Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

24 The Earth is the LORD’s and all that therein is, the world and those who dwell therein.

² For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods.

³ Who shall ascend into the Mountain of the LORD? And who shall stand in His Holy Place?

⁴ He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his mind to vanity nor sworn deceitfully.

⁵ He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶ This is the generation of those who seek Him, of those who seek Your face. This is Jacob. Selah.

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates. And be lifted up, you everlasting doors. And the King of Glory shall come in.

⁸ Who is this King of Glory: The LORD, strong and mighty. The LORD, mighty in battle.

⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates. And lift up yourselves, you everlasting doors. And the King of Glory shall come in.

¹⁰ Who is this King of Glory: The LORD of Hosts. He is the King of Glory. Selah. A Psalm of David.

¹⁰ “They shall also make an Ark of shittim wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high.

¹¹ “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold border all around it.

¹² “And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them in its four corners. That is, two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

¹³ “And you shall make poles of shittim wood and cover them with gold.

¹⁴ “Then you shall put the poles in the rings, on the sides of the Ark, and carry the Ark with them.

¹⁵ “The poles shall be in the rings of the Ark. They shall not be taken away from it.

¹⁶ “So, you shall put the Testimony (which I shall give you) in the Ark.

¹⁷ “Also, you shall make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half broad.

¹⁸ “And you shall make two Cherubims of gold; of work beaten out with a hammer you shall make them, at the two ends of the Mercy Seat.

¹⁹ “And you shall make one Cherub at one end, and the other Cherub at the other end. From one piece you shall make the Cherubims with the Mercy Seat, on its two ends.

²⁰ “And the Cherubims shall stretch their wings on high, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and their faces toward one another. Toward the Mercy Seat shall the faces of the Cherubims be.

²¹ “And you shall put the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark. And in the Ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

²² “And there I will declare Myself to you. And from above the Mercy Seat, between the two Cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, I will tell you all things which I will give you in Commandment to the children of Israel.

2 For I desire that you knew what great struggle I have for you, and for those of Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

² that their hearts might be encouraged, having been joined together in love and in all the riches of the full assurance of understanding to know the mystery of God and the Father and of Christ,

³ in Whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

⁴ And this I say so that no one should deceive you with persuasive words.

⁵ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order and your steadfast faith in Christ.