Prescribed Offerings

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, ² “Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to me at its appointed time my offering and my food^(A) as my food offering, a pleasing aroma to me.^{(B) 3} And say to them: This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord:^(C)

Daily Offerings

“Each day present two unblemished year-old male lambs as a regular burnt offering. ⁴ Offer one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at twilight, ⁵ along with two quarts^[a] of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with a quart^[b] of olive oil from crushed olives.^{(D) 6} It is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. ⁷ The drink offering is to be a quart with each lamb. Pour out the offering of beer to the Lord in the sanctuary area. ⁸ Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Sabbath Offerings

⁹ “On the Sabbath day present two unblemished year-old male lambs, four quarts^[c] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering. ¹⁰ It is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.^(E)

Monthly Offerings

¹¹ “At the beginning of each of your months^(F) present a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ¹² with six quarts^[d] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram, ¹³ and two quarts^[e] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb. It is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. ¹⁴ Their drink offerings are to be two quarts^[f] of wine with each bull, one and a third quarts^[g] with the ram, and one quart^[h] with each male lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering for all the months of the year. ¹⁵ And one male goat is to be offered as a sin offering to the Lord, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.

Offerings for Passover

¹⁶ “The Passover^(G) to the Lord comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month. ¹⁷ On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival; unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days. ¹⁸ On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.^{(H) 19} Present a food offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. Your animals are to be unblemished.^{(I) 20} The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts with each bull and four quarts with the ram. ²¹ Offer two quarts with each of the seven lambs ²² and one male goat for a sin offering to make atonement for yourselves. ²³ Offer these with the morning burnt offering that is part of the regular burnt offering. ²⁴ You are to offer the same food each day for seven days as a food offering,^(J) a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering. ²⁵ On the seventh day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

Offerings for the Festival of Weeks

²⁶ “On the day of firstfruits, you are to hold a sacred assembly when you present an offering of new grain to the Lord at your Festival of Weeks;^(K) you are not to do any daily work. ²⁷ Present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, ²⁸ with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram, ²⁹ and two quarts with each of the seven lambs, ³⁰ and one male goat to make atonement for yourselves. ³¹ Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. Your animals are to be unblemished.

Greeting

1 Simeon^[a] Peter,^(A) a servant and an apostle^(B) of Jesus Christ:

To those who have received a faith equal to ours through the righteousness^(C) of our God and Savior^(D) Jesus Christ.

² May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God^(E) and of Jesus our Lord.

Growth in the Faith

³ His^[b] divine power^(F) has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge^(G) of him who called^(H) us by^[c] his own glory and goodness. ⁴ By these he has given us very great and precious promises,^(I) so that through them you may share in the divine nature,^(J) escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. ⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁶ knowledge with self-control,^(K) self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, ⁷ godliness with brotherly affection,^(L) and brotherly affection with love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless^(M) or unfruitful^(N) in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,^(O) because if you do these things you will never stumble. ¹¹ For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom^(P) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

¹² Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth^(Q) you now have. ¹³ I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent,^(R) to wake you up with a reminder, ¹⁴ since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me.^{(S) 15} And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.^[d]

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word

¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;^(T) instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.^{(U) 17} For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son,^[e] with whom I am well-pleased!” ^{(V) 18} We ourselves heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain.^{(W) 19} We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place,^(X) until the day dawns^(Y) and the morning star^(Z) rises in your hearts. ²⁰ Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, ²¹ because no prophecy ever came by the will of man;^(AA) instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^(AB)