Saturday, November 17, 2012

Exodus 38:1-7 and Luke 9:10-17 (NLT)

Exodus 38:1-7
The Altar of Burnt Offering
1  Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high.
2  He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze.
3  Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans.
4  Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
5  He cast four rings and attached them to the corners of the bronze grating to hold the carrying poles.
6  He made the poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7  He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar. The altar was hollow and was made from planks.

Luke 9:10-17
Jesus Feeds The Five Thousand
10  When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town of Bethsaida.
11  But the crowds found out where he was going, and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick.
12  Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to eat here in this remote place.”
13  But Jesus said, “You feed them.”  “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
14  For there were about 5,000 men there.  Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15  So the people all sat down.
16  Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people.
17  They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!

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