M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
Instructions for Cleansing Infectious Skin Diseases
14 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This is the regulation of the person afflicted with a skin disease at the time of[b] his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go outside the camp,[c] and the priest shall examine him,[d] and if[e] the skin disease’s infection is healed on[f] the afflicted person, 4 then[g] the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and cedar wood[h] and a crimson thread[i] and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing. 5 Then[j] the priest shall command someone[k] to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel. 6 He must take the living bird and the cedar wood[l] and the crimson thread[m] and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the bird’s blood slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 And he shall spatter the blood[n] seven times on the one who presents himself for cleansing from the infectious skin disease, and he shall declare him clean, and he shall send the living bird into the open field.[o] 8 Then[p] the one who presents himself for cleansing shall wash his garments, and he shall shave off all his hair, and he shall wash himself in the water; thus[q] he shall be clean, and afterward he shall enter the camp, but[r] he shall stay outside his tent[s] for seven days. 9 And then[t] on the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—he must shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows[u] and all the rest[v] of his hair—and he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash his body in the water; thus[w] he shall be clean.
10 “And on the eighth day he must take two male lambs without defect and one ewe-lamb in its first year[x] without defect and three-tenths of an ephah[y] of finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering and one log of oil. 11 And the priest who cleanses him[z] shall present the man who presents himself for cleansing and these things[aa] before[ab] the tent of assembly’s entrance. 12 Then[ac] the priest shall take the one male lamb, and he shall present it as a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before[ad] Yahweh. 13 And he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering in the sanctuary’s space,[ae] because as the sin offering belongs to the priest, so also the guilt offering—it is a most holy thing.[af] 14 And the priest shall take some of[ag] the guilt offering’s blood, and the priest shall put it[ah] on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 15 And the priest shall take some of[ai] the log of oil, and he shall pour it[aj] on his[ak] left palm; 16 and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is on his left palm, and he shall spatter some of[al] the oil with his finger seven times before[am] Yahweh. 17 Then[an] the priest shall put some of[ao] the remaining oil, which is on his palm, on the right ear’s lobe of the one to be cleansed and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe, on top of the guilt offering’s blood.[ap] 18 And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing, and the priest shall make atonement for him before[aq] Yahweh. 19 Thus[ar] the priest shall sacrifice[as] the sin offering, and he shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing from his uncleanness, and afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 Then[at] the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and so he shall be clean.
21 “But[au] if he is poor and he cannot afford[av] it,[aw] then[ax] he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth of an ephah[ay] of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves[az] that he can afford,[ba] and one shall be a sin offering and the other[bb] a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance before[bc] Yahweh on the eighth day for his cleansing. 24 And the priest shall take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before[bd] Yahweh; 25 and he shall slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of[be] the guilt offering’s blood, and he shall put it[bf] on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 26 Then[bg] the priest shall pour out some of[bh] the oil on his own[bi] left palm, 27 and with his right finger the priest shall spatter some of[bj] the oil that is on his left palm seven times before[bk] Yahweh. 28 Then[bl] the priest shall put some of[bm] the oil that is on his palm on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe on the place of the guilt offering’s blood. 29 And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing to make atonement for him before[bn] Yahweh. 30 And he shall sacrifice[bo] one of the turtledoves or the young doves[bp] that he can afford,[bq] 31 even[br] what he can afford,[bs] the one as a sin offering and the other[bt] as a burnt offering in addition to the grain offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing before[bu] Yahweh. 32 This is the regulation of the one on whom is an infectious skin disease who cannot afford[bv] the cost[bw] for his cleansing.”
Instructions for Cleansing Houses
33 Then[bx] Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 34 “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to you as your possession, and I put mildew[by] in a house in the land of your possession, 35 then[bz] the one who owns the house[ca] shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘It appears to me that an infection is in the house.’ 36 And the priest shall issue a command, and they shall clear out the house before the priest comes to examine the infection, so that[cb] all that is in the house might not become unclean; and afterward[cc] the priest shall go to examine the house. 37 And he shall examine the infection, and if[cd] the infection on the house’s wall has yellowish-green or reddish spots and its appearance is deeper than the surface of[ce] the wall, 38 then[cf] the priest shall go out from the house to the house’s entrance, and he shall confine[cg] the house for seven days. 39 And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall examine the infection,[ch] and if[ci] the infection has spread on the house’s wall, 40 the priest shall issue a command and they shall remove the stones on which is the infection, and they shall throw them outside the city[cj] on an unclean place. 41 Then[ck] they[cl] shall scrape off the plaster[cm] from all around the house, and they shall pour out the plaster,[cn] which they scraped off, outside the city[co] on an unclean place. 42 And they shall take other stones, and they shall put[cp] them in place of those stones, and they[cq] shall take other plaster,[cr] and they[cs] shall replaster[ct] the house.
