Exodus 17:8-19:15 8 Amalek came
and attacked
Israel in Rephidim.
9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our
men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
10 So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;
and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 Whenever Moses would raise his hands,
then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest
his hands, then Amalek prevailed.
12 When
the hands of Moses became heavy,
they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other,
and so his hands were steady
until the sun went down.
13 So Joshua destroyed
Amalek and his army
with the sword.
14 The
Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in the
book, and rehearse
it in Joshua’s hearing;
for I will surely wipe out
the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven.
15 Moses built an altar, and he called it “The
Lord is my Banner,”
16 for he said, “For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the
Lord – that the
Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
1 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that
the
Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
3 and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses
had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”),
4 and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said,
“The God of my father has been my help
and delivered
me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’
sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by
the mountain of God.
6 He said
to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.”
7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him;
they each asked about the other’s welfare, and then they went into the tent.
8 Moses told his father-in-law all that the
Lord had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel’s sake, and all the hardship
that had come on them
along the way, and how
the
Lord had delivered them.
9 Jethro rejoiced
because of all the good that the
Lord had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt.
10 Jethro said, “Blessed
be the
Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control!
11 Now I know that the
Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”
12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought
a burnt offering and sacrifices for God,
and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food
with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
13 On the next day
Moses sat to judge
the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.
14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this
that you are doing for the people?
Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”
15 Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire
of God.
16 When they have a dispute,
it comes to me and I decide
between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.”
17 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What
you are doing is not good!
18 You will surely wear out,
both you and these people who are with you, for this is too
heavy a burden
for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.
19 Now listen to me,
I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God,
and you bring
their disputes
to God;
20 warn
them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk
and the work they must do.
21 But you choose
from the people capable men,
God-fearing,
men of truth,
those who hate bribes,
and put them over the people
as rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
22 They will judge
the people under normal circumstances,
and every difficult case
they will bring to you, but every small case
they themselves will judge, so that
you may make it easier for yourself,
and they will bear the burden
with you.
23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you,
then you will be able
to endure,
and all these people
will be able to go
home
satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to
his father-in-law and did everything he had said.
25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring
to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way,
and so Jethro
went
to his own land.
1 In the third month after the Israelites went out
from the land of Egypt, on the very day,
they came to the Desert of Sinai.
2 After they journeyed
from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
3 Moses
went up to God, and the
Lord called to him from the mountain, “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people
of Israel:
4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings
and brought you to myself.
5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me
and keep
my covenant, then you will be my
special possession
out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
6 and you will be to me
a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation.’
These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
7 So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the
Lord had commanded him,
8 and all the people answered together, “All that the
Lord has commanded we will do!”
So Moses brought the words of the people back to the
Lord.
9 The
Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come
to you in a dense cloud,
so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.”
And Moses told the words of the people to the
Lord.
10 The
Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them
today and tomorrow, and make them wash
their clothes
11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the
Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
12 You must set boundaries
for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed
to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!
13 No hand will touch him
– but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being;
he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may
go up on the mountain.”
14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”
Context (NET) Matthew 22:34-23:12 34 Now when the Pharisees
heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,
they assembled together.
35 And one of them, an expert in religious law,
asked him a question to test
him:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
37 Jesus
said to him, “‘
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest
commandment.
39 The second is like it: ‘
Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 All the law and the prophets depend
on these two commandments.”
41 While
the Pharisees
were assembled, Jesus asked them a question:
42 “What do you think about the Christ?
Whose son is he?” They said, “The son of David.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
44 ‘
The Lord said to my lord, “
Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
45 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
46 No one
was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
2 “The
experts in the law
and the Pharisees
sit on Moses’ seat.
3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.
4 They
tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
5 They
do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries
wide and their tassels
long.
6 They
love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
7 and elaborate greetings
in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
9 And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.
11 The
greatest among you will be your servant.
12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Context (NET) [Psalm 27:7-14 7 Hear me,
O
Lord, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!
8 My heart tells me to pray to you,
and I do pray to you, O
Lord.
9 Do not reject me!
Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer!
Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
10 Even if my father and mother abandoned me,
the
Lord would take me in.
11 Teach me how you want me to live;
lead me along a level path
because of those who wait to ambush me!
12 Do not turn me over to my enemies,
for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the
Lord’s favor in the land of the living?
14 Rely
on the
Lord! Be strong and confident!
Rely on the
Lord!
Context (NET) Proverbs 6:27-35 27 Can a man hold
fire
against his chest
without
burning his clothes?
28 Can
a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 So it is with
the one who has sex with
his neighbor’s wife; no one
who touches
her will escape
punishment.
30 People
do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need
when he is hungry.
31 Yet
if he is caught
he must repay
seven times over, he might even have to give
all the wealth of his house.
32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom,
whoever does it destroys his own life.
33 He will be beaten and despised,
and his reproach will not be wiped away;
34 for jealousy kindles
a husband’s
rage, and he will not show mercy
when he takes revenge.
35 He will not consider
any compensation;
he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
Context (NET)
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