Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

The Lord Our God Is Holy

The Lord Accepts Aaron's Offering

9 ^(A)On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, ² and he said to Aaron, ^(B)“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and ^(C)a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. ³ And say to the people of Israel, ^(D)‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, ⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and ^(E)a grain offering mixed with oil, for ^(F)today the Lord will appear to you.’” ⁵ And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. ⁶ And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” ⁷ Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and ^(G)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and ^(H)make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

⁸ So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ^9 (I)And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^(J)put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. ^10 (K)But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, ^(L)as the Lord commanded Moses. ^11 (M)The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

²² Then Aaron ^(A)lifted up his hands toward the people and ^(B)blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. ²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and ^(C)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. ²⁴ And ^(D)fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, ^(E)they shouted and ^(F)fell on their faces.

Stewards of God's Grace

4 Since therefore ^(A)Christ suffered in the flesh,^{[a] (B)}arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for ^(C)whoever has suffered in the flesh ^(D)has ceased from sin, ^2 (E)so as to live for ^(F)the rest of the time in the flesh ^(G)no longer for human passions but ^(H)for the will of God. ³ For the time that is past ^(I)suffices ^(J)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. ⁴ With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^(K)debauchery, and ^(L)they malign you; ⁵ but they will give account to him who is ready ^(M)to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ For this is why ^(N)the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.