Leviticus 15

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Discharges Causing Uncleanness

15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge,^(A) such a discharge is unclean. ³Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:

⁴“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. ⁵Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes^(B) and bathe with water,^(C) and they will be unclean till evening.^(D) ⁶Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁷“‘Whoever touches the man^(E) who has a discharge^(F) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁸“‘If the man with the discharge spits^(G) on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁹“‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean, ¹⁰and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things^(H) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

¹¹“‘Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

¹²“‘A clay pot^(I) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article^(J) is to be rinsed with water.

¹³“‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days^(K) for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.^(L) ¹⁴On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons^(M) and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. ¹⁵The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering^[a]^(N) and the other for a burnt offering.^(O) In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.^(P)

¹⁶“‘When a man has an emission of semen,^(Q) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.^(R) ¹⁷Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. ¹⁸When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen,^(S) both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

¹⁹“‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period^(T) will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

²⁰“‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. ²¹Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.^(U) ²²Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. ²³Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening.

²⁴“‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow^(V) touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.

²⁵“‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period^(W) or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. ²⁶Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. ²⁷Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

²⁸“‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. ²⁹On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons^(X) and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ³⁰The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.^(Y)

³¹“‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,^[b]^(Z) which is among them.’”

³²These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,^(AA) ³³for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.^(AB)

Footnotes

Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 30
Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle

Isaiah 10:5-34

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

⁵“Woe^(A) to the Assyrian,^(B) the rod^(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club^(D) of my wrath!^(E)
⁶I send him against a godless^(F) nation,
    I dispatch^(G) him against a people who anger me,^(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,^(I)
    and to trample^(J) them down like mud in the streets.
⁷But this is not what he intends,^(K)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
⁸‘Are not my commanders^(L) all kings?’ he says.
⁹    ‘Has not Kalno^(M) fared like Carchemish?^(N)
Is not Hamath^(O) like Arpad,^(P)
    and Samaria^(Q) like Damascus?^(R)
¹⁰As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,^(S)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
¹¹shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?^(T)’”

¹²When the Lord has finished all his work^(U) against Mount Zion^(V) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria^(W) for the willful pride^(X) of his heart and the haughty look^(Y) in his eyes. ¹³For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand^(Z) I have done this,^(AA)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(AB)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(AC)
¹⁴As one reaches into a nest,^(AD)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(AE) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(AF)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(AG)’”

¹⁵Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(AH)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(AI) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(AJ) upon his sturdy warriors;^(AK)
under his pomp^(AL) a fire^(AM) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(AN)
    their Holy One^(AO) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(AP) and his briers.^(AQ)
¹⁸The splendor of his forests^(AR) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(AS)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹And the remaining trees of his forests^(AT) will be so few^(AU)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

²⁰In that day^(AV) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors^(AW) of Jacob,
will no longer rely^(AX) on him
    who struck them down^(AY)
but will truly rely^(AZ) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.^(BA)
²¹A remnant^(BB) will return,^[b]^(BC) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.^(BD)
²²Though your people be like the sand^(BE) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.^(BF)
Destruction has been decreed,^(BG)
    overwhelming and righteous.
²³The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed^(BH) upon the whole land.^(BI)

²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,^(BJ)
    do not be afraid^(BK) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(BL) you with a rod^(BM)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵Very soon^(BN) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(BO) will be directed to their destruction.^(BP)”

²⁶The Lord Almighty will lash^(BQ) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(BR) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(BS) over the waters,^(BT)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷In that day^(BU) their burden^(BV) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(BW) from your neck;^(BX)
the yoke^(BY) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[c]

²⁸They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(BZ)
    they store supplies^(CA) at Mikmash.^(CB)
²⁹They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(CC)”
Ramah^(CD) trembles;
    Gibeah^(CE) of Saul flees.^(CF)
³⁰Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(CG)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(CH)
³¹Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³²This day they will halt at Nob;^(CI)
    they will shake their fist^(CJ)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(CK)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(CL) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(CM)
    the tall^(CN) ones will be brought low.^(CO)
³⁴He will cut down^(CP) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(CQ) will fall before the Mighty One.^(CR)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

Acts 3

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Peter Heals a Lame Beggar

3 One day Peter and John^(A) were going up to the temple^(B) at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.^(C) ²Now a man who was lame from birth^(D) was being carried to the temple gate^(E) called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg^(F) from those going into the temple courts. ³When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. ⁴Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” ⁵So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

⁶Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,^(G) walk.” ⁷Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ⁸He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping,^(H) and praising God. ⁹When all the people^(I) saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful,^(J) and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks to the Onlookers

¹¹While the man held on to Peter and John,^(K) all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.^(L) ¹²When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? ¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,^(M) the God of our fathers,^(N) has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over^(O) to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate,^(P) though he had decided to let him go.^(Q) ¹⁴You disowned the Holy^(R) and Righteous One^(S) and asked that a murderer be released to you.^(T) ¹⁵You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.^(U) We are witnesses^(V) of this. ¹⁶By faith in the name of Jesus,^(W) this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.

¹⁷“Now, fellow Israelites,^(X) I know that you acted in ignorance,^(Y) as did your leaders.^(Z) ¹⁸But this is how God fulfilled^(AA) what he had foretold^(AB) through all the prophets,^(AC) saying that his Messiah would suffer.^(AD) ¹⁹Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,^(AE) that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, ²⁰and that he may send the Messiah,^(AF) who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. ²¹Heaven must receive him^(AG) until the time comes for God to restore everything,^(AH) as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.^(AI) ²²For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.^(AJ) ²³Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’^[a]^(AK)

²⁴“Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets^(AL) who have spoken have foretold these days. ²⁵And you are heirs^(AM) of the prophets and of the covenant^(AN) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’^[b]^(AO) ²⁶When God raised up^(AP) his servant, he sent him first^(AQ) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”