Offerings for the Feast of Booths

^12 (A)“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days. ¹³ And ^(B)you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; ¹⁴ and their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each of the two rams, ¹⁵ and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; ¹⁶ also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

¹⁷ “On the second day twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, ¹⁸ with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, ^(C)in the prescribed quantities; ¹⁹ also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

²⁰ “On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, ²¹ with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; ²² also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

²³ “On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

The Revolt Against Rehoboam

10 ^(A)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. ² And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, ^(B)where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. ³ And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam, ^4 (C)“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” ⁵ He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,^[a] who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” ⁷ And they said to him, ^(D)“If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” ⁸ But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. ⁹ And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” ¹⁰ And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs. ¹¹ And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” ¹³ And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, ¹⁴ King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfill his word, ^(E)which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. ^(F)Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel went to their tents. ¹⁷ But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. ¹⁸ Then King Rehoboam sent ^(G)Hadoram,^[b] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

The Interpretation of the Vision

¹⁵ When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I ^(A)sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having ^(B)the appearance of a man. ^16 (C)And I heard a man's voice ^(D)between the banks of the ^(E)Ulai, and it called, ^(F)“Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” ¹⁷ So he came near where I stood. And when he came, ^(G)I was frightened ^(H)and fell on my face. But he said to me, “Understand, ^(I)O son of man, that the vision is for ^(J)the time of the end.”

¹⁸ And when he had spoken to me, ^(K)I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But ^(L)he touched me and made me stand up. ¹⁹ He said, “Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of ^(M)the indignation, for it refers to ^(N)the appointed time of the end. ²⁰ As for ^(O)the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of ^(P)Media and Persia. ²¹ And ^(Q)the goat^[a] is the king of Greece. And ^(R)the great horn between his eyes is ^(S)the first king. ^22 (T)As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his^[b] nation, ^(U)but not with his power. ²³ And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise. ²⁴ His power shall be great—^(V)but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction ^(W)and shall succeed in what he does, ^(X)and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints. ^25 (Y)By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind ^(Z)he shall become great. ^(AA)Without warning he shall destroy many. And he ^(AB)shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but ^(AC)by no human hand. ²⁶ The vision of ^(AD)the evenings and the mornings that has been told ^(AE)is true, but ^(AF)seal up the vision, ^(AG)for it refers to many days from now.”

²⁷ And ^(AH)I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision ^(AI)and did not understand it.

¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^(A)and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(B)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but ^(C)you^[a] do not receive our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ^13 (D)No one has ^(E)ascended into heaven except ^(F)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{[b] 14} And ^(G)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^(H)be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(I)in him ^(J)may have eternal life.^[c]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(K)God so loved ^(L)the world,^{[d] (M)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(N)perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For ^(O)God did not send his Son into the world ^(P)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ^18 (Q)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not ^(R)believed in the name of the only Son of God. ^19 (S)And this is the judgment: ^(T)the light has come into the world, and ^(U)people loved the darkness rather than the light because ^(V)their works were evil. ^20 (W)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^(X)lest his works should be exposed. ²¹ But whoever ^(Y)does what is true ^(Z)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

6 Therefore ^(A)let us leave ^(B)the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance ^(C)from dead works and of faith toward God, ² and of ^(D)instruction about washings,^{[a] (E)}the laying on of hands, ^(F)the resurrection of the dead, and ^(G)eternal judgment. ³ And this we will do ^(H)if God permits. ⁴ For it is impossible, in the case of those ^(I)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted ^(J)the heavenly gift, and ^(K)have shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and ^(L)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶ and ^(M)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since ^(N)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. ⁷ For ^(O)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. ⁸ But ^(P)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ^(Q)and its end is to be burned.

⁹ Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. ¹⁰ For ^(R)God is not unjust so as to overlook ^(S)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in ^(T)serving the saints, as you still do. ¹¹ And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance ^(U)of hope until the end, ¹² so that you may not be sluggish, but ^(V)imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.