Feb 23rd

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it.

For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is brought near to Yahweh, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people.

And you shall not eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your places of habitation.

Any person who eats any blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘He who brings the sacrifice of his peace offerings near to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to Yahweh. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before Yahweh.

And the priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.

And you shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

The one among the sons of Aaron who brings near the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion.

For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as a perpetual statute taken from the sons of Israel.

‘This is the share for Aaron and the share for his sons from the offerings by fire to Yahweh, in that day when he brought them near to minister as priests to Yahweh.

These Yahweh had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed them. It is a perpetual statute throughout their generations.’ ”

This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering and the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings,

which Yahweh commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to bring their offerings near to Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai.

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread,

and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.”

So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him. Then the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,

and Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to do.”

Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and washed them with water.

And he put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him.

He then placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.

He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it and set them apart as holy.

And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the laver and its stand, to set them apart as holy.

Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to set him apart as holy.

Next Moses brought Aaron’s sons near and clothed them with tunics and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

Next Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger put some of it around on the horns of the altar and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and set it apart as holy, to make atonement for it.

He also took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.

But the bull and its hide and its flesh and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Then he brought near the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Then Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood around on the altar.

And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

And he washed the entrails and the legs with water. Then Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Then he brought near the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

And Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

He also brought Aaron’s sons near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then splashed the rest of the blood around on the altar.

And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.

From the basket of unleavened bread that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and he placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh.

He then put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and waved them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

Then Moses took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh.

Moses also took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before Yahweh; it was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

So Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he set Aaron apart as holy, his garments and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

And the remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in the fire.

And you shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days.

Yahweh has commanded to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf.

At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and keep the charge of Yahweh, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded.”

Thus Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh had commanded through Moses.

And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

And one of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet

and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come, that by coming, You may lay Your hands on her, so that she will be saved and live.”

And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

And a woman—who had a hemorrhage for twelve years

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His garment.

For she was saying, “If I just touch His garments, I will be saved from this.”

And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she knew within her body that she had been healed of her affliction.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched My garments?”

And His disciples were saying to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

And He was looking around to see the woman who had done this.

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.”

While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”

But Jesus, overhearing what had been spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid, only believe.”

And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

And they *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly crying and wailing.

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and crying? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was.

And taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”).

And immediately the little girl stood up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that some food should be given to her to eat.