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the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and the 26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon
priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the you,
other as a burnt offering, and make atonement And give you peace.” ’
for him, because he sinned in regard to the 27 “So they shall put My name on the children
corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that of Israel, and I will bless them.”
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same day. He shall consecrate to the LORD the
days of his separation, and bring a male lamb Psalm 30:8–12
in its first year as a trespass offering; but the for- 8 I cried out to You, O LORD;
mer days shall be lost, because his separation And to the LORD I made supplication:
was defiled. 9
13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When “What profit is there in my blood,
the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall When I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You?
be brought to the door of the tabernacle of Will it declare Your truth?
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meeting. And he shall present his offering to 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me;
the LORD: one male lamb in its first year with- LORD, be my helper!”
out blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb
in its first year without blemish as a sin offer- 11 You have turned for me my mourning
ing, one ram without blemish as a peace offer- into dancing;
ing, a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of You have put off my sackcloth and
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fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers clothed me with gladness,
anointed with oil, and their grain offering with 12 To the end that my glory may sing
their drink offerings. praise to You and not be silent.
16 ‘Then the priest shall bring them before O LORD my God, I will give thanks to
the LORD and offer his sin offering and his You forever.
burnt offering; and he shall offer the ram as Proverbs 11:1–3
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a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, with
shall also offer its grain offering and its drink 11 Dishonest scales are an abomination to
the basket of unleavened bread; the priest
the LORD,
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offering. Then the Nazirite shall shave his But a just weight is His delight.
consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle 2 When pride comes, then comes shame;
of meeting, and shall take the hair from his But with the humble is wisdom.
consecrated head and put it on the fire which is
under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
19 ‘And the priest shall take the boiled shoul-
der of the ram, one unleavened cake from the 11:2 pride. From a root meaning “to boil,” or
basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put “to run over,” indicating an overwhelmingly
them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he arrogant attitude or behavior.It is used of ordi-
has shaved his consecrated hair, 20 and the nary men (Deut. 17:12,13); kings (Neh. 9:10);
priest shall wave them as a wave offering Israel (Neh. 9:16,29); false prophets (Deut.
before the LORD; they are holy for the priest, 18:20);and murderers (Ex.21:14).the humble.
together with the breast of the wave offering A rare word, which appears in Micah 6:8:“walk
and the thigh of the heave offering. After that humbly with your God.” This humble and
the Nazirite may drink wine.’ teachable spirit is first of all directed toward
21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to God (see 15:33; 16:18,19; 18:12; 22:4).
the LORD the offering for his separation, and
besides that, whatever else his hand is able to
provide; according to the vow which he takes, 3 The integrity of the upright will guide
so he must do according to the law of his sep- them,
aration.” But the perversity of the unfaithful will
22 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: destroy them.
23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is
the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Mark 8:22–38
Say to them: 22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they
brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him
“The LORD bless you and keep you; to touch him. So He took the blind man by the
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The LORD make His face shine upon hand and led him out of the town. And when
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you, He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on
And be gracious to you; him, He asked him if he saw anything.
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