2nd March

¹ Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.² In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.³ And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,⁴ And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:⁵ And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.⁶ Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.⁷ As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.⁸ And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.⁹ And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.¹⁰ And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.¹¹ And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.¹² If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.¹³ Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.¹⁴ And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.¹⁶ But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:¹⁷ But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.¹⁸ And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.¹⁹ And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.²⁰ But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.²¹ Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.²² And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,²³ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.²⁴ And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.²⁵ For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.²⁶ Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.²⁷ Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.²⁸ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,²⁹ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.³⁰ His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.³¹ And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.³² And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.³³ He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.³⁴ For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.³⁵ This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;³⁶ Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.³⁷ This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;³⁸ Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

¹ Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;⁵ That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.⁷ Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.⁹ He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.¹¹ And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.¹² Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.¹³ They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:¹⁴ But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.¹⁵ And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.²⁰ Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.²¹ They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.²⁴ Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:²⁵ But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.²⁶ Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:²⁷ To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.³¹ And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.³² They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:³³ Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.³⁴ They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:³⁵ But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.³⁶ And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,³⁸ And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

¹ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;² By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.³ For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;⁴ And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:⁵ And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:⁶ After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.⁷ After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.⁸ And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.¹¹ Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.¹² Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?¹³ But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:¹⁴ And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.¹⁵ Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.¹⁶ For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:¹⁷ And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.¹⁸ Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.²¹ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.²³ But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.²⁴ Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.²⁵ For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.²⁶ The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.²⁷ For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.²⁸ And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.²⁹ Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?³⁰ And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?³¹ I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.³² If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.³³ Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.³⁴ Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.³⁵ But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:³⁷ And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:³⁸ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:⁴³ It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.⁴⁵ And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.⁴⁶ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.⁴⁸ As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.⁵⁵ O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.