Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 The Law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the LORD is sure and gives wisdom to the simple.
8 The Statutes of the LORD are right and rejoice the heart. The Commandment of the LORD is pure and gives light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean and endures forever. The judgments of the LORD are truth. They are righteous altogether,
10 and more to be desired than gold—yea, than much fine gold—sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them your servant is made circumspect, and in the keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his faults? Cleanse me from secret faults.
13 Keep your servant from presumptuous sins, also. Do not let them reign over me. So, shall I be upright and made clean from much wickedness.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD my strength, and my redeemer. To him who excels. A Psalm of David.
1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel, on this side of Jordan, in the wilderness, on the plain, next to the Red Sea, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea, by way of Mount Seir.
3 And it happened that on the first day of the eleventh month, in the fortieth year, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in Commandment to them,
4 after he had killed Sihon, the king of the Amorites (who dwelt in Heshbon), and Og, king of Bashan (who dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei).
5 On this side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this Law, saying,
6 “The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, ‘You have dwelt long enough on this mountain.
7 ‘Turn and depart, and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to all places on the plain that are near it—on the mountain or in the valley, southward and to the seaside, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon—all the way to the great river, the river Perah.
8 ‘Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess that land which the LORD swore to your fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and to their seed after them.’
9 “And I spoke to you at the same time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear you myself alone.
10 ‘The LORD your God has multiplied you. And behold, you are this day as the stars of Heaven in number.
11 ‘The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, as He has promised you.
12 ‘How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your strife?
13 ‘Bring men of wisdom and of understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 ‘Then you answered me and said, “The thing that you have commanded to do is good.”
15 “So I took the chief of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them rulers over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifty, and captains over ten, and officers among your tribes.
16 “And I charged your Judges at that same time, saying, ‘Hear the controversies between your brothers and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 ‘You shall have no respect of person in judgment, but shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not fear the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
18 “Also I commanded you at the same time all the things which you should do.”
20 Then Herod was angry with those of Tyre and Sidon. But they all came to him with one mind. And having befriended Blastus, the King’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country was nourished by the King.
21 And upon an appointed day, Herod clothed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, “The voice of God, and not of man!”
23 But immediately the Angel of the Lord struck him - so that he was eaten by worms and gave up the ghost - because he did not give glory to God.
24 And the Word of God grew and multiplied.
25 So, when they had fulfilled their ministry, Barnabas and Saul took John with them (whose surname was Mark), and returned from Jerusalem.
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