Reading for 26 March 2016

Matthew 26:1-12
1 And it came to pass, that when Yeshua had finished all these sayings, he said to his talmidim: 2 “You know that after two days is Pesach; and the Son of Man will be betrayed to be crucified.”

3 Then the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people gathered together at the court of the high priest, who was called Qeiafa. 4 And they took counsel concerning Yeshua, so that they might take arrest him by deceit and murder him. 5 And they were saying: “Not during the festival, in case disorder should take place among the people.”

6 And when Yeshua was in Beit-Anya, in the house of Shimon the potter, 7 a woman approached him having an alabaster vase of ointment that was a very valuable perfume, and she poured it on the head of Yeshua as he was reclining. 8 And when his talmidim saw this they were not pleased, and said: “Why such waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a high price, and then could have been given to the poor.” 10 But Yeshua knew this, and said to them: “Why are you upsetting her? The woman has done a good deed for me. 11 For you will always have the poor with you; but you will not always have me. 12 But this one act, pouring the perfume on my body, she has done so as if it were for my burial.

James 1
1 Ya’aqub, a servant of Alaha, Maran Yeshua Mshikha, to the twelve tribes scattered among the goyim. Shalom!

2 Let it be a joy to you, my brethren, when you enter into many and various trials. 3 For you know the trial of faith makes you increase patience. 4 And let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be complete and perfect, and may lack in nothing.

5 And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of Alaha who gives to all freely and with love, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without hesitating; for he who hesitates is like the waves of the sea, which the wind tosses around. 7 And such a man should not expect to receive any thing of Mar-Yah, 8 who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all of his ways.

9 And let the humble brother rejoice because he is exalted; 10 and the rich, in his humbleness because, like the flower of the grass, he passes away. 11 For the sun rises in its heat, and dries up the grass; and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes; it is the same with the rich man because he withers in his ways.

12 Blessed is the man who endures trials so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which Alaha has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one when he is tempted, say, ‘I am tempted by Alaha’; for Alaha is not tempted with evils, nor does he tempt anyone. 14 But every man is tempted by his own lust, and he desires and is enticed. 15 And this lust conceives, and brings forth sin; and sin, when mature, brings forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good and perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, not even a shadow of variation. 18 By his own will he fathered us by the word of truth so that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.

19 My beloved brethren, every one of you be quick to hear and slow to speak and slow to anger; 20 for the wrath of man does not bring the righteousness of Alaha. 21 Therefore, remove yourself from all impurity and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is firmly planted in our nature, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who sees his face in a mirror; 24 for he sees himself, and passes on, and forgets what his appearance was. 25 But all who look upon the perfect law of liberty and abides in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; such a man will be blessed in his work.

26 And if anyone thinks that he worships Alaha, and does not control his tongue, his heart deceives him and his worship is in vain. 27 For service that is pure and holy before Abba Alaha, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself spotless from the world.

Psalms 119:97-176
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Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36
6:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 6:2 “If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Mar-Yah, and deals falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbour, 6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein; 6:4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, 6:5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found guilty. 6:6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Mar-Yah, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest. 6:7 The priest shall make atonement for him before Mar-Yah, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”

6:8 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 6:10 The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 6:11 He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. 6:13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

6:14 “‘This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Mar-Yah, before the altar. 6:15 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial, to Mar-Yah. 6:16 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tabernacle 6:17 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 6:18 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Mar-Yah made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'”

6:19 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 6:20 “This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Mar-Yah in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an efah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening. 6:21 It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to Mar-Yah. 6:22 The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Mar-Yah. 6:23 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

6:24 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 6:25 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Mar-Yah. It is most holy. 6:26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tabernacle. 6:27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place. 6:28 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 6:29 Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy. 6:30 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tabernacle to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.

7:1 “‘This is the law of the trespass offering. It is most holy. 7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle around on the altar. 7:3 He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards, 7:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away; 7:5 and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to Mar-Yah: it is a trespass offering. 7:6 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

7:7 “‘As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it. 7:8 The priest who offers any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 7:9 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest’s who offers it. 7:10 Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.

7:11 “‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Mar-Yah. 7:12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil. 7:13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving. 7:14 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Mar-Yah. It shall be the priest’s who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 7:15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.

7:16 “‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice; and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten: 7:17 but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. 7:18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an infraction, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.

7:19 “‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may eat it; 7:20 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to Mar-Yah, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 7:21 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean parts, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Mar-Yah, that soul shall be cut off from his people'”

7:22 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 7:23 “Speak to the B’nai Yisrael, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. 7:24 The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it. 7:25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer an offering made by fire to Mar-Yah, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people. 7:26 You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. 7:27 Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'”

7:28 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 7:29 “Speak to the B’nai Yisrael, saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Mar-Yah shall bring his offering to Mar-Yah out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 7:30 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Mar-Yah made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Mar-Yah. 7:31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 7:32 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. 7:34 For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the B’nai Yisrael out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the B’nai Yisrael.'”

7:35 This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Mar-Yah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to Mar-Yah in the priest’s office; 7:36 which Mar-Yah commanded to be given them of the B’nai Yisrael, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations. 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings; 7:38 which Mar-Yah commanded Mosha in Mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the B’nai Yisrael to offer their offerings to Mar-Yah, in the wilderness of Sinai.

8:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 8:2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tabernacle.”

8:4 Mosha did as Mar-Yah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tabernacle. 8:5 Mosha said to the congregation, “This is the thing which Mar-Yah has commanded to be done.” 8:6 Mosha brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 8:7 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skilfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it. 8:8 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. 8:9 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Mar-Yah commanded Mosha. 8:10 Mosha took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. 8:11 He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them. 8:12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 8:13 Mosha brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Mar-Yah commanded Mosha.

8:14 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 8:15 He killed it; and Mosha took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. 8:16 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Mosha burned it on the altar. 8:17 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Mar-Yah commanded Mosha. 8:18 He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 8:19 He killed it; and Mosha sprinkled the blood around on the altar. 8:20 He cut the ram into its pieces; and Mosha burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 8:21 He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Mosha burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Mar-Yah; as Mar-Yah commanded Mosha. 8:22 He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 8:23 He killed it; and Mosha took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 8:24 He brought Aaron’s sons; and Mosha put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Mosha sprinkled the blood around on the altar. 8:25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh; 8:26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Mar-Yah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh. 8:27 He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Mar-Yah. 8:28 Mosha took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Mar-Yah. 8:29 Mosha took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Mar-Yah. It was Mosha’s portion of the ram of consecration, as Mar-Yah commanded Mosha. 8:30 Mosha took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

8:31 Mosha said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the Tabernacle, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 8:32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. 8:33 You shall not go out from the door of the Tabernacle seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days. 8:34 What has been done this day, so Mar-Yah has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 8:35 You shall stay at the door of the Tabernacle day and night seven days, and keep Mar-Yah’s command, that you do not die: for so I am commanded.” 8:36 Aaron and his sons did all the things which Mar-Yah commanded by Mosha.

Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3; 9:22 – 9:23
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