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NUMBERS 19

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Laws for Purification
  19:1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come. 3 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him. 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. 5 And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned. 6 And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening. 8 The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening. 9 And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place. And they shall be kept for the water for impurity for the congregation of the people of Israel; it is a sin offering. 10 And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And this shall be a perpetual statute for the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.
    
11 “Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean. But if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean. 13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.
    
14 “This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean. 16 Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel. 18 Then a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave. 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. Thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean.
    
20 “If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. 22 And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.”



NUMBERS 20

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The Death of Miriam
  20:1 And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there. The Waters of Meribah
2 Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord! 4 Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle? 5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.” 6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them, 7 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.” 9 And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, as he commanded him. Moses Strikes the Rock
10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. 12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” 13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy. Edom Refuses Passage
14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met: 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers. 16 And when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. 17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.” 18 But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.” 19 And the people of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.” 20 But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. The Death of Aaron
22 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. 23 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, 24 “Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor. 26 And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.” 27 Moses did as the Lord commanded. And they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.



PROVERBS 10

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The Proverbs of Solomon
  10:1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
2
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
3
The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
4
A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
8
The wise of heart will receive commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
9
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
10
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
12
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.
13
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
14
The wise lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
15
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
16
The wage of the righteous leads to life,
the gain of the wicked to sin.
17
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
19
When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
20
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21
The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.
22
The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
23
Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
24
What the wicked dreads will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,
but the righteous is established forever.
26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
27
The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked will be short.
28
The hope of the righteous brings joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
29
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
but destruction to evildoers.
30
The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.



PSALM 28

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield
Of David.
28:1
To you, O Lord, I call;
my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you be silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
2
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your most holy sanctuary.

3
Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4
Give to them according to their work
and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
render them their due reward.
5
Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

6
Blessed be the Lord!
For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.

8
The Lord is the strength of his people;
he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9
Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!
Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

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