Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Tell of All His Wondrous Works
105 (A)Oh give thanks to the Lord; (B)call upon his name;
(C)make known his deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
(D)tell of all his wondrous works!
3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
4 Seek the Lord and his (E)strength;
(F)seek his presence continually!
5 Remember the (G)wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and (H)the judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of (I)Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his (J)chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his (K)judgments are in all the earth.
8 He (L)remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for (M)a thousand generations,
9 (N)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his (O)sworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to (P)Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, (Q)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as (R)your portion for an inheritance.”
16 When he (A)summoned a famine on the land
and (B)broke all supply[a] of bread,
17 he had (C)sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was (D)sold as a slave.
18 His (E)feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19 until (F)what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord (G)tested him.
20 (H)The king sent and (I)released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21 he (J)made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to bind[b] his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then (K)Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob (L)sojourned in (M)the land of Ham.
24 And the Lord (N)made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He (O)turned their hearts to hate his people,
to (P)deal craftily with his servants.
26 He (Q)sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, (R)whom he had chosen.
27 (S)They performed his signs among them
and miracles in (T)the land of Ham.
28 He (U)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they (V)did not rebel[c] against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and (W)caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in (X)the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came (Y)swarms of flies,
(Z)and gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery (AA)lightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and (AB)shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the (AC)locusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He (AD)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
(AE)the firstfruits of all their strength.
10 (A)Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But (B)the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people (C)despise me? And how long will they not (D)believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? 12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I (E)will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
Moses Intercedes for the People
13 But (F)Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them, 14 and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. (G)They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people. For you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and (H)your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say, 16 ‘It is because the Lord (I)was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’ 17 And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying, 18 (J)‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, (K)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Please (L)pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just (M)as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”
God Promises Judgment
20 Then the Lord said, “I have pardoned, (N)according to your word. 21 But truly, as I live, and as all (O)the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, 22 (P)none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these (Q)ten times and have not obeyed my voice, 23 (R)shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it. 24 But my servant (S)Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has (T)followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
Warning Against Idolatry
10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[a] that our fathers were all under (A)the cloud, and all (B)passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and (C)all ate the same (D)spiritual food, 4 and (E)all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for (F)they were overthrown[b] in the wilderness.
6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as (G)they did. 7 (H)Do not be idolaters (I)as some of them were; as it is written, (J)“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 (K)We must not indulge in sexual immorality (L)as some of them did, and (M)twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ[c] to the test, (N)as some of them did and (O)were destroyed by serpents, 10 nor grumble, (P)as some of them did and (Q)were destroyed by (R)the Destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but (S)they were written down for our instruction, (T)on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 Therefore (U)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. (V)God is faithful, and (W)he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.