Laws for Offerings

28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall ^[a]be careful to present My offering, My ^(A)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’ ^3 (B)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 ^[b]at twilight; ⁵ also ^(C)a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a ^(D)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. ⁶ It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in 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 you shall 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 ^[f]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for the one ram; ¹³ and a tenth of an ^[g]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering for each lamb, for 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 for a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the ^(I)continual burnt offering.

¹⁶ ‘^(J)Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Lord’s Passover. ^17 (K)On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a ^(L)feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. ¹⁸ On the ^(M)first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. ¹⁹ You shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two ^[h]bulls and one ram and seven male lambs one year old, ^(N)having them without defect. ²⁰ For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ^[i]ephah for a bull and two-tenths for the ram. ²¹ A tenth of an ^[j]ephah you shall offer for ^[k]each of the seven lambs; ²² and one male goat for 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 After this manner 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 convocation; ^(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 convocation; ^(U)you shall do no laborious work. ²⁷ You shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old; ²⁸ and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ^[l]ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, ²⁹ a tenth for ^[m]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 ^[n]without defect.

Jesus’ Warning

16 “^(A)These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from ^(B)stumbling. ^2 [a]They will ^(C)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but ^(D)an hour is coming for everyone ^(E)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. ³ These things they will do ^(F)because they have not known the Father or Me. ⁴ But these things I have spoken to you, ^(G)so that when their hour comes, you ^[b]may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say 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)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^[c](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 concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; ⁹ concerning sin, ^(N)because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰ and concerning ^(O)righteousness, because ^(P)I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; ^11 (Q)and concerning 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 now. 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 initiative, 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 of Mine and will disclose it to you. ^15 (U)All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶ “^(V)A little while, and ^(W)you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and ^(X)you will see Me.” ¹⁷ Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘^(Y)A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(Z)I go 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 wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not 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 lament, 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 ^[d]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 ^[e]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 will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

^23 (AG)In 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 ^[f](AL)figurative language; ^(AM)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ^[g]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. ^26 (AN)In that day ^(AO)you will ask in My name, and I do not say 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; I am leaving the world again and ^(AT)going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples *said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[h]using ^(AU)a figure of speech. ³⁰ Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we ^(AV)believe that You ^(AW)came from God.” ³¹ Jesus answered 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.”