Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 16
Confidence in the Lord
A Miktam of David.(A)
1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.(B)
2 I[a] said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”[b](C)
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,(D)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.(E)
5 Lord, you are my portion[c]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.(F)
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.(G)
7 I will bless the Lord who counsels me(H)—
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.[d](I)
8 I always let the Lord guide me.[e]
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.(J)
9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.(K)
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;(L)
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.(M)
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;(N)
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.(O)
22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed(A) them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering. 23 Moses and Aaron then entered the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 Fire came from the Lord and consumed(B) the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted(C) and fell facedown.(D)
Nadab and Abihu
10 Aaron’s sons Nadab(E) and Abihu(F) each took his own firepan,(G) put fire in it, placed incense on it,(H) and presented unauthorized(I) fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do. 2 Then fire came from the Lord(J) and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.(K) 3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken:
I will demonstrate my holiness[a](L)
to those who are near me,(M)
and I will reveal my glory[b](N)
before all the people.”
And Aaron remained silent.
4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,(O) sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,(P) and said to them, “Come here and carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”(Q) 5 So they came forward and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.
6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,(R) “Do not let your hair hang loose(S) and do not tear your clothes,(T) or else you will die, and the Lord will become angry(U) with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep(V) over the fire that the Lord caused. 7 You must not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, for the Lord’s anointing oil(W) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.
Regulations for Priests
8 The Lord spoke to Aaron: 9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine(X) or beer(Y) when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute(Z) throughout your generations. 10 You must distinguish(AA) between the holy and the common,(AB) and the clean and the unclean,(AC) 11 and teach the Israelites all the statutes(AD) that the Lord has given to them through Moses.”
5 Test(A) yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you fail the test.[a] 6 And I hope you will recognize that we ourselves do not fail the test. 7 But we pray to God that you do nothing wrong—not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right,(B) even though we may appear to fail. 8 For we can’t do anything against the truth,(C) but only for the truth. 9 We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong.(D) We also pray that you become fully mature.[b] 10 This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up(E) and not for tearing down.(F)
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