Thursday, March 27, 2014

Numbers 7:54-89 and John 7:10-24 (New Living Translation)

NUMBERS 7:54-89
THE OFFERINGS OF THE LEADERS (continued)
54  On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.
55  His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 
56  He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 
57  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 
58  and a male goat for a sin offering. 
59  For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
60  On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.
61  His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 
62  He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 
63  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 
64  and a male goat for a sin offering. 
65  For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Abidan son of Gideoni.
66  On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.
67  His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 
68  He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 
69  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 
70  and a male goat for a sin offering. 
71  For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
72  On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.
73  His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 
74  He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 
75  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 
76  and a male goat for a sin offering. 
77  For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.
78  On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.
79  His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 
80  He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 
81  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 
82  and a male goat for a sin offering. 
83  For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahira son of Enan.
84  So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers. 
85  Each silver platter weighed 3 1⁄4 pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1 3⁄4 pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). 
86  Each of the twelve gold containers that was filled with incense weighed four ounces (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). The total weight of the gold was three pounds.
87  Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.
88  Twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
89  Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. The Lord spoke to him from there.

JOHN 7:10-24
JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS
10  But after his brothers left for the festival, Jesus also went, though secretly, staying out of public view.
11  The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him. 
12  There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.” 
13  But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.
14  Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. 
15  The people were surprised when they heard him. “How does he know so much when he hasn’t been trained?” they asked.
16  So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me. 
17  Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own. 
18  Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies. 
19  Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me.”
20  The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill you?”
21  Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed. 
22  But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses.) 
23  For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it so as not to break the law of Moses. So why should you be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath? 
24  Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

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