Monday, 08 April

1.   Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2.   "Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the LORD. 3.   "Say to them: ‘Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the LORD. 4.   ‘Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen, 5.   ‘or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be–– 6.   ‘the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he washes his body with water. 7.   ‘And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings , because it is his food. 8.   ‘Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the LORD. 9.   ‘They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD sanctify them. 10.   ‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering ; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing. 11.   ‘But if the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food. 12.   ‘If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings. 13.   ‘But if the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it. 14.   ‘And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one–fifth to it. 15.   ‘They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD, 16.   ‘or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings ; for I the LORD sanctify them.’" 17.   And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18.   "Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering–– 19.   ‘ you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats. 20.   ‘Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. 21.   ‘And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22.   ‘Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. 23.   ‘Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24.   ‘You shall not offer to the LORD what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land. 25.   ‘Nor from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as the bread of your God, because their corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’" 26.   And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27.   "When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28.   " Whether it is a cow or ewe, do not kill both her and her young on the same day. 29.   "And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will. 30.   "On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD. 31.   "Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the LORD. 32.   "You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, 33.   "who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD."

1.   <> It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; 0.   2To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night, 3.   On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound. 4.   For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands. 5.   O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. 6.   A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this. 7.   When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever. 8.   But You, LORD, are on high forevermore. 9.   For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10.   But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. 11.   My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my desire on the wicked Who rise up against me. 12.   The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13.   Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14.   They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, 15.   To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

1.   The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. 2.   Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. 3.   The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4.   The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea. 5.   Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.

1.   O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs––O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! 2.   Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud. 3.   LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? 4.   They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves. 5.   They break in pieces Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. 6.   They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. 7.   Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand." 8.   Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise? 9.   He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10.   He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? 11.   The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile. 12.   Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law, 13.   That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked. 14.   For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. 15.   But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it. 16.   Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17.   Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence. 18.   If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. 19.   In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. 20.   Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You? 21.   They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood. 22.   But the LORD has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge. 23.   He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The LORD our God shall cut them off.

1.   What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2.   Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3.   Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4.   Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5.   For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6.   knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him , that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7.   For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8.   Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9.   knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10.   For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11.   Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12.   Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13.   And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14.   For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 15.   What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16.   Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17.   But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18.   And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19.   I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. 20.   For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21.   What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22.   But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23.   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.