⁴ Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the ^[a]Red Sea, to ^(A)go around the land of Edom; and the ^[b]people became impatient because of the journey. ⁵ So the people spoke against God and Moses: “^(B)Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no ^[c]food and no water, and ^[d](C)we are disgusted with ^[e]this miserable food.”

The Bronze Serpent

^6 (D)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and ^(E)they bit the people, so that ^(F)many people of Israel died. ^7 (G)So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you; ^(H)intercede with the Lord, that He will remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded for the people. ⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^[f]Make a ^(I)fiery serpent, and put it on a flag pole; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, and looks at it, will live.” ⁹ So Moses made a ^(J)bronze serpent and put it on the flag pole; and it came about, that if a serpent bit someone, and he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Jesus’ Warning

16 “^(A)These things I have spoken to you so that you will not ^[a]be ^(B)led into sin. ² They will ^[b](C)ban you from the synagogue, yet ^(D)an hour is coming for everyone ^(E)who kills you to think that he is offering a ^[c]service to God. ³ These things they will do ^(F)because they have not known the Father nor Me. ⁴ But these things I have spoken to you, ^(G)so that when their hour comes, you ^[d]may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you ^(H)at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

⁵ “But now ^(I)I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘^(J)Where are You going?’ ⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(K)grief has filled your heart. ⁷ But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the ^[e](L)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, ^(M)I will send Him to you. ⁸ And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: ⁹ regarding sin, ^(N)because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰ and regarding ^(O)righteousness, because ^(P)I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; ^11 (Q)and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

¹² “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time. ¹³ But when He, ^(R)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^(S)guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. ¹⁴ He will ^(T)glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. ^15 (U)All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.

² The Lord said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter ^(A)at ^[a]any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the ^[b]atoning cover which is on the ark, or he will die; for ^(B)I will appear in the cloud over the ^[c]atoning cover. ³ Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a ^[d]bull as a ^[e](C)sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. ⁴ He shall put on the ^(D)holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his ^[f]body, and he shall be wrapped about the waist with the linen sash and the linen turban wound around his forehead (these are holy garments). He shall ^(E)bathe his ^[g]body in water and put them on. ⁵ And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel ^(F)two male goats as a ^[h]sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. ⁶ Then ^(G)Aaron shall offer the bull as the ^[i]sin offering, which is for himself, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household. ⁷ He shall then take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ⁸ Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for ^[j]the ^[k]scapegoat. ⁹ Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a ^[l]sin offering. ¹⁰ But the goat on which the lot for ^[m]the ^[n]scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make ^(H)atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness ^[o]as the ^[p]scapegoat.

¹¹ “Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the ^[q]sin offering ^(I)which is for himself and make atonement for himself and ^(J)for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the ^[r]sin offering which is for himself. ¹² He shall take a ^(K)firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and ^[s]two handfuls of finely ground ^(L)sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. ¹³ He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud of incense may cover the ^(M)atoning cover that is on the ark of the testimony, ^(N)otherwise he will die. ¹⁴ Moreover, ^(O)he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it ^(P)with his finger on the atoning cover on the east side; also in front of the atoning cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

¹⁵ “Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering, ^(Q)which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the atoning cover and in front of the atoning cover. ^16 (R)He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall do so for the tent of meeting which remains with them in the midst of their impurities. ¹⁷ When he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. ¹⁸ Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it; he shall take some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat, and ^(S)put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. ^19 (T)With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and consecrate it from the impurities of the sons of Israel.

²⁰ “When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. ²¹ Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and ^(U)confess over it all the wrongdoings of the sons of Israel and all their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall place them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands ready. ²² Then the goat shall carry on itself all their wrongdoings to an ^[t]isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

²³ “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off ^(V)the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. ²⁴ And ^(W)he shall bathe his ^[u]body with water in a holy place and put on ^(X)his clothes, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶ “^(A)A little while, and ^(B)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(C)you will see Me.” ¹⁷ So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘^(D)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(E)I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸ So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” ^19 (F)Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you that ^(G)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(H)your grief will be turned into joy! ^21 (I)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[a]pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a ^[b]child has been born into the world. ²² Therefore ^(J)you too have grief now; but ^(K)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³ And ^(L)on that day ^(M)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(N)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ^24 (O)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(P)joy may be made full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^(Q)figures of speech; ^(R)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ^26 (S)On that day ^(T)you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for ^(U)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(V)have believed that ^(W)I came forth from the Father. ^28 (X)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and ^(Y)going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples *said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[c]using any ^(Z)figure of speech. ³⁰ Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we ^(AA)believe that You ^(AB)came forth from God.” ³¹ Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? ³² Behold, ^(AC)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(AD)you to be scattered, each to ^(AE)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(AF)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³ These things I have spoken to you so that ^(AG)in Me you may have peace. ^(AH)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(AI)take courage; ^(AJ)I have overcome the world.”