Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

¹⁶ Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

¹⁷ Now ^(A)in the first month ^[a]of the second year, on the first day of the month, the ^[b]tabernacle was erected. ¹⁸ Moses erected the tabernacle and ^[c]laid its ^[d]sockets, and set up its boards, and ^[e]inserted its bars and erected its pillars. ¹⁹ He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent ^[f]on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁰ Then he took ^(B)the testimony and put it into the ark, and ^[g]attached the poles to the ark, and put the ^[h]mercy seat ^[i]on top of the ark. ²¹ He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and ^(C)set up a veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²² Then he ^(D)put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. ²³ He set the arrangement of ^(E)bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁴ Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. ²⁵ He ^(F)lighted the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁶ Then he ^(G)placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil; ²⁷ and he ^(H)burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁸ Then he set up the ^[j]veil for the doorway of the tabernacle. ²⁹ He ^(I)set the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and ^(J)offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁰ He placed the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. ^31 (K)From it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. ³² When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³³ He ^(L)erected the court all around the ^[k]tabernacle and the altar, and ^[l]hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the Lord

^34 (M)Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the ^(N)glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁵ Moses ^(O)was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁶ Throughout all their journeys ^(P)whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; ³⁷ but ^(Q)if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. ³⁸ For throughout all their journeys, ^(R)the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

³⁵ Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.” ³⁶ And ^(A)the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go ^(B)in peace.” ³⁷ But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, ^(C)men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.” ³⁸ The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. ^(D)They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, ³⁹ and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them ^(E)to leave the city. ⁴⁰ They went out of the prison and entered the house of ^(F)Lydia, and when they saw ^(G)the brethren, they ^[a]encouraged them and departed.