7th March

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,² This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:³ And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;⁴ Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:⁵ And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:⁶ As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:⁷ And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.⁸ And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.⁹ But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.¹⁰ And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.¹¹ And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:¹² And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:¹³ And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:¹⁴ And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:¹⁵ And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:¹⁶ And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:¹⁷ And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:¹⁸ And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.¹⁹ And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:²⁰ And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.²¹ And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;²² And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.²³ And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.²⁴ And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:²⁵ And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:²⁶ And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:²⁷ And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:²⁸ And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:²⁹ And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.³⁰ And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;³¹ Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.³² This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.³³ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,³⁴ When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;³⁵ And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:³⁶ Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:³⁷ And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;³⁸ Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:³⁹ And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;⁴⁰ Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:⁴¹ And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:⁴² And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.⁴³ And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;⁴⁴ Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.⁴⁵ And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.⁴⁶ Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.⁴⁷ And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.⁴⁸ And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.⁴⁹ And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:⁵⁰ And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:⁵¹ And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:⁵² And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:⁵³ But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.⁵⁴ This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,⁵⁵ And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,⁵⁶ And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:⁵⁷ To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

¹ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.² Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?³ But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.⁵ They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:⁶ They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:⁷ They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.⁸ They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.⁹ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.¹¹ Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.¹² The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.¹³ He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.¹⁴ The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.¹⁵ Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.¹⁷ The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.¹⁸ But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

¹ I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.² Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.³ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.⁴ Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.⁶ The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.¹⁰ I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars.¹² What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

¹ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;² How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.³ For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;⁴ Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.⁵ And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.⁶ Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.⁷ Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.⁸ I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.¹⁰ And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.¹¹ Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.¹² For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.¹³ For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:¹⁴ But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:¹⁵ As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.¹⁶ But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.¹⁷ For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.¹⁸ And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;¹⁹ And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:²⁰ Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:²¹ Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.²² And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.²³ Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.²⁴ Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

¹ For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:² For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.³ Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:⁴ Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.⁶ But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.⁷ Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:⁹ (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.¹⁰ Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)¹¹ Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.¹² For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;¹³ Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;¹⁴ And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.¹⁵ Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.