Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 78[a]
A well-written song[b] by Asaph.
78 Pay attention, my people, to my instruction.
Listen to the words I speak.[c]
2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;
I will make insightful observations about the past.[d]
3 What we have heard and learned[e]—
that which our ancestors[f] have told us—
4 we will not hide from their[g] descendants.
We will tell the next generation
about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,[h]
about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
5 He established a rule[i] in Jacob;
he set up a law in Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to make his deeds known to their descendants,[j]
6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,
might know about them.
They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.[k]
7 Then they will place their confidence in God.
They will not forget the works of God,
and they will obey[l] his commands.
Covenant Renewal
30 Then Joshua built an altar for the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool.[a] On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord and sacrificed tokens of peace.[b] 32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.[c] 33 All the people,[d] rulers,[e] leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there.[f] Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.[g] 34 Then[h] Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. 35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given[i] before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.[j]
13 Then[a] the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the[b] horns on the golden altar that is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding[c] the trumpet, “Set free[d] the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 15 Then[e] the four angels who had been prepared for this[f] hour, day,[g] month, and year were set free to kill[h] a third of humanity. 16 The[i] number of soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000;[j] I heard their number. 17 Now[k] this is what the horses and their riders[l] looked like in my[m] vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red,[n] dark blue,[o] and sulfurous[p] yellow in color.[q] The[r] heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur[s] came out of their mouths. 18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is,[t] by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 For the power[u] of the horses resides[v] in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. 20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made[w] of gold, silver,[x] bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. 21 Furthermore,[y] they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells,[z] of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.
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