¹¹ “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord. ¹² If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice ^(A)unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour ^(B)well mixed with oil. ^13 (C)With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. ¹⁴ And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a ^(D)gift to the Lord. ^(E)It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. ¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ^(F)for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. ¹⁶ But ^(G)if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. ¹⁷ But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. ¹⁸ If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is ^(H)tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

¹⁹ “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, ²⁰ but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings ^(I)while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. ²¹ And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether ^(J)human uncleanness or an ^(K)unclean beast or any ^(L)unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

²² The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Omri Reigns in Israel

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. ²² But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king. ²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah. ²⁴ He bought the hill of ^(A)Samaria from Shemer for two talents^[a] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built ^(B)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

^25 (C)Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil ^(D)than all who were before him. ²⁶ For ^(E)he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, ^(F)provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. ²⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? ²⁸ And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

Ahab Reigns in Israel

²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. ³⁰ And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(G)more than all who were before him. ³¹ And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(H)he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the ^(I)Sidonians, ^(J)and went and served Baal and worshiped him. ³² He erected an altar for Baal in ^(K)the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. ³³ And Ahab made an ^(L)Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger ^(M)than all the kings of Israel who were before him. ^34 (N)In his days Hiel of Bethel built ^(O)Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

Elijah Predicts a Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^(P)Tishbe^[b] in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(Q)“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^(R)before whom I stand, ^(S)there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” ² And the word of the Lord came to him: ³ “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. ⁴ You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” ⁵ So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. ⁶ And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. ⁷ And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] Of ^(B)Asaph.

The Return to Nazareth

³⁹ And when they had performed everything according to ^(A)the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of ^(B)Nazareth. ^40 (C)And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

⁴¹ Now ^(D)his parents went ^(E)to Jerusalem every year at ^(F)the Feast of the Passover. ⁴² And when he was twelve years old, ^(G)they went up according to custom. ⁴³ And when the feast ^(H)was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. ^(I)His parents did not know it, ⁴⁴ but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, ⁴⁵ and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. ⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple, ^(J)sitting among ^(K)the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷ And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸ And when his parents^[a] saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, ^(L)your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” ⁴⁹ And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that ^(M)I must be in ^(N)my Father's house?”^{[b] 50} And ^(O)they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. ⁵¹ And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And ^(P)his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

⁵² And Jesus ^(Q)increased in wisdom and in stature^[c] and in ^(R)favor with God and man.

¹² If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more?

Nevertheless, ^(A)we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything ^(B)rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that ^(C)those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? ¹⁴ In the same way, the Lord commanded that ^(D)those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

¹⁵ But ^(E)I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone ^(F)deprive me of my ground for boasting. ¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For ^(G)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷ For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with ^(H)a stewardship. ¹⁸ What then is my reward? That in my preaching ^(I)I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

¹⁹ For ^(J)though I am free from all, ^(K)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^(L)win more of them. ^20 (M)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. ²¹ To ^(N)those outside the law I became ^(O)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^(P)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. ^22 (Q)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^(R)I have become all things to all people, that ^(S)by all means I might save some. ²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(T)that I may share with them in its blessings.

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^(U)the prize? So ^(V)run that you may obtain it. ²⁵ Every ^(W)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(X)an imperishable. ²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(Y)do not box as one ^(Z)beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(AA)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(AB)I myself should be ^(AC)disqualified.