Psalm 107:1-3

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BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

107 “Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
        because his faithful love lasts forever!”
²That’s what those who are redeemed by the Lord say,
    the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,
³    the ones God gathered from various countries,
    from east and west, north and south.

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Psalm 107:17-22

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¹⁷Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways.
    They suffered because of their wickedness.
¹⁸They had absolutely no appetite for food;
    they had arrived at death’s gates.
¹⁹So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
²⁰God gave the order and healed them;
    he rescued them from their pit.
²¹Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people.
²²Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and declare what God has done in songs of joy!

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Numbers 20:22-29

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²²They marched from Kadesh.

Aaron’s death at Mount Hor

The entire Israelite community came to Mount Hor. ²³The Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom: ²⁴Aaron will join his ancestors, for he may not enter the land that I’ve given to the Israelites, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. ²⁵Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and bring them up Mount Hor. ²⁶Strip Aaron of his clothes and put them on Eleazar his son. Then Aaron will die there.

²⁷Moses did as the Lord commanded. They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the entire community. ²⁸Moses stripped Aaron of his clothes and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there at the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain. ²⁹When the entire community saw that Aaron had died, the entire household of Israel wept thirty days for Aaron.

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John 3:1-13

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Jesus and Nicodemus

3 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader. ²He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”

³Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born anew,^[a] it’s not possible to see God’s kingdom.”

⁴Nicodemus asked, “How is it possible for an adult to be born? It’s impossible to enter the mother’s womb for a second time and be born, isn’t it?”

⁵Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. ⁶Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Don’t be surprised that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’ ⁸God’s Spirit^[b] blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. It’s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

⁹Nicodemus said, “How are these things possible?”

¹⁰“Jesus answered, “You are a teacher of Israel and you don’t know these things? ¹¹I assure you that we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you don’t receive our testimony. ¹²If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? ¹³No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Human One.^[c]

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