26th March

¹ And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;² That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:³ And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.⁴ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,⁵ Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.⁶ And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.⁷ Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:⁸ And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.⁹ But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.¹⁰ And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.¹¹ And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.¹² And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:¹³ And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:¹⁴ One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:¹⁵ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:¹⁶ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:¹⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.¹⁸ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:¹⁹ He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:²⁰ One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:²¹ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:²² One kid of the goats for a sin offering:²³ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.²⁴ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:²⁵ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:²⁶ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:²⁷ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:²⁸ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:²⁹ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.³⁰ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:³¹ His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:³² One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:³³ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:³⁴ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:³⁵ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:³⁷ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:³⁸ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:³⁹ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁴⁰ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁴¹ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.⁴² On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:⁴³ His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁴⁴ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁴⁵ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁴⁶ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁴⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:⁴⁹ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁵⁰ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁵¹ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁵² One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁵³ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.⁵⁴ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:⁵⁵ His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁵⁶ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁵⁷ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁵⁸ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁵⁹ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.⁶⁰ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:⁶¹ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁶² One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁶³ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁶⁴ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁶⁵ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.⁶⁶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:⁶⁷ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁶⁸ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁶⁹ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁷⁰ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁷¹ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:⁷³ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁷⁴ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁷⁵ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁷⁶ One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁷⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:⁷⁹ His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:⁸⁰ One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:⁸¹ One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:⁸² One kid of the goats for a sin offering:⁸³ And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:⁸⁵ Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:⁸⁶ The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.⁸⁷ All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.⁸⁸ And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.⁸⁹ And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.² For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.³ For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.⁴ He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.⁸ Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.⁹ She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.¹¹ I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.¹² When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.¹³ Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.²² For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

¹ And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;² Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.⁶ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?⁹ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.¹⁵ And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.¹⁶ But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?¹⁹ And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.²⁰ Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.²¹ And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.²² Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.²³ And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.²⁶ And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?²⁷ And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.²⁸ Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.²⁹ And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,³⁰ Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.³¹ Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.³² For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:³³ And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.³⁴ And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.³⁵ And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:³⁶ And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.³⁷ And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.³⁸ And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.³⁹ And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.⁴⁰ And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,⁴¹ Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.⁴² And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.⁴³ And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.