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Leviticus 17-18; Matthew 27:27-50 (Contemporary English Version)

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Leviticus 17-18 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Leviticus 17 Where To Offer Sacrifices ¹The LORD told Moses ²to tell Aaron, his sons, and everyone else in Israel: ^3-4Whenever you kill any of your cattle, sheep, or goats as sacrifices to me, you must do it at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you don't, you will be guilty of pouring out blood, and you will no longer belong to the community of Israel. ⁵And so, when you sacrifice an animal to ask my blessing, ^[a] it must not be done out in a field, ⁶but in front of the sacred tent. Then a priest can splatter its blood against the bronze altar and send its fat up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. ⁷Don't ever turn from me again and offer sacrifices to goat-demons. This law will never change. ⁸Remember! No one in Israel, including foreigners, is to offer a sacrifice anywhere ⁹except at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you do, you will no longer belong to my people. Do Not Eat Blood The LORD said: ¹⁰I will turn against any of my people who eat blood. This also includes any foreigners living among you. ¹¹Life is in the blood, and I have given you the blood of animals to sacrifice in place of your own. ¹²That's also why I have forbidden you to eat blood. ¹³Even if you should hunt and kill a bird or an animal, you must drain out the blood and cover it with soil. ¹⁴The life of every living creature is in its blood. That's why I have forbidden you to eat blood and why I have warned you that anyone who does will no longer belong to my people. ¹⁵If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you must take a bath and wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening. ¹⁶If you don't take a bath, you will suffer for what you did wrong. Leviticus 18 Forbidden Sex ¹The LORD told Moses ²to tell the people of Israel: I am the LORD your God! ³So don't follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you. ⁴I am the LORD your God, and you must obey my teachings. ⁵Obey them and you will live. I am the LORD. ⁶Don't have sex with any of your close relatives, ⁷especially your own mother. This would disgrace your father. ⁸And don't disgrace him by having sex with any of his other wives. ⁹Don't have sex with your sister or stepsister, whether you grew up together or not. ¹⁰Don't disgrace yourself by having sex with your granddaughter ¹¹or half sister ^12-13or a sister of your father or mother. ¹⁴Don't disgrace your uncle by having sex with his wife. ¹⁵Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law ¹⁶or sister-in-law. ¹⁷And don't have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman that you have earlier had sex with. You may be having sex with a relative, and that would make you unclean. ¹⁸As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife. ¹⁹When a woman is having her monthly period, she is unclean, so don't have sex with her. ²⁰Don't have sex with another man's wife--that would make you unclean. ²¹Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the LORD your God, and that would disgrace me. ²²It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man. ²³Anyone who has sex with an animal is unclean. ²⁴Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves ²⁵and the land so unclean, that I punished the land because of their sins, and I made it vomit them up. ^26-27Now don't do these sickening things that make the land filthy. Instead, obey my laws and teachings. ²⁸Then the land won't become sick of you and vomit you up, just as it did them. ^29-30If any of you do these vulgar, disgusting things, you will be unclean and no longer belong to my people. I am the LORD your God, and I forbid you to follow their sickening way of life. Footnotes: Leviticus 17:5 sacrifice. . . to ask my blessing: See the note at 3.1. Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
Matthew 27:27-50 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus (Mark 15.16-21; John 19.2,3) ²⁷The governor's soldiers led Jesus into the fortress ^[a] and brought together the rest of the troops. ²⁸They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe ^[b] on him. ²⁹They made a crown out of thorn branches and placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. They made fun of him and shouted, "Hey, you king of the Jews!" ³⁰Then they spit on him. They took the stick from him and beat him on the head with it. Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross (Mark 15.22-32; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27) ³¹When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross. ³²On the way they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross. ³³They came to a place named Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull." ^[c] ³⁴There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it. ³⁵The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. ³⁶Then they sat down to guard him. ³⁷Above his head they put a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." ³⁸The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left. ³⁹People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and ⁴⁰shouted, "So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days! If you are God's Son, save yourself and come down from the cross!" ⁴¹The chief priests, the leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said, ⁴²"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the king of Israel, he should come down from the cross! Then we will believe him. ⁴³He trusted God, so let God save him, if he wants to. He even said he was God's Son." ⁴⁴The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus. The Death of Jesus (Mark 15.33-41; Luke 23.44-49; John 19.28-30) ⁴⁵At noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock. ⁴⁶Then about that time Jesus shouted, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" ^[d] which means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?" ⁴⁷Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, "He's calling for Elijah." ^[e] ⁴⁸One of them at once ran and grabbed a sponge. He soaked it in wine, then put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. ⁴⁹Others said, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come ^[f] and save him." ⁵⁰Once again Jesus shouted, and then he died. Footnotes: Matthew 27:27 fortress: The place where the Roman governor stayed. It was probably at Herod's palace west of Jerusalem, though it may have been Fortress Antonia north of the temple, where the Roman troops were stationed. Matthew 27:28 scarlet robe: This was probably a Roman soldier's robe. Matthew 27:33 Place of a Skull: The place was probably given this name because it was near a large rock in the shape of a human skull. Matthew 27:46 Eli. . . sabachthani: These words are in Hebrew. Matthew 27:47 Elijah: In Aramaic the name "Elijah" sounds like "Eli," which means "my God." Matthew 27:49 Elijah will come: See the note at 16.14. Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

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Leviticus 17-18

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Leviticus 17

Where To Offer Sacrifices

¹The LORD told Moses ²to tell Aaron, his sons, and everyone else in Israel:

^3-4Whenever you kill any of your cattle, sheep, or goats as sacrifices to me, you must do it at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you don't, you will be guilty of pouring out blood, and you will no longer belong to the community of Israel. ⁵And so, when you sacrifice an animal to ask my blessing, ^[a] it must not be done out in a field, ⁶but in front of the sacred tent. Then a priest can splatter its blood against the bronze altar and send its fat up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. ⁷Don't ever turn from me again and offer sacrifices to goat-demons. This law will never change. ⁸Remember! No one in Israel, including foreigners, is to offer a sacrifice anywhere ⁹except at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you do, you will no longer belong to my people.

