
kingdom.”
Acts 23:1-11
[1]
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived
my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.” [2] And the
high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on
the mouth. [3] Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you
whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and
yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?” [4] Those who stood
by said, “Would you revile God’s high priest?” [5] And Paul said, “I did
not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,
‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
[6]
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other
Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a
son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of
the dead that I am on trial.” [7] And when he had said this, a
dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the
assembly was divided. [8] For the Sadducees say that there is no
resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them
all. [9] Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the
Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong
in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?” [10] And when
the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be
torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him
away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
[11]
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for
as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must
testify also in Rome.”
Psalm 37:23-40
[23] The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
when he delights in his way;
[24] though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
for the LORD upholds his hand.
[25] I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or his children begging for bread.
[26] He is ever lending generously,
and his children become a blessing.
[27] Turn away from evil and do good;
so shall you dwell forever.
[28] For the LORD loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
[29] The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell upon it forever.
[30] The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice.
[31] The law of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not slip.
[32] The wicked watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
[33] The LORD will not abandon him to his power
or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
[34] Wait for the LORD and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
[35] I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
[36] But he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.
[37] Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is a future for the man of peace.
[38] But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
[39] The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
[40] The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
Exodus 38
[1]
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its
length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits
was its height. [2] He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns
were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. [3] And he
made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins,
the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. [4]
And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its
ledge, extending halfway down. [5] He cast four rings on the four
corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. [6] He made the
poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. [7] And he put the
poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them.
He made it hollow, with boards.
[8]
He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors
of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of
meeting.
[9]
And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court
were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; [10] their twenty pillars
and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets were of silver. [11] And for the north side there were
hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty
bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
were of silver. [12] And for the west side were hangings of fifty
cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets were of silver. [13] And for the front to the east,
fifty cubits. [14] The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen
cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. [15] And so for the
other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of
fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. [16] All
the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. [17] And the
bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also
of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
[18] And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with
needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.
It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth,
corresponding to the hangings of the court. [19] And their pillars were
four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver,
and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. [20]
And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of
bronze.
[21]
These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the
testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the
responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest. [22] Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe
of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses; [23] and with him was
Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and
designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine
twined linen.
[24]
All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the
sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730
shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. [25] The silver from those of
the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775
shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: [26] a beka a head (that is,
half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was
listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550
men. [27] The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of
the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred
talents, a talent a base. [28] And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks
for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.
[29] The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;
[30] with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of
the altar, [31] the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of
the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the
court.
Exodus 39
[1]
From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven
garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments
for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[2]
He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine
twined linen. [3] And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into
threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into
the fine twined linen, in skilled design. [4] They made for the ephod
attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges. [5] And the
skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it,
of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as
the LORD had commanded Moses.
[6]
They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and
engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the
sons of Israel. [7] And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod
to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
[8]
He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of
gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. [9] It
was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a
span its breadth when doubled. [10] And they set in it four rows of
stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; [11]
and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; [12] and the
third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; [13] and the fourth
row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of
gold filigree. [14] There were twelve stones with their names according
to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each
engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. [15] And they made on the
breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. [16] And they made
two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings
on the two edges of the breastpiece. [17] And they put the two cords of
gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. [18] They
attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree.
Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. [19]
Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the
breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. [20] And they made
two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the
two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven
band of the ephod. [21] And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to
the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the
skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not
come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[22]
He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, [23] and the
opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a
binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. [24] On the hem
of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns
and fine twined linen. [25] They also made bells of pure gold, and put
the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe,
between the pomegranates—[26] a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a
pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
[27]
They also made the coats, woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,
[28] and the turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the
linen undergarments of fine twined linen, [29] and the sash of fine
twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with
needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[30]
They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an
inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the LORD.” [31]
And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as
the LORD had commanded Moses.
[32]
Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was
finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD
had commanded Moses; so they did. [33] Then they brought the tabernacle
to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its
bars, its pillars, and its bases; [34] the covering of tanned rams’
skins and goatskins, and the veil of the screen; [35] the ark of the
testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; [36] the table with all its
utensils, and the bread of the Presence; [37] the lampstand of pure
gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil
for the light; [38] the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant
incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent; [39] the bronze
altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the
basin and its stand; [40] the hangings of the court, its pillars, and
its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its
pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the
tent of meeting; [41] the finely worked garments for ministering in the
Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of
his sons for their service as priests. [42] According to all that the
LORD had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work.
[43] And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the
LORD had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them.
Exodus 40
[1]
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, [2] “On the first day of the first
month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. [3] And you
shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark
with the veil. [4] And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and
you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. [5] And you shall
put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and
set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. [6] You shall set the
altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of
meeting, [7] and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the
altar, and put water in it. [8] And you shall set up the court all
around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
[9]
“Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and
all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it
may become holy. [10] You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering
and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may
become most holy. [11] You shall also anoint the basin and its stand,
and consecrate it. [12] Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the
entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water [13] and
put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate
him, that he may serve me as priest. [14] You shall bring his sons also
and put coats on them, [15] and anoint them, as you anointed their
father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall
admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”
[16]
This Moses did; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he
did. [17] In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the
month, the tabernacle was erected. [18] Moses erected the tabernacle.
He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and
raised up its pillars. [19] And he spread the tent over the tabernacle
and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded
Moses. [20] He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the
poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. [21] And he
brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen,
and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[22] He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the
tabernacle, outside the veil, [23] and arranged the bread on it before
the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. [24] He put the lampstand in
the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the
tabernacle, [25] and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had
commanded Moses. [26] He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting
before the veil, [27] and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD had
commanded Moses. [28] He put in place the screen for the door of the
tabernacle. [29] And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance
of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt
offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. [30]
He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put
water in it for washing, [31] with which Moses and Aaron and his sons
washed their hands and their feet. [32] When they went into the tent of
meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD
commanded Moses. [33] And he erected the court around the tabernacle and
the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses
finished the work.
[34]
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. [35] And Moses was not able to enter the tent of
meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. [36] Throughout all their journeys, whenever the
cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would
set out. [37] But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set
out till the day that it was taken up. [38] For the cloud of the LORD
was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight
of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
