Sunday, March 23, 2014

Numbers 6:16-27 and John 6:22-24 (New Living Translation)

NUMBERS 6:16-27
THE PRIESTLY BLESSING
16  The priest will present these offerings before the Lord: first the sin offering and the burnt offering;
17  then the ram for a peace offering, along with the basket of bread made without yeast. The priest must also present the prescribed grain offering and liquid offering to the Lord.
18  “Then the Nazirites will shave their heads at the entrance of the Tabernacle. They will take the hair that had been dedicated and place it on the fire beneath the peace-offering sacrifice.
19  After the Nazirite’s head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite’s hands.
20  Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before the Lord. These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that are lifted up before the Lord. After this ceremony the Nazirites may again drink wine.
21  “This is the ritual law of the Nazirites, who vow to bring these offerings to the Lord. They may also bring additional offerings if they can afford it. And they must be careful to do whatever they vowed when they set themselves apart as Nazirites.”  
22  Then the Lord said to Moses,
23  “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people of Israel with this special blessing:
24  ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you.
25  May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
26  May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’
27  Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”

JOHN 6:22-24
JESUS, THE BREAD OF LIFE
22  The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. 
23  Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. 
24  So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.

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