Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

ה (He)

Trespass by Deception and False Oath

6 (5:20)^[a] Then the Lord spoke to Moses:^{[b] 2} “When a person sins and commits a trespass^[c] against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen^[d] in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,^{[e] 3} or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely^[f] concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin^[g]— ⁴ when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty^[h] then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust,^[i] or the lost thing that he had found, ⁵ or anything about which he swears falsely.^[j] He must restore it in full^[k] and add one-fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty.^{[l] 6} Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels,^[m] for a guilt offering to the priest. ⁷ So the priest will make atonement^[n] on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven^[o] for whatever he has done to become guilty.”^[p]

² Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! ³ And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey^[a] the whole law. ⁴ You who are trying to be declared righteous^[b] by the law have been alienated^[c] from Christ; you have fallen away from grace! ⁵ For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight—the only thing that matters is faith working through love.^[d]