Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
11 (A)Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They (B)repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
13 But as for me, (C)when they were sick, my (D)clothing was sackcloth;
I (E)humbled my soul with fasting,
And my (F)prayer kept returning to my bosom.
14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I (G)bowed down [a]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
15 But (H)at my [b]stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The [c](I)smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They [d](J)slandered me without ceasing.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast,
They (K)gnashed at me with their teeth.
17 Lord, (L)how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul (M)from their ravages,
My (N)only life from the lions.
18 I will (O)give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will (P)praise You among a mighty throng.
19 (Q)Do not let those who are wrongfully (R)my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those (S)who hate me without cause [e](T)wink maliciously.
20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise (U)deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 They (V)opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “(W)Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
22 (X)You have seen it, O Lord, (Y)do not keep silent;
O Lord, (Z)do not be far from me.
23 (AA)Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 (AB)Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,
And (AC)do not let them rejoice over me.
25 Do not let them say in their heart, “(AD)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have (AE)swallowed him up!”
26 Let (AF)those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be (AG)clothed with shame and dishonor who (AH)magnify themselves over me.
The Sabbath Emphasized
35 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “(A)These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to [a]do:
2 “(B)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, (C)a sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; (D)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 (E)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”
4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, 5 ‘(F)Take from among you a [b]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the Lord’s [c]contribution: gold, silver, and [d]bronze, 6 and [e]blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7 and rams’ skins [f]dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [g]breastpiece.
Tabernacle Workmen
10 ‘(G)Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the [h](H)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its [i]sockets; 12 the (I)ark and its poles, the [j]mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; 13 the (J)table and its poles, and all its [k]utensils, and the bread of the [l]Presence; 14 the (K)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light; 15 and the (L)altar of incense and its poles, and the (M)anointing oil and the (N)fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the [m]entrance of the tabernacle; 16 (O)the altar of burnt offering with its [n]bronze grating, its poles, and all its [o]utensils, the [p]basin and its stand; 17 (P)the hangings of the court, its pillars and its [q]sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; 19 the [r](Q)woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’”
Gifts Received
20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 (R)Everyone whose heart [s]stirred him and everyone whose spirit [t]moved him came and brought the Lord’s [u]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. 22 Then all [v]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [w]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who [x]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Every man, [y]who had in his possession [z]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins [aa]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a [ab]contribution of silver and [ac]bronze brought the Lord’s [ad]contribution; and every man [ae]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 All the [af]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in [ag]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. 26 All the women whose heart [ah]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [ai]breastpiece; 28 and (S)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [aj]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [ak]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a (T)freewill offering to the Lord.
9 On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, (A)Peter went up on (B)the housetop about (C)the [a]sixth hour to pray. 10 But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he (D)fell into a trance; 11 and he *saw (E)the [b]sky opened up, and an [c]object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, 12 and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and [d]crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the [e]air. 13 A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, [f]kill and eat!” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, (F)Lord, for (G)I have never eaten anything [g]unholy and unclean.” 15 Again a voice came to him a second time, “(H)What God has cleansed, no longer consider [h]unholy.” 16 This happened three times, and immediately the [i]object was taken up into the [j]sky.
17 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in [k]mind as to what (I)the vision which he had seen might be, behold, (J)the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate; 18 and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there. 19 While Peter was reflecting on (K)the vision, (L)the Spirit said to him, “Behold, [l]three men are looking for you. 20 But get up, go downstairs and (M)accompany them [m]without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.” 21 Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?” 22 They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and (N)God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, (O)was divinely directed by a (P)holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear [n](Q)a message from you.” 23 So he invited them in and gave them lodging.
Peter at Caesarea
And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and (R)some of (S)the brethren from (T)Joppa accompanied him.
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