Sunday, 10 March

22.   Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23.   "Also take for yourself quality spices––five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet–smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels ), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet–smelling cane, 24.   "five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 25.   "And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. 26.   "With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27.   "the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28.   "the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29.   "You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy. 30.   "And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests. 31.   "And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32.   ‘It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33.   ‘Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, shall be cut off from his people.’" 34.   And the LORD said to Moses: "Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. 35.   "You shall make of these an incense, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36.   "And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. 37.   "But as for the incense which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD. 38.   "Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people."

1.   Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2.   "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3.   "And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4.   "to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, 5.   "in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship. 6.   "And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all who are gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7.   "the tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle–– 8.   "the table and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, 9.   "the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base–– 10.   "the garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests, 11.   "and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place . According to all that I have commanded you they shall do." 12.   And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 13.   "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14.   ‘You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15.   ‘Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16.   ‘Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17.   ‘It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’" 18.   And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

1.   <> O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! 0.   2For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. 3.   There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. 4.   For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5.   My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. 6.   I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7.   For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8.   I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. 9.   Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. 10.   My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. 11.   My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. 12.   Those also who seek my life lay snares for me ; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long. 13.   But I, like a deaf man , do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. 14.   Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. 15.   For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. 16.   For I said, " Hear me , lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me." 17.   For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. 18.   For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. 19.   But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. 20.   Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. 21.   Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! 22.   Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

26.   "Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation has been sent. 27.   "For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him . 28.   "And though they found no cause for death in Him , they asked Pilate that He should be put to death. 29.   "Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30.   "But God raised Him from the dead. 31.   "He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. 32.   "And we declare to you glad tidings––that promise which was made to the fathers. 33.   "God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’ 34.   "And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’ 35.   "Therefore He also says in another Psalm : ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’ 36.   "For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; 37.   "but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. 38.   "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39.   "and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40.   "Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you: 41.   "Behold, you despisers, Marvel and perish! For I work a work in your days, A work which you will by no means believe, Though one were to declare it to you.’" 42.   So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 43.   Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44.   On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. 45.   But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul. 46.   Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47.   "For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’" 48.   Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. 49.   And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. 50.   But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. 51.   But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52.   And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.