Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
That the Generation to Come Might Know
A [a]Maskil of Asaph.
78 (A)Give ear, O my people, to my [b]instruction;
(B)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (C)open my mouth in a parable;
I will pour forth (D)dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (E)our fathers have recounted to us.
4 We will (F)not conceal them from their children,
But (G)recount to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh,
And His strength and His (H)wondrous deeds that He has done.
12 (A)He did wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the (B)field of Zoan.
13 He (C)split the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand (D)up like a heap.
14 Then He led them with the cloud by (E)day
And all the night with a (F)light of fire.
15 He was (G)splitting the rocks in the wilderness
And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
16 He (H)brought forth streams also from the cliff face
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
No Water for the Congregation
20 Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the (A)wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.
2 (B)Now there was no water for the congregation, (C)and they assembled themselves against Moses and Aaron. 3 (D)The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “(E)If only we had breathed our last (F)when our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh! 4 (G)Why then have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die [a]here? 5 And why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this evil place? (H)It is not a place of [b]grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink.” 6 Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and (I)fell on their faces. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to them; 7 and Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take (J)the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink.”
Moses Strikes the Rock
9 So Moses took the rod (K)from before Yahweh, just as He had commanded him; 10 and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “(L)Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised high his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and (M)water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. 12 But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “(N)Because you did not believe Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13 Those were the waters of [c](O)Meribah [d]because the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh, and He proved Himself holy among them.
32 And we (A)proclaim to you the good news of (B)the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled this promise [a]to our children in that He (C)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘(D)You are My Son; today I have begotten You.’ 34 But that He (E)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘(F)I will give you the holy and [b]faithful lovingkindnesses of David.’ 35 Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘(G)You will not give Your [c]Holy One over to see corruption.’ 36 For (H)David, after he had [d]served (I)the purpose of God in his own generation, (J)fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption; 37 but He whom God (K)raised did not see corruption. 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that (L)through [e]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and that in Him, (M)everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from [f]through the Law of Moses. 40 Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of (N)in the Prophets may not come upon you:
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