Numbers 29 - 30, Romans 10, Psalm 104

The Various Offerings of the Seventh Month

29‘^aNow in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; ^byou shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. ²‘And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without blemish; ³also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ¹ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, ⁴and one-tenth for ¹each of the seven lambs. ⁵‘And offer one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, ⁶^abesides the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, and the ^bcontinual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their legal judgment, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

⁷‘Then on ^athe tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work. ⁸‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh