Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

99 Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.

² Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

³ They shall praise thy great and terrible name,—it is holy!—

⁴ And the strength of the king that loveth justice. *Thou* hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

⁵ Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy!

⁶ Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and *he* answered them.

⁷ He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

⁸ Jehovah, our God, *thou* answeredst them: a forgiving God wast thou unto them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

⁹ Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah our God.

³² And all the labour of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was ended; and the children of Israel had done [it] according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses—so had they done [it].

³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses—the tent, and all its utensils, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its bases;

³⁴ and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the veil of separation;

³⁵ the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and the mercy-seat;

³⁶ the table, all its utensils, and the shewbread;

³⁷ the pure candlestick, its lamps, the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

³⁸ and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs; and the curtain for the entrance of the tent;

³⁹ the copper altar, and the copper grating that was for it, its staves and all its utensils; the laver and its stand;

⁴⁰ the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the curtain for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the vessel's of service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

⁴¹ the garments of service, for service in the sanctuary; the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to serve as priests.

⁴² According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so had the children of Israel done all the labour.

⁴³ And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Jehovah had commanded—so had they done [it]; and Moses blessed them.

14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

² and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

³ For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁵ And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

⁶ But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

⁷ whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

⁸ But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

⁹ And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.

¹⁰ And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

¹¹ and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother.

¹² And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.