7 ^(A)“This is the law of the ^(B)guilt offering. ^(C)It is most holy. ^2 (D)In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar. ³ And ^(E)all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, ⁴ the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove ^(F)with the kidneys. ⁵ The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. ^6 (G)Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. ^(H)It is most holy. ⁷ The ^(I)guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. ⁸ And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. ⁹ And ^(J)every grain offering baked ^(K)in the oven and all that is prepared ^(L)on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. ¹⁰ And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.

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 ^(M)unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour ^(N)well mixed with oil. ^13 (O)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 ^(P)gift to the Lord. ^(Q)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 ^(R)for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. ¹⁶ But ^(S)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 ^(T)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 ^(U)while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. ²¹ And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether ^(V)human uncleanness or an ^(W)unclean beast or any ^(X)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, ²³ “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^(Y)You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. ²⁴ The fat of an animal ^(Z)that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. ²⁵ For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people. ²⁶ Moreover, ^(AA)you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. ²⁷ Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

²⁸ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁹ “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^(AB)Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. ^30 (AC)His own hands shall bring the Lord's food offerings. He shall bring the fat with ^(AD)the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. ^31 (AE)The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but ^(AF)the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. ³² And ^(AG)the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. ³³ Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. ³⁴ For the breast that is ^(AH)waved and the thigh that is ^(AI)contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and ^(AJ)have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. ³⁵ This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the Lord's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord. ³⁶ The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, ^(AK)from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”

³⁷ This is the law ^(AL)of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, ^(AM)of the guilt offering, ^(AN)of the ordination offering, and ^(AO)of the peace offering, ³⁸ which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel ^(AP)to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

8 ^(AQ)The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and ^(AR)the garments and ^(AS)the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. ³ And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” ⁴ And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

⁵ And Moses said to the congregation, ^(AT)“This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.” ⁶ And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. ⁷ And he put ^(AU)the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band.^{[a] 8} And he placed the breastpiece on him, and ^(AV)in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. ⁹ And he set ^(AW)the turban on his head, and ^(AX)on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

^10 (AY)Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. ¹¹ And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. ¹² And ^(AZ)he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him. ¹³ And Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁴ Then he brought ^(BA)the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons ^(BB)laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. ¹⁵ And he^[b] killed it, and ^(BC)Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it. ^16 (BD)And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. ¹⁷ But ^(BE)the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

^18 (BF)Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁹ And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. ²⁰ He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned ^(BG)the head and the pieces and the fat. ²¹ He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²² Then ^(BH)he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ²³ And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and ^(BI)put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. ²⁴ Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. ²⁵ Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh, ²⁶ and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh. ²⁷ And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. ²⁸ Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. ²⁹ And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁰ Then ^(BJ)Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

³¹ And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ ³² And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. ³³ And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it ^(BK)will take seven days to ordain you. ³⁴ As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. ³⁵ At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has ^(BL)charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.” ³⁶ And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by Moses.

The Lord Accepts Aaron's Offering

9 ^(BM)On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, ² and he said to Aaron, ^(BN)“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and ^(BO)a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. ³ And say to the people of Israel, ^(BP)‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, ⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and ^(BQ)a grain offering mixed with oil, for ^(BR)today the Lord will appear to you.’” ⁵ And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. ⁶ And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” ⁷ Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and ^(BS)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and ^(BT)make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

⁸ So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ^9 (BU)And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^(BV)put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. ^10 (BW)But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, ^(BX)as the Lord commanded Moses. ^11 (BY)The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

¹² Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he ^(BZ)threw it against the sides of the altar. ^13 (CA)And they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar. ^14 (CB)And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

^15 (CC)Then he presented the people's offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and ^(CD)offered it as a sin offering, ^(CE)like the first one. ¹⁶ And he presented the burnt offering and offered it ^(CF)according to the ^(CG)rule. ¹⁷ And he presented the ^(CH)grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, ^(CI)besides the burnt offering of the morning.

¹⁸ Then he killed the ox and the ram, ^(CJ)the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people. And Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar. ¹⁹ But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers ^(CK)the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— ²⁰ they put the fat pieces on the breasts, ^(CL)and he burned the fat pieces on the altar, ²¹ but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ^(CM)for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.

²² Then Aaron ^(CN)lifted up his hands toward the people and ^(CO)blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. ²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and ^(CP)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. ²⁴ And ^(CQ)fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, ^(CR)they shouted and ^(CS)fell on their faces.

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

8 ^(A)In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, ^2 (B)“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. ³ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.” ⁴ And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” ⁵ And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, ^(C)“Seven.” ⁶ And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and ^(D)having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. ⁷ And they had a few small fish. And ^(E)having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. ⁸ And ^(F)they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, ^(G)seven baskets full. ⁹ And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. ¹⁰ And immediately he got into ^(H)the boat with his disciples and went to the district of ^(I)Dalmanutha.^[a]

The Pharisees Demand a Sign

^11 (J)The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, ^(K)seeking from him ^(L)a sign from heaven ^(M)to test him. ¹² And ^(N)he sighed deeply ^(O)in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³ And ^(P)he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

¹⁴ Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵ And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; ^(Q)beware of ^(R)the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ^(S)Herod.”^{[b] 16} And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. ¹⁷ And ^(T)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? ^(U)Do you not yet perceive ^(V)or understand? ^(W)Are your hearts hardened? ^18 (X)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹ When I broke ^(Y)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” ²⁰ “And ^(Z)the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” ²¹ And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

²² And they came ^(AA)to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. ²³ And ^(AB)he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when ^(AC)he had ^(AD)spit on his eyes and ^(AE)laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” ²⁵ Then Jesus^[c] laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ And he sent him to his home, saying, ^(AF)“Do not even enter the village.”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

^27 (AG)And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” ²⁸ And they told him, ^(AH)“John the Baptist; and others say, ^(AI)Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” ²⁹ And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, ^(AJ)“You are ^(AK)the Christ.” ^30 (AL)And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

^31 (AM)And he began to teach them that ^(AN)the Son of Man must ^(AO)suffer many things and ^(AP)be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and ^(AQ)after three days rise again. ³² And he said this ^(AR)plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³ But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ^(AS)“Get behind me, Satan! For you ^(AT)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

³⁴ And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^(AU)deny himself and ^(AV)take up his cross and follow me. ³⁵ For ^(AW)whoever would save his life^[d] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ^(AX)and the gospel's will save it. ^36 (AY)For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For ^(AZ)what can a man give in return for his soul? ³⁸ For ^(BA)whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this ^(BB)adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed ^(BC)when he comes in the glory of his Father with ^(BD)the holy angels.”

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, ^(A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

O God of Our Salvation

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.