Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Aleph

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright.

Gimel

² The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein.

He

³ Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever.

Zain

⁴ He has made his wonderful works to be remembered;

Cheth

The LORD is gracious and merciful.

Teth

⁵ He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

Caph

⁶ ¶ He has shown his people the power of his works,

Lamed

by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles.

Mem

⁷ The works of his hands are truth and judgment;

Nun

all his commandments are sure.

Samech

⁸ They stand fast from age to age

Ain

and are made in truth and uprightness.

Pe

⁹ He sent redemption unto his people;

Tzaddi

he has commanded his covenant for ever:

Koph

Holy and reverend is his name.

Resh

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;

Schin

A good understanding have all those that do his will;

Tau

His praise endures for ever.

24 ¶ And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship afar off.

² And Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

³ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rights, and all the people answered with one voice and said, All the words which the LORD has said we will do.

⁴ And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mount and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁵ And he sent the young men of the sons of Israel, who had offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of bullocks unto the LORD.

⁶ And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁷ And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people, and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and we will hear.

⁸ Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

⁹ ¶ Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

¹⁰ and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone like unto the heaven when it is clear.

¹¹ But he did not lay his hand upon the princes of the sons of Israel, and they saw God and ate and drank.

²² ¶ For which reason I have even been hindered many times from coming to you.

²³ But now having more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you,

²⁴ when I leave for Spain, I will come unto you; for I trust to see you on my journey and to be taken there by you, if first I may enjoy your company.

²⁵ But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

²⁶ For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem.

²⁷ It has pleased them verily, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they should also minister unto them in carnal things.

²⁸ So that, when I have concluded this and have delivered unto them this fruit, I will come by you unto Spain.

²⁹ For I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of the Christ.

³⁰ ¶ But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the charity of the Spirit, that ye help me with prayers to God for me,

³¹ that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judaea and that the offering of my service to the saints in Jerusalem may be accepted,

³² that I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may be refreshed together with you.

³³ Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.