Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm 118

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem^(A)

6 David again assembled all the best soldiers in Israel, 30,000 men. ² He and all the people with him left Baalah in Judah^[a] to bring Elohim’s ark to Jerusalem. (The ark is called by the name of Yahweh Tsebaoth, who is enthroned over the angels.^[b]) ³ David and his men put Elohim’s ark on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s home on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were guiding the new cart. ⁴ They brought it from Abinadab’s home, with Ahio walking ahead of the ark. ⁵ David and the entire nation of Israel were celebrating in Yahweh’s presence with all kinds of instruments made from cypress wood^[c] and with lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums,^[d] and cymbals.

⁶ But when they came to Nacon’s threshing floor,^[e] the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out for the ark of Elohim and grabbed it. ⁷ Yahweh became angry with Uzzah, so God killed him there for his lack of respect. He died beside the ark of Elohim.

⁸ David was angry because Yahweh had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah [The Striking of Uzzah] today.) ⁹ David was afraid of Yahweh that day. “How can the ark of Yahweh come to my city?” he asked. ¹⁰ So David wouldn’t bring the ark of Yahweh with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath. ¹¹ The ark of Yahweh stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months, and Yahweh blessed Obed Edom and his whole family.

¹² King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed Obed Edom’s home and everything he owns because of the ark of Elohim.” Then David joyfully went to get the ark of Elohim from Obed Edom’s house and bring it to the City of David. ¹³ When those who carried the ark of Yahweh had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

¹⁴ Wearing a linen ephod,^[f] David danced in Yahweh’s presence with all his might. ¹⁵ He and the entire nation of Israel brought the ark of Yahweh with shouts of joy and the sounding of rams’ horns.

Jesus Comes Back to Life^(A)

24 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb. They were carrying the spices that they had prepared. ² They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. ³ When they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Yeshua. ⁴ While they were puzzled about this, two men in clothes that were as bright as lightning suddenly stood beside them. ⁵ The women were terrified and bowed to the ground.

The men asked the women, “Why are you looking among the dead for the living one? ⁶ He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee. ⁷ He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and come back to life on the third day.’” ⁸ Then the women remembered what Yeshua had told them.

⁹ The women left the tomb and went back to the city. They told everything to the eleven apostles and all the others. ¹⁰ The women were Mary from Magdala, Joanna, and Mary (the mother of James). There were also other women with them. They told the apostles everything.

¹¹ The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them.

¹² But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down to look inside and saw only the strips of linen. Then he went away, wondering what had happened.