Old/New Testament

6 The Lord said to Moses, ² “If a person is not faithful and sins against the Lord by lying to his neighbor about money given to him for safe-keeping, or by stealing, or by false ways, ³ or by finding what was lost and lying about it before God, if a man does any of the things that men sin by doing, ⁴ he will become guilty. Then he should return what he took by stealing, or what he got by false ways, or the money which was given to him for safe-keeping, or the lost thing which he found, ⁵ or anything that he lied about. He should pay for it in full, and add to it one-fifth part more. He should give it to whom it belongs on the day he gives his guilt gift. ⁶ Then he will bring to the religious leader his guilt gift to the Lord, a ram that is perfect from the flock, that you decide to be the right price for a guilt gift. ⁷ Before the Lord the religious leader will pay the price for him for whatever he did that made him guilty. And he will be forgiven.”

The Law of the Burnt Gift

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, ⁹ “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law for the burnt gift. The burnt gift should stay on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire should be kept burning on the altar. ¹⁰ Then the religious leader will put on the clothing next to his flesh, and the long linen clothing over that. And he will take the ashes that are left from the fire of the burnt gift on the altar, and put them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he will change his clothes and carry the ashes to a clean place away from the tents. ¹² The fire should be kept burning on the altar. It should not go out. The religious leader should burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt gifts on it, and burn the fat parts of the peace gifts on it. ¹³ Fire should always be kept burning on the altar. It is not to go out.

The Law of the Grain Gift

¹⁴ ‘This is the Law of the grain gift. The sons of Aaron will give it to the Lord in front of the altar. ¹⁵ One of them will fill his hand with the fine flour of the grain gift, with its oil and all the special perfume that is on it, and burn it on the altar to be remembered as a pleasing smell to the Lord. ¹⁶ Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left of it. It will be eaten as loaves without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the open space of the meeting tent. ¹⁷ It will not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from My gifts by fire. It is most holy, like the sin gift and the guilt gift. ¹⁸ Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a Law forever for all your people, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them will become holy.’”

¹⁹ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁰ “This is the gift which Aaron and his sons are to give to the Lord on the day when he is set apart: The tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a grain gift each day, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. ²¹ It should be cooked with oil on top of a stove. Bring it when it is mixed well, and give the grain gift in baked pieces as a pleasing smell to the Lord. ²² The religious leader among Aaron’s sons, who is chosen to be in his place, will give it. By a Law forever, all of it will be burned and given to the Lord. ²³ Every grain gift of the religious leader will be all burned. It will not be eaten.”

The Law of the Sin Gift

²⁴ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁵ “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the Law of the sin gift. The sin gift will be killed before the Lord in the place where the burnt gift is killed. It is most holy. ²⁶ The religious leader who gives it for sin will eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place, in the open space of the meeting tent. ²⁷ Anyone who touches its flesh will become holy. When any of its blood gets on a piece of clothing, wash the blood from the clothing in a holy place. ²⁸ The clay pot in which it was made ready should be broken. But if it was made ready in a brass pot, it should be well cleaned with water. ²⁹ Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It is most holy. ³⁰ But no sin gift should be eaten from which any blood is brought into the meeting tent to pay for sins in the holy place. It should be burned with fire.

The Law of the Guilt Gift

7 ‘This is the Law of the guilt gift. It is most holy. ² They are to kill the guilt gift in the place where they kill the burnt gift. And the religious leader should put its blood around on the altar. ³ Then he will give all its fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inside parts, ⁴ the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver which he will take away with the kidneys. ⁵ The religious leader will burn them on the altar as a gift by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt gift. ⁶ Every male among the religious leaders may eat of it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. ⁷ The guilt gift is like the sin gift. There is one Law for them. It belongs to the religious leader who pays the price for sin with it. ⁸ And the religious leader who gives any man’s burnt gift will keep for himself the skin of the burnt gift he has given. ⁹ Every grain gift that is baked in a stove and everything that is cooked in a pot or on top of a stove will belong to the religious leader who gives it. ¹⁰ And every grain gift, mixed with oil or dry, will belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all the same.

The Law of the Peace Gift

¹¹ ‘This is the Law of giving peace gifts in worship to the Lord. ¹² If he gives it because he is thankful, then with the thank gift he will give bread mixed with oil and without yeast, hard bread spread with oil and without yeast, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. ¹³ With loaves of bread with yeast he will give his thank gift with the peace gifts. ¹⁴ Out of each gift he will give a part as a gift to the Lord. It will belong to the religious leader who puts the blood on the peace gifts.

¹⁵ ‘The flesh of the thank gift, given as a peace gift, will be eaten on the day it is given. None of it is to be left until morning. ¹⁶ But if his gift is for a promise or is given only because he wants to give it, it will be eaten the same day he gives his gift. And whatever is left may be eaten the next day. ¹⁷ But what is left of the flesh of the gift until the third day will be burned with fire. ¹⁸ If any of the flesh of his gift is eaten on the third day, then the one who brought it will not be received and it will not do him any good. It will be a sin. And the person who eats of it must suffer for his own sin.

