Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Yahweh’s Lovingkindness Endures Forever

The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem

6 ^(A)Then David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ² And David arose and went with all the people who were with him ^[a]from ^[b](B)Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the ^(C)Name, the very name of Yahweh of hosts who ^(D)is ^[c]enthroned above the cherubim. ³ And they ^[d]drove the ark of God on ^(E)a new cart that they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and ^[e]Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart. ⁴ So ^(F)they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark. ⁵ Now David and all the house of Israel ^(G)were celebrating before Yahweh ^(H)with all kinds of instruments made of ^[f]fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

⁶ Then they came to the ^(I)threshing floor of Nacon. And ^[g]Uzzah ^(J)reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen nearly upset it. ⁷ And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and ^(K)God struck him down there for ^[h]his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. ⁸ And David became angry because ^[i]of Yahweh’s breaking out against Uzzah; and that place is called ^[j]Perez-uzzah to this day. ⁹ So ^(L)David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?” ¹⁰ And David was unwilling to move the ark of Yahweh into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of ^(M)Obed-edom the Gittite. ¹¹ Thus the ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and Yahweh ^(N)blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

¹² Then it was told to King David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God.” So ^(O)David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into ^(P)the city of David with gladness. ¹³ And so it happened, that when those ^(Q)who were carrying the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ^(R)ox and a fatling. ¹⁴ And ^(S)David was dancing before Yahweh with all his strength, and David was ^(T)girded with a linen ephod. ¹⁵ So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Yahweh with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

Jesus Is Risen!

24 ^(A)Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^(B)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C)two men suddenly ^(D)stood near them in dazzling clothing, ⁵ and when the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He ^(E)has ^[a]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(F)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(G)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” ⁸ And ^(H)they remembered His words, ⁹ and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now ^(I)Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women with them were there; they were telling these things to ^(J)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[b]to them as nonsense, and they ^(K)were not believing them. ¹² But Peter stood up and ^(L)ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[c]only. And he went away ^(M)by himself, marveling at what had happened.