Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

106 Hallelujah! Thank you, Lord! How good you are! Your love for us continues on forever. ² Who can ever list the glorious miracles of God? Who can ever praise him half enough?

³ Happiness comes to those who are fair to others and are always just and good.

⁴ Remember me too, O Lord, while you are blessing and saving your people. ⁵ Let me share in your chosen ones’ prosperity and rejoice in all their joys, and receive the glory you give to them.

⁶ Both we and our fathers have sinned so much. ⁷ They weren’t impressed by the wonder of your miracles in Egypt and soon forgot your many acts of kindness to them. Instead they rebelled against you at the Red Sea. ⁸ Even so you saved them—to defend the honor of your name and demonstrate your power to all the world. ⁹ You commanded the Red Sea to divide, forming a dry road across its bottom. Yes, as dry as any desert! ¹⁰ Thus you rescued them from their enemies. ¹¹ Then the water returned and covered the road and drowned their foes; not one survived.

¹² Then at last his people believed him. Then they finally sang his praise.

27 ^1-2 One day the daughters of Zelophehad came to the entrance of the Tabernacle to give a petition to Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and others who were there. The names of these women were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They were members of the half-tribe of Manasseh (a son of Joseph). Their ancestor was Machir, son of Manasseh. Manasseh’s son Gilead was their great-grandfather, his son Hepher was their grandfather, and his son Zelophehad was their father.

^3-4 “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said, “and he was not one of those who perished in Korah’s revolt against the Lord—it was a natural death, but he had no sons. Why should the name of our father disappear just because he had no son? We feel that we should be given property along with our father’s brothers.”

⁵ So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

^6-7 And the Lord replied to Moses, “The daughters of Zelophehad are correct. Give them land along with their uncles; give them the property that would have been given to their father if he had lived. ⁸ Moreover, this is a general law among you, that if a man dies and has no sons, then his inheritance shall be passed on to his daughters. ⁹ And if he has no daughter, it shall belong to his brothers. ¹⁰ And if he has no brother, then it shall go to his uncles. ¹¹ But if he has no uncles, then it shall go to the nearest relative.”

³³ “No one lights a lamp and hides it! Instead, he puts it on a lampstand to give light to all who enter the room. ³⁴ Your eyes light up your inward being. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. A lustful eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. ³⁵ So watch out that the sunshine isn’t blotted out. ³⁶ If you are filled with light within, with no dark corners, then your face will be radiant too, as though a floodlight is beamed upon you.”