Today’s readings:-
NEW TESTAMENT: Matthew 21:23-46
OLD TESTAMENT: Exodus 29,30
– Begin of daily reading for Feb 2 – Day 033
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 21:23-46
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The Withered Fig Tree (continuation)
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things (By what [kind of] authority are You doing these things)? and who gave thee (you) this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye (you) tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it (from where did it come)? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye (you) not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things (Neither will I tell you by what [kind of] authority I do these things).
PARABLE: The Two Sons
28 But what think ye (But what do you think)? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard (a plantation of grapevines).
(NOTE: vineyard = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain (the two) did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith (said) unto them, Verily (Truly) I say unto you, That the publicans (tax collectors) and the harlots (prostitute) go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye (you) believed him not: but the publicans (tax collectors) and the harlots (prostitute) believed him: and ye (you), when ye (you) had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye (you) might believe him.
PARABLE: The Vineyard
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder (landowner), which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about (and put a wall around it), and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
(NOTE: winepress = A press in which grapes are squeezed in making wine)
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen (tenants), that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen (tenants) took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen (tenants) saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew (killed) him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh (When the owner of the vineyard comes back), what will he do unto those husbandmen (tenants)?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen (tenants), which shall render him (giving him back) the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus saith (said) unto them, Did ye (you) never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof (of that).
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived (understood) that he spake (spoke) of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude (crowd), because they took him for a prophet.
OLD TESTAMENT
Exodus 29
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Anointing of Priests
29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do (you shall do) unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office (to consecrate Aaron and his sons so that they may serve Me as priests): Take one young bullock (bull), and two rams without blemish (flaw),
(NOTE: consecrate = Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose)
2 And unleavened bread (bread made without the yeast), and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou (shall you) make them.
3 And thou shalt (you shall) put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock (bull) and the two rams.
4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt (you shall) bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt (shall) wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt (you shall) take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod (a type of apron that worn by the High Priest of Israel), and the breastplate, and gird (secure, tie) him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
6 And thou shalt (you shall) put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre (the headdress / turban worn by the high priest).
7 Then shalt thou (shall you) take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
8 And thou shalt (you shall) bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
9 And thou shalt (you shall) gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets (hat) on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute (a fixed law): and thou shalt (you shall) consecrate (ordain) Aaron and his sons.
The Bullock (Bull)
10 And thou shalt (you shall) cause a bullock (bull) to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
11 And thou shalt (you shall) kill the bullock (bull) before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
12 And thou shalt (you shall) take of the blood of the bullock (bull), and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
13 And thou shalt (you shall) take all the fat that covereth (covers) the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
14 But the flesh of the bullock (bull), and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou (shall you) burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
The First Ram
15 Thou shalt (you shall) also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
16 And thou shalt (you shall) slay (kill) the ram, and thou shalt (you shall) take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
17 And thou shalt (you shall) cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
(NOTE: ram = An uncastrated male sheep)
18 And thou shalt (you shall) burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
The Second Ram
19 And thou shalt (you shall) take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
20 Then shalt thou (shall you) kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
21 And thou shalt (you shall) take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed (holy), and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
A Wave Offering
22 Also thou shalt (you shall) take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth (covers) the inwards, and the caul (the large fatty omentum covering the intestines) above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:
24 And thou shalt (you shall) put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt (shall) wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
25 And thou shalt (you shall) receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
26 And thou shalt (you shall) take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.
27 And thou shalt (you shall) sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
The Holy Garments
29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated (ordained) in them.
30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
The Flesh of the Consecration
31 And thou shalt (you shall) take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh (boil its meat) in the holy place.
(NOTE: consecration = The action of making or declaring something, typically a church, sacred; purification / sanctification / hallowing)
32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement (reparation, forgiveness), was made, to consecrate (ordain) and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt (you shall) burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35 And thus shalt thou do unto (therefore shall you do to) Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee (you): seven days shalt thou consecrate them (shall you declare them sacred, holy).
Continual Sin Offering
36 And thou shalt (you shall) offer every day a bullock (bull) for a sin offering for atonement (reparation, forgiveness): and thou shalt (you shall) cleanse the altar, when thou hast (you have) made an atonement for it, and thou shalt (you shall) anoint it, to sanctify it.
37 Seven days thou shalt (you shall) make an atonement (reparation, forgiveness) for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth (touches ) the altar shall be holy.
Continual Burnt Offering
38 Now this is that which thou shalt (you shall) offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
39 The one lamb thou shalt (you shall) offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt (you shall) offer at even:
40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an (a) hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an (a) hin of wine for a drink offering.
