The Majesty of the Lord.

A Psalm of Praise.

Garments of the Priests

28 “Then ^(A)bring forward to yourself your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to serve as priest to Me—Aaron, ^(B)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. ² And you shall make ^(C)holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. ³ You shall speak to all the ^[a](D)skillful people ^(E)whom I have endowed with ^[b]the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may serve as priest to Me. ⁴ And these are the garments which they shall make: a ^[c](F)breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a tunic of checkered work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he may serve as priest to Me.

³⁰ And ^(A)you shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the ^[a](B)Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.

³¹ “^(C)You shall make the robe of the ephod all of violet. ³² There shall be an opening ^[b]at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn. ³³ You shall make on its hem pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet material all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: ³⁴ a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. ³⁵ It shall be on Aaron ^[c]when he ministers; and its sound shall be heard when he enters and leaves the Holy Place before the Lord, so that he will not die.

³⁶ “You shall also make ^(D)a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘^(E)Holy to the Lord.’ ³⁷ You shall ^[d]fasten it on a violet cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban. ³⁸ It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall ^[e](F)take away the guilt of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, regarding all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, so that ^(G)they may be accepted before the Lord.

¹⁸ Children, ^(A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ^(B)antichrist is coming, ^(C)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. ^19 (D)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, ^(E)so that ^[a]it would be evident that they all are not of us. ^20 [b]But you have an ^(F)anointing from ^(G)the Holy One, and ^(H)you all know. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but ^(I)because you do know it, and ^[c]because no lie is ^(J)of the truth. ²² Who is the liar except ^(K)the one who denies that Jesus is the ^[d]Christ? This is ^(L)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (M)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ As for you, see that what you heard ^(N)from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also ^(O)will remain in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

^25 (P)This is the promise which He Himself ^[e]made to us: eternal life.

²⁶ These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to ^(Q)deceive you. ²⁷ And as for you, the ^(R)anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing ^(S)teaches you about all things, and is ^(T)true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ^[f]you remain in Him.

²⁸ Now, ^(U)little children, remain in Him, so that when He ^(V)appears, we may have ^(W)confidence and ^(X)not ^[g]draw back from Him in shame ^[h]at His ^(Y)coming. ²⁹ If you know that ^(Z)He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also ^(AA)has been born of Him.

^30 (A)The ^(B)apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. ³¹ And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^(C)they did not even have time to eat.) ^32 (D)And they went away in ^(E)the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

Five Thousand Men Fed

³³ The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ When Jesus went ^[a]ashore, He ^(F)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^(G)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And when it was already late, His disciples came up to Him and said, “^[b]This place is secluded and it is already late; ³⁶ send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ^[c]something to eat.” ³⁷ But He answered them, “You give them something to eat!” ^(H)And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ^[d](I)denarii on bread, and give it to them to eat?” ³⁸ But He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” ³⁹ And He ordered them all to recline by groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ They reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties. ⁴¹ And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^(J)blessed the food and broke the loaves and He gave them to the disciples again and again to set before them; and He divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were satisfied; ⁴³ and they picked up twelve full ^(K)baskets of the broken pieces of bread, and of the fish. ⁴⁴ There were ^(L)five thousand ^[e]men who ate the loaves.