Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

11 And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

² And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.

³ And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.

⁴ But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

⁵ And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

⁶ The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.

⁷ The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.

⁹ They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.

16 And behold Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, and Hon the son of Pheleth of the children of Ruben,

² Rose up against Moses, and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name.

³ And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?

⁴ When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face:

⁵ And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said: In the morning the Lord will make known who belong to him, and the holy he will join to himself: and whom he shall choose, they shall approach to him.

⁶ Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.

⁷ And putting fire in them to morrow, put incense upon it before the Lord: and whomsoever he shall choose, the same shall be holy: you take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

⁸ And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi.

⁹ Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?

¹⁰ Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also,

¹¹ And that all thy company should stand against the Lord? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?

¹² Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.

¹³ Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?

¹⁴ Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.

¹⁵ Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

¹⁶ And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart.

¹⁷ Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let Aaron also hold his censer.

¹⁸ When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,

¹⁹ And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.

⁷ Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,

⁸ Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to day; and the same for ever.

⁹ Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them.

¹⁰ We have an altar, whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.

¹¹ For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holies by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

¹² Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

¹³ Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

¹⁴ For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.

¹⁵ By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name.

¹⁶ And do not forget to do good, and to impart; for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.

¹⁷ Obey your prelates, and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.