Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2. "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: 3. ‘Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud––that you may eat. 4. ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 5. ‘the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 6. ‘the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 7. ‘and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8. ‘Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you. 9. ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers––that you may eat. 10. ‘But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. 11. ‘They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. 12. ‘Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales––that shall be an abomination to you. 13. ‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14. ‘the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15. ‘every raven after its kind, 16. ‘the ostrich, the short–eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; 17. ‘the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; 18. ‘the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; 19. ‘the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. 20. ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21. ‘Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22. ‘These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23. ‘But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you. 24. ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25. ‘whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26. ‘ The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven–hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27. ‘And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28. ‘Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you. 29. ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; 30. ‘the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31. ‘These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32. ‘Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is , in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. 33. ‘Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: 34. ‘in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. 35. ‘And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36. ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. 37. ‘And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. 38. ‘But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you. 39. ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening. 40. ‘He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. 41. ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42. ‘Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth––these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43. ‘You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44. ‘For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45. ‘For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46. ‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47. ‘to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’"
1. << A Psalm of Solomon.>> Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son. 2. He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. 3. The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. 4. He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. 5. They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations. 6. He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth. 7. In His days the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace, Until the moon is no more. 8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth. 9. Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust. 10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts. 11. Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him. 12. For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper. 13. He will spare the poor and needy, And will save the souls of the needy. 14. He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight. 15. And He shall live; And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him; Prayer also will be made for Him continually, And daily He shall be praised. 16. There will be an abundance of grain in the earth, On the top of the mountains; Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon; And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17. His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed. 18. Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! 19. And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. 20. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
1. <> Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. 0. 2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. 3. For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4. For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm. 5. They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men. 6. Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment. 7. Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish. 8. They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; They speak loftily. 9. They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth. 10. Therefore his people return here, And waters of a full cup are drained by them. 11. And they say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?" 12. Behold, these are the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase in riches. 13. Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And washed my hands in innocence. 14. For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning. 15. If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children. 16. When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me–– 17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end. 18. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20. As a dream when one awakes, So , Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image. 21. Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. 22. I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 23. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. 24. You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. 25. Whom have I in heaven but You ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. 26. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27. For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. 28. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.
1. Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul. 2. And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: "Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight, 3. "we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. 4. "Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us. 5. "For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6. "He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law. 7. "But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8. "commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him." 9. And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so. 10. Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: "Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself, 11. "because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12. "And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. 13. "Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. 14. "But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. 15. "I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. 16. "This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. 17. "Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, 18. "in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. 19. "They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me. 20. "Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council, 21. "unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.’" 22. But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case." 23. So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him. 24. And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 25. Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self–control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, "Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you." 26. Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him more often and conversed with him. 27. But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.