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Bible Reading for February 22

Numbers 18
[1] And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. [2] And thy brethren
also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee,
that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy
sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
[3] And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die. [4] And they shall be joined unto
thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all
the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
[5] And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. [6] And
I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children
of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation. [7] Therefore thou and thy sons with
thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and
within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto
you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death. [8] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee
the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing,
and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
[9] This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. [10] In the
most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be
holy unto thee.
[11] And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to
thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. [12] All the best of the oil,
and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them
which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
[13] And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto
the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat
of it.
[14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. [15] Every thing that
openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it
be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man
shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou
redeem.
[16] And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. [17] But the firstling of
a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt
not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar,
and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour
unto the LORD. [18] And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave
breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
[19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of
Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy
daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for
ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. [20] And the LORD
spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither
shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance
among the children of Israel. [21] And, behold, I have given the children
of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which
they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. [22]
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of
the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. [23] But the Levites shall
do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear
their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations,
that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
[24] But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I
have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no
inheritance.
[25] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [26] Thus speak unto the
Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the
tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall
offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the
tithe.
[27] And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
[28] Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give
thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. [29] Out of all your
gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best
thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. [30] Therefore thou
shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it
shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor,
and as the increase of the winepress. [31] And ye shall eat it in every
place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in
the tabernacle of the congregation. [32] And ye shall bear no sin by reason
of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute
the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Numbers 19
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, [2] This is the
ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein
is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: [3] And ye shall give her
unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and
one shall slay her before his face: [4] And Eleazar the priest shall take
of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the
tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
[5] And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: [6] And the priest shall take
cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the
burning of the heifer. [7] Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he
shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp,
and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
[8] And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. [9] And a man that is
clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the
camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the
children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
[10] And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel,
and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
[11] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
[12] He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh
day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean.
[13] Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul
shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not
sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
[14] This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. [15] And
every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
[16] And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean
seven days.
[17] And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a
vessel:
[18] And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one
dead, or a grave:
[19] And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day,
and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
[20] But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that
soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled
the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled
upon him; he is unclean.
[21] And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth
the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the
water of separation shall be unclean until even. [22] And whatsoever the
unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it
shall be unclean until even.

Numbers 20
[1] Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the
desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and
Miriam died there, and was buried there.
[2] And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. [3] And the people
chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the LORD! [4] And why have ye brought up the
congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle
should die there? [5] And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of
Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of
figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
[6] And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. [7] And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, [8] Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together,
thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes;
and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water
out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts
drink. [9] And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded
him. [10] And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the
rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water
out of this rock?
[11] And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and
their beasts also.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. [13]
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with
the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. [14] And Moses sent messengers
from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou
knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: [15] How our fathers went
down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians
vexed us, and our fathers: [16] And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard
our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and,
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: [17] Let
us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the
fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the
wells: we will go by the king's highway, we will not turn to the right hand
nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. [18] And Edom said unto
him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the
sword.
[19] And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way:
and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will
only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. [20] And he
said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much
people, and with a strong hand. [21] Thus Edom refused to give Israel
passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of
the land of Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye
rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. [25] Take Aaron and
Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: [26] And strip Aaron of
his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be
gathered unto his people, and shall die there. [27] And Moses did as the
LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the
congregation.
[28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and
Eleazar came down from the mount.
[29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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