Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Holy Is Yahweh Our God
99 (A)Yahweh reigns, let the peoples tremble;
He (B)sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth quake!
2 Yahweh is (C)great in Zion,
And He is (D)exalted above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your (E)great and awesome name;
(F)Holy is [a]He.
4 [b]The strength of the King (G)loves [c]justice;
You have established [d](H)equity;
You have (I)done [e]justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 (J)Exalt Yahweh our God
And (K)worship at the footstool of His feet;
(L)Holy is He.
6 (M)Moses and Aaron were among His (N)priests,
And (O)Samuel was among those who (P)called on His name;
They (Q)would call upon Yahweh and He would answer them.
7 He (R)would speak to them in the pillar of cloud;
They (S)kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.
8 O Yahweh our God, You (T)answered them;
You were a (U)forgiving God to them,
And yet an (V)avenger of their evil deeds.
9 Exalt Yahweh our God
And worship at His holy mountain,
For holy is Yahweh our God.
Samuel Before Yahweh as a Boy
18 Now (A)Samuel was ministering before Yahweh, as a [a]young boy (B)girded with a linen ephod. 19 And his mother would make him a little (C)robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer (D)the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would (E)bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May Yahweh establish for you a seed from this woman in place of [b]the one she (F)dedicated to Yahweh.” And they went to their own [c]home.
21 (G)Yahweh indeed visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And (H)the young boy Samuel grew before Yahweh.
The Jerusalem Council
15 (A)Some men came down from Judea and began teaching (B)the brothers, “Unless you are (C)circumcised according to (D)the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had not a little dissension and (E)debate with them, (F)the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the (G)apostles and elders concerning this issue. 3 Therefore, being (H)sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both (I)Phoenicia and Samaria, (J)recounting in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all (K)the brothers. 4 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and (L)the apostles and the elders, and they (M)reported all that God had done with them. 5 But some of (N)the sect of the (O)Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to (P)circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.”
22 Then it seemed good to (A)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them—Judas called Barsabbas, and (B)Silas, leading men among (C)the brothers—to send to (D)Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, 23 and they [a]sent this letter by them,
“(E)The apostles and the brothers who are elders, to (F)the brothers in (G)Antioch and (H)Syria and (I)Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, (J)greetings.
24 Since we have heard that (K)some of us, to whom we gave no instruction, have gone out and (L)disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,
25 (M)it seemed good to us, having [b]come to one accord, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 men who have [c](N)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 Therefore we have sent (O)Judas and (P)Silas, and they themselves will report the same things by word of mouth.
28 For (Q)it seemed good to (R)the Holy Spirit and to (S)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:
29 that you abstain from (T)things sacrificed to idols and from (U)blood and from (V)things strangled and from (W)sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, you will do well. Farewell.”
30 So when they were sent away, (X)they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the [d]congregation together, they delivered the letter. 31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its [e]encouragement. 32 (Y)And both Judas and (Z)Silas, also being (AA)prophets themselves, [f]encouraged and strengthened (AB)the brothers with a lengthy message. 33 And after they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brothers (AC)in peace to those who had (AD)sent them. 34 [g][But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.] 35 But (AE)Paul and Barnabas spent a long time in Antioch, teaching and [h](AF)preaching with many others also, (AG)the word of the Lord.
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