Friday, October 12, 2012

Exodus 30:22-33 and Luke 4:38-44 (NLT)

Exodus 30:22-33
Anointing Oil

22  Then the Lord said to Moses, 
23  “Collect choice spices—12 1⁄2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6 1⁄4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6 1⁄4 pounds of fragrant calamus, 
24  and 12 1⁄2 pounds of cassia—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil. 
25  Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil. 
26  Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, 
27  the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar, 
28  the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand. 
29  Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.
30  “Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests. 
31  And say to the people of Israel, ‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.
32  It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy. 
33  Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.’”

Luke 4:38-44
Jesus Heals Many

38  After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged. 
39  Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.
40  As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one. 
41  Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak.
42  Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them. 
43  But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.” 
44  So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.

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