¹⁹ ‘The flesh that touches anything that is unclean must not be eaten. It will be burned with fire. Anyone who is clean may eat other flesh. ²⁰ But the person who is unclean, who eats the flesh of the peace gifts which belong to the Lord, will be kept away from his people. ²¹ And a person will be kept away from his people when he touches anything that is unclean, a human, animal or thing that is unclean, and then eats of the flesh of the peace gifts that belong to the Lord.’”

Fat and Blood Not to Be Eaten

²² The Lord said to Moses, ²³ “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Do not eat any fat from a bull, sheep or goat. ²⁴ The fat of an animal that dies, and the fat of an animal torn by wild animals, may be used in other ways. But for sure you must not eat it. ²⁵ For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which a gift is given by fire to the Lord will be kept away from his people. ²⁶ Do not eat any blood, of bird or animal, in any of your houses. ²⁷ Whoever eats any blood will be kept away from his people.’”

The Part for Aaron and His Sons

²⁸ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁹ “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Whoever gives his peace gift to the Lord will bring a part of it as a special gift to the Lord. ³⁰ With his own hands he will bring the gift given to the Lord by fire. He will bring the fat with the breast so the breast may be given as a wave gift before the Lord. ³¹ The religious leader will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. ³² And you will give the right thigh to the religious leader as his part of your peace gift. ³³ The son of Aaron who gives the blood and the fat of the peace gift will have the right thigh for his share. ³⁴ For I have taken the breast of the wave gift and the right thigh out of the peace gifts given by the people of Israel. And I have given them to Aaron the religious leader and to his sons as their share forever from the people of Israel.

³⁵ ‘This is the share for Aaron and his sons from the gifts made by fire to the Lord. It was set apart for them on the day they were set apart to work as religious leaders for the Lord. ³⁶ The Lord said that this should be given to them by the people of Israel on the day they were set apart. It is their share forever.’”

³⁷ This is the Law of the burnt gift, the grain gift, the sin gift, the guilt gift, the gift when the religious leader is set apart for the Lord’s work, and the peace gift. ³⁸ The Lord gave this Law to Moses on Mount Sinai on the day that He told the people of Israel to give their gifts to the Lord in the Desert of Sinai.

The Picture-Story of Ten Young Women

25 “At that time the holy nation of heaven will be like ten women who have never had men. They took their lamps and went out to meet the man soon to be married. ² Five of them were wise and five were foolish. ³ The foolish women took their lamps but did not take oil with them. ⁴ The wise women took oil in a jar with their lamps. ⁵ They all went to sleep because the man to be married did not come for a long time.

⁶ “At twelve o’clock in the night there was a loud call, ‘See! The man soon to be married is coming! Go out to meet him!’ ⁷ Then all the women got up and made their lamps brighter. ⁸ The foolish women said to the wise women, ‘Give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’ ⁹ But the wise women said, ‘No! There will not be enough for us and you. Go to the store and buy oil for yourselves.’ ¹⁰ While they were gone to buy oil, the man soon to be married came. Those who were ready went in with him to the marriage. The door was shut.

¹¹ “Later the foolish women came. They said, ‘Sir, Sir, open the door for us!’ ¹² But he said to them, ‘For sure, I tell you, I do not know you!’ ¹³ So watch! You do not know what day or what hour the Son of Man is coming.

The Picture-Story of the Three Servants and the Money

¹⁴ “For the holy nation of heaven is like a man who was going to a country far away. He called together the servants he owned and gave them his money to use. ¹⁵ He gave to one servant five pieces of money worth much. He gave to another servant two pieces of money worth much. He gave to another servant one piece of money worth much. He gave to each one as he was able to use it. Then he went on his trip. ¹⁶ The servant who had the five pieces of money went out to the stores and traded until he made five more pieces. ¹⁷ The servant who had two pieces of money did the same thing. He made two more pieces. ¹⁸ The servant who had received the one piece of money went and hid the money in a hole in the ground. He hid his owner’s money.

¹⁹ “After a long time the owner of those servants came back. He wanted to know what had been done with his money. ²⁰ The one who had received the five pieces of money worth much came and handed him five pieces more. He said, ‘Sir, you gave me five pieces of money. See! I used it and made five more pieces.’ ²¹ His owner said to him, ‘You have done well. You are a good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will put many things in your care. Come and share my joy.’ ²² The one who received two pieces of money worth much came also. He said, ‘Sir, you gave me two pieces of money. See! I used it and made two more pieces.’ ²³ His owner said to him, ‘You have done well. You are a good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will put many things in your care. Come and share my joy.’ ²⁴ The one who had received one piece of money worth much came. He said, ‘Sir, I know that you are a hard man. You gather grain where you have not planted. You take up where you have not spread out. ²⁵ I was afraid and I hid your money in the ground. See! Here is your money.’ ²⁶ His owner said to him, ‘You bad and lazy servant. You knew that I gather grain where I have not planted. You knew that I take up where I have not spread out. ²⁷ You should have taken my money to the bank. When I came back, I could have had my own money and what the bank paid for using it. ²⁸ Take the one piece of money from him. Give it to the one who has ten pieces of money.’ ²⁹ For the man who has will have more given to him. He will have more than enough. The man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ Throw the bad servant out into the darkness. There will be loud crying and grinding of teeth.