Do Not Eat Blood

The LORD said:

¹⁰I will turn against any of my people who eat blood. This also includes any foreigners living among you. ¹¹Life is in the blood, and I have given you the blood of animals to sacrifice in place of your own. ¹²That's also why I have forbidden you to eat blood. ¹³Even if you should hunt and kill a bird or an animal, you must drain out the blood and cover it with soil.

¹⁴The life of every living creature is in its blood. That's why I have forbidden you to eat blood and why I have warned you that anyone who does will no longer belong to my people.

¹⁵If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you must take a bath and wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening. ¹⁶If you don't take a bath, you will suffer for what you did wrong.

Leviticus 18

Forbidden Sex

¹The LORD told Moses ²to tell the people of Israel:

I am the LORD your God! ³So don't follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you. ⁴I am the LORD your God, and you must obey my teachings. ⁵Obey them and you will live. I am the LORD.

⁶Don't have sex with any of your close relatives, ⁷especially your own mother. This would disgrace your father. ⁸And don't disgrace him by having sex with any of his other wives. ⁹Don't have sex with your sister or stepsister, whether you grew up together or not. ¹⁰Don't disgrace yourself by having sex with your granddaughter ¹¹or half sister ^12-13or a sister of your father or mother. ¹⁴Don't disgrace your uncle by having sex with his wife. ¹⁵Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law ¹⁶or sister-in-law. ¹⁷And don't have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman that you have earlier had sex with. You may be having sex with a relative, and that would make you unclean. ¹⁸As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife.

¹⁹When a woman is having her monthly period, she is unclean, so don't have sex with her.

²⁰Don't have sex with another man's wife--that would make you unclean.

²¹Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the LORD your God, and that would disgrace me.

²²It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.

²³Anyone who has sex with an animal is unclean.

²⁴Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves ²⁵and the land so unclean, that I punished the land because of their sins, and I made it vomit them up. ^26-27Now don't do these sickening things that make the land filthy. Instead, obey my laws and teachings. ²⁸Then the land won't become sick of you and vomit you up, just as it did them. ^29-30If any of you do these vulgar, disgusting things, you will be unclean and no longer belong to my people. I am the LORD your God, and I forbid you to follow their sickening way of life.

Footnotes:

Leviticus 17:5 sacrifice. . . to ask my blessing: See the note at 3.1.

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Matthew 27:27-50

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Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

(Mark 15.16-21; John 19.2,3)

²⁷The governor's soldiers led Jesus into the fortress ^[a] and brought together the rest of the troops. ²⁸They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe ^[b] on him. ²⁹They made a crown out of thorn branches and placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. They made fun of him and shouted, "Hey, you king of the Jews!" ³⁰Then they spit on him. They took the stick from him and beat him on the head with it.

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross

(Mark 15.22-32; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27)

³¹When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross. ³²On the way they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

³³They came to a place named Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull." ^[c] ³⁴There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it. ³⁵The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. ³⁶Then they sat down to guard him. ³⁷Above his head they put a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." ³⁸The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.

³⁹People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and ⁴⁰shouted, "So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days! If you are God's Son, save yourself and come down from the cross!"

⁴¹The chief priests, the leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said, ⁴²"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the king of Israel, he should come down from the cross! Then we will believe him. ⁴³He trusted God, so let God save him, if he wants to. He even said he was God's Son." ⁴⁴The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.

The Death of Jesus

(Mark 15.33-41; Luke 23.44-49; John 19.28-30)

⁴⁵At noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock. ⁴⁶Then about that time Jesus shouted, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" ^[d] which means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?" ⁴⁷Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, "He's calling for Elijah." ^[e] ⁴⁸One of them at once ran and grabbed a sponge. He soaked it in wine, then put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. ⁴⁹Others said, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come ^[f] and save him." ⁵⁰Once again Jesus shouted, and then he died.

Footnotes:

Matthew 27:27 fortress: The place where the Roman governor stayed. It was probably at Herod's palace west of Jerusalem, though it may have been Fortress Antonia north of the temple, where the Roman troops were stationed.
Matthew 27:28 scarlet robe: This was probably a Roman soldier's robe.
Matthew 27:33 Place of a Skull: The place was probably given this name because it was near a large rock in the shape of a human skull.
Matthew 27:46 Eli. . . sabachthani: These words are in Hebrew.
Matthew 27:47 Elijah: In Aramaic the name "Elijah" sounds like "Eli," which means "my God."
Matthew 27:49 Elijah will come: See the note at 16.14.

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Passage results

Leviticus 17-18; Matthew 27:27-50 (Contemporary English Version)

Leviticus 17

Where To Offer Sacrifices

Do Not Eat Blood

The LORD said:

Leviticus 18

Forbidden Sex

Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

(Mark 15.16-21; John 19.2,3)

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross

(Mark 15.22-32; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27)

The Death of Jesus

(Mark 15.33-41; Luke 23.44-49; John 19.28-30)