43 “But[cu] if the infection should return and it breaks out in the house after they[cv] have removed the stones and after scraping off the plaster[cw] of the house and after it has been replastered,[cx] 44 then[cy] the priest shall come, and he shall examine the infection,[cz] and if[da] the infection has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew[db] in the house—it is unclean. 45 So[dc] he shall break down the house, its stones and its wood and all of the house’s plaster,[dd] and he shall bring it all[de] outside the city[df] to an unclean place. 46 And the person who enters into the house during all the days that he[dg] confined[dh] it shall become unclean until the evening. 47 And the person who sleeps in the house must wash his garments, and the person who eats in the house shall wash his garments.
48 “And if the priest comes again and examines the house[di] and if[dj] the infection has not spread in the house after being replastered,[dk] then[dl] the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the infection is healed. 49 And he shall take two birds and cedar wood[dm] and a crimson thread[dn] and hyssop to cleanse the house; 50 and he shall slaughter the first bird over fresh water on a clay vessel. 51 Then[do] he shall take the cedar wood[dp] and the hyssop and the crimson thread[dq] and the living bird, and he shall dip them in the slaughtered bird’s blood and in the fresh water, and he shall spatter them[dr] on the house seven times. 52 Thus[ds] he shall purify the house with the bird’s blood and with the fresh water and with the living bird and with the cedar wood[dt] and with the hyssop and with the crimson thread.[du] 53 And he shall send the living bird outside the city[dv] into the open field;[dw] and so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54 “This is the instruction for any infectious skin disease and for the diseased area of skin, 55 and for a mildew[dx] of the garment and for the house, 56 and for the swelling and for the epidermal eruption and for the spot, 57 to teach when something is unclean and when something is clean.[dy] This is the regulation of the infectious skin disease.”
Prayer for Vindication and Protection
A prayer of David.[a]
17 O Yahweh, hear a just cause.
Hear my cry; heed my prayer
I make without deceitful lips.
2 Let my vindication come forth from you;
let your eyes see fairness.
3 You have tried my heart;
you have examined me by night;
you have tested me; you found nothing.
I have decided that my mouth will not transgress.
4 As for the works of humankind,
by the word of your lips,
I have kept from the ways of the violent.
5 I have held my steps in your path
My feet will not slip.
6 As for me, I have called on you
because you will answer me, O God.
Incline your ear to me.
Hear my words.[b]
7 Show wondrously your acts of loyal love,
O Savior of those who take refuge
at your right hand[c]
from those who rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye.[d]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the presence[e] of the wicked who destroy me,
those enemies against my life,
they that surround me.
10 They have shut off their calloused[f] heart;
with their mouth they speak arrogantly.
11 Now they surround us at our every step.
They intend[g]
to pin[h] me to the ground.
12 He is like[i] a lion; he longs to tear apart,
and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.
13 Rise up, O Yahweh, confront him.[j]
Make him bow down.
Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked,
14 from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of this world.
Their share is in this life,[k] and you fill their stomach with your treasure.
They are satisfied with children.
They bequeath their excess to their children.
15 By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face.
Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.
28 The wicked flee, but no one pursues,
but the righteous is bold like a lion.
2 By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase,
but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.
3 A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.
4 Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
5 Men of evil do not understand justice,
but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.[b]
6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
7 He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
9 He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,
even his prayer is an abomination.
10 He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,
into his pits he will fall.
But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
11 A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes,
but the intelligent poor sees through him.
12 When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory,
but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
13 He who conceals his transgression will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.
14 Happy is the person who fears continuously,
but he who is stubborn of heart,[c] will fall into calamity.
15 Like a roaring lion and a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who lacks understanding is[d] a cruel oppressor,
but those who hate unjust gain will have long[e] days.
17 A person who is burdened with the blood of another,[f]
until death he will flee;
do not take hold of him.
18 He who walks in integrity will be safe,
but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.
19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread,
but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.
20 A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,
but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
21 Showing partiality[g] is not good,
and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
22 He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,[h]
but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with the tongue.
24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”
is partner to a man who corrupts.
25 The greedy person[i] will stir up strife,
but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.
26 He who trusts in his own heart[j] is a fool,
but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.
27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
but for he[k] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.
28 With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden,
and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.
The Man of Lawlessness Will Be Revealed
2 Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to him, 2 that you not be easily shaken from your composure, nor be troubled either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter alleged to be from us[a], to the effect that the day of the Lord has arrived. 3 Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.
5 Do you not remember that while[b] we were still with you, we were saying these things to you? 6 And you know that which restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains[c] will do so until he is out of the way,[d] 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming, 9 whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved. 11 And because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion[e] so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.
Stand Firm and Hold Fast
13 But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth, 14 for which purpose he called[f] you through our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by spoken word or by letter from us. 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.
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