(NOTE: hin = a Hebrew unit of liquid capacity equal to approximately 5.5 quarts (5 l))
41 And the other lamb thou shalt (you shall) offer at even, and shalt (shall) do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour (soothing aroma [to appease God]), an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee (to you).
43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.
I AM the LORD their God
45 And I will dwell (live) among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell (live) among them: I am the Lord their God.
Exodus 30
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The Incense Altar
30 And thou shalt (you shall) make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim (acacia) wood shalt thou (shall you) make it.
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
3 And thou shalt (you shall) overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt (you shall) make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
5 And thou shalt (you shall) make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou shalt (you shall) put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth (dresses) the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And when Aaron lighteth (lights) the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 Ye (You) shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye (you) pour drink offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement (reparation, forgiveness) upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement (reparation, forgiveness) upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.
The Atonement Offering
11 And the Lord spake unto (spoke to) Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest (you take) the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest (you number) them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest (you number) them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth (passes) among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
(NOTE: shekel = The basic monetary unit of modern Israel, equal to 100 agorot)
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14 Every one that passeth (passes) among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt (you shall) take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
The Brass Laver
17 And the Lord spake unto (spoke to) Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt (you shall) also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt (you shall) put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt (you shall) put water therein.
19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
The Holy Anointing Oil
22 Moreover the Lord spake unto (spoke to) Moses, saying,
23 Take thou (you) also unto thee (you) principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25 And thou shalt (you shall) make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
26 And thou shalt (you shall) anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
29 And thou shalt (you shall) sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth (touches) them shall be holy.
30 And thou shalt (you shall) anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate (ordain) them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
31 And thou shalt (you shall) speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an (a) holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye (you) make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
33 Whosoever compoundeth (compounds, mixes) any like it, or whosoever putteth (puts) any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
The Sweet Incense
34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee (you) sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
35 And thou shalt (you shall) make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary (perfumer), tempered together, pure and holy:
36 And thou shalt (you shall) beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt (you shall) make, ye (you) shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee (you) holy for the Lord.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
– End of daily reading for Feb 2 – Day 033
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): Matthew (28 Chapters) (Original language: Greek)
Timeline: Between 50 and 70 A.D.
Author: Matthew, also called Levi.
Objective / Purpose: The purpose of this book is to present Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach) as the Jewish Messiah, sent by God to fulfil the Old Testament prophecies.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: Jewish Christians who speak Greek.
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Exodus (40 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Between 1446 and 1406 B.C.
Author: Despite the absence of the author’s name, it is traditionally assumed to be Moses.
Objective / Purpose: This book was written because:-
1) God desired for His people to know who He was.
2) God wanted them to understand that He would free them from Egyptian slavery.
3) God intended to use Moses to guide them to the promised land and to make a covenant with them in the wilderness.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The Israelites.
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
1) The Withered Fig Tree (continuation)
2) PARABLE: The Two Sons
3) PARABLE: The Vineyard
OLD TESTAMENT:-
Exodus 29:-
1) Anointing of Priests
2) The First Ram
3) The Second Ram
4) A Wave Offering
5) The Holy Garments
6) The Flesh of the Consecration
7) Continual Sin Offering
8) Continual Burnt Offering
9) I AM the LORD their God
Exodus 30:-
1) The Incense Altar
2) The Atonement Offering
3) The Brass Laver
4) The Holy Anointing Oil
5) The Sweet Incense
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Matthew 21:23-46: 1) The Withered Fig Tree (continuation) 2) PARABLE: The Two Sons 3) PARABLE: The Vineyard
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Exodus 29,30: 1) Anointing of Priests 2) The First Ram 3) The Second Ram 4) A Wave Offering 5) The Holy Garments 6) The Flesh of the Consecration 7) Continual Sin Offering 8) Continual Burnt Offering 9) I AM the LORD their God 10) The Incense Altar 11) The Atonement Offering 12) The Brass Laver 13) The Holy Anointing Oil 14) The Sweet Incense
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consecrate meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: consecrate = Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose)
consecration meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: consecration = The action of making or declaring something, typically a church, sacred; purification / sanctification / hallowing)
ram meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: ram = An uncastrated male sheep)
shekel meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: shekel = The basic monetary unit of modern Israel, equal to 100 agorot)
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vineyard meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: vineyard = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)
winepress meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: winepress = A press in which grapes are squeezed in making wine)
THE ORGINAL HEBREW NAME OF THE MESSIAH
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