Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good

Of David. When he feigned madness before ^[a]Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He / Vav

Zayin

Heth

Teth

Resh

Shin

Tav

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

^12 (A)At that time ^[a]Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ¹³ And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them ^(B)all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the good oil and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. ¹⁴ Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.” ¹⁵ And he said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah said, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them.”

¹⁶ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh. ¹⁷ ‘Behold, the days are coming when ^(C)all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have treasured up to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says Yahweh. ¹⁸ ‘And some ^(D)of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away; and they will become ^(E)officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” ¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Yahweh which you have spoken is ^(F)good.” For he said, “Will it not be good, if there will be peace and truth in my days?”

The Priesthoods of Melchizedek and Christ

7 For this ^(A)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the ^(B)Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ^2 (C)to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. ³ Without father, without mother, ^(D)without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like ^(E)the Son of God, he remains a priest continually.

⁴ Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the ^(F)patriarch, ^(G)gave a tenth of the spoils. ⁵ And those indeed of ^(H)the sons of Levi, who receive the priest’s office, have a commandment ^[a]in the Law to collect ^[b]a tenth from the people, that is, from their brothers, although these ^[c]are descended from Abraham. ⁶ But the one ^(I)whose genealogy is not traced from them had ^(J)collected ^[d]a tenth from Abraham and ^[e](K)blessed the one who ^(L)had the promises. ⁷ But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater. ⁸ And in this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, ^(M)of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. ⁹ And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes, ¹⁰ for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.