Laws for Offerings

28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be careful to present to Me My offering, My ^(A)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’ ^3 (B)And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day. ⁴ You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer ^[a]at twilight; ⁵ also ^(C)a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a ^(D)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a ^[b]hin of pure oil. ⁶ It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained on Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. ⁷ Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; ^(E)in the Holy Place pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. ⁸ The other lamb you shall offer ^[c]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

⁹ ‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ^[d]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: ¹⁰ This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath in addition to the ^(F)continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

¹¹ ‘Then ^(G)at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two ^[e]bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; ^12 (H)and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for the one ram; ¹³ and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. ¹⁴ Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. ¹⁵ And one male goat as a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the ^(I)continual burnt offering.

¹⁶ ‘^(J)The Lord’s Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month. ^17 (K)On the fifteenth day of this month there shall be a ^(L)feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. ¹⁸ On the ^(M)first day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work. ¹⁹ But you shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two ^[f]bulls and one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have ^(N)without defect. ²⁰ For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths for the ram. ²¹ A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for ^[g]each of the seven lambs; ²² and one male goat as a ^(O)sin offering to make atonement for you. ²³ You shall present these besides ^(P)the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. ²⁴ In this way you shall present daily, for seven days, ^(Q)the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the Lord; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the ^(R)continual burnt offering. ²⁵ On the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; ^(S)you shall do no laborious work.

²⁶ ‘Also on ^(T)the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the Lord in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy assembly; ^(U)you shall do no laborious work. ²⁷ But you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old; ²⁸ and as their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, ²⁹ and a tenth for ^[h]each of the seven lambs; ³⁰ also one male goat to make atonement for you. ^31 (V)Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without ^[i]defect.

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.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶ “^(V)A little while, and ^(W)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(X)you will see Me.” ¹⁷ So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘^(Y)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(Z)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 (AA)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 ^(AB)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(AC)your grief will be turned into joy! ^21 (AD)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[f]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 ^[g]child has been born into the world. ²² Therefore ^(AE)you too have grief now; but ^(AF)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 ^(AG)on that day ^(AH)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AI)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ^24 (AJ)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(AK)joy may be made full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^(AL)figures of speech; ^(AM)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 (AN)On that day ^(AO)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 ^(AP)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(AQ)have believed that ^(AR)I came forth from the Father. ^28 (AS)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and ^(AT)going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples *said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[h]using any ^(AU)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 ^(AV)believe that You ^(AW)came forth from God.” ³¹ Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? ³² Behold, ^(AX)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(AY)you to be scattered, each to ^(AZ)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(BA)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³ These things I have spoken to you so that ^(BB)in Me you may have peace. ^(BC)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(BD)take courage; ^(BE)I have overcome the world.”