Mar 14th

“Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time.

On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its judgments.”

So Moses told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover.

And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

But there were some men who were unclean because of a dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; so they came near before Moses and Aaron on that day.

And those men said to him, “We are unclean because of a dead person. But why are we restrained from bringing near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”

Moses therefore said to them, “Wait, and I will listen to what Yahweh will command concerning you.”

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to Yahweh.

In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

They shall leave none of it until morning nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall celebrate it.

But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet neglects to celebrate the Passover, that person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not bring near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin.

If a sojourner sojourns among you and celebrates the Passover to Yahweh, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its judgment, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native of the land.’ ”

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Now whenever the cloud would go up from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.

At the command of Yahweh the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of Yahweh they would camp; as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the charge of Yahweh and not set out.

If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the command of Yahweh they remained camped. Then according to the command of Yahweh they set out.

If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, dwelling above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

At the command of Yahweh they camped, and at the command of Yahweh they set out; they kept the charge of Yahweh, according to the command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

Yahweh spoke further to Moses, saying,

“Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.

So both will be blown, and all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.

Then you will blow an alarm the second time, and the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.

When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow without sounding an alarm.

The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

Now when you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before Yahweh your God and be saved from your enemies.

Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a remembrance of you before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”

Now it happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;

and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

So they moved out for the first time according to the command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah, according to their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,

and Nethanel the son of Zuar, over the tribal army of the sons of Issachar;

and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.

Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.

Next the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,

and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon,

and Eliasaph the son of Deuel over the tribal army of the sons of Gad.

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,

and Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur over the tribal army of the sons of Manasseh;

and Abidan the son of Gideoni over the tribal army of the sons of Benjamin.

Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, according to their armies, which formed the rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army,

and Pagiel the son of Ochran over the tribal army of the sons of Asher;

and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali.

This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.

Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us and we will do you good, for Yahweh has promised good concerning Israel.”

But he said to him, “I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and kin.”

Then he said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

So it will be, if you go with us, that whatever good Yahweh does for us, we will do for you.”

Thus they set out from the mount of Yahweh three days’ journey, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh journeying in front of them for the three days, to spy out a resting place for them.

Now the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Then it happened when the ark set out that Moses said,

And when it came to rest, he said,

And a young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.

But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

Then they led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together.

And Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying,

“We ourselves heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”

And not even in this way was their testimony consistent.

And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?”

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him and *said to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

And tearing his tunics, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?

You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

And some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out into the entryway.

And when the servant-girl saw him, she began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”

But again he was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean.”

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said the statement to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And throwing himself down, he began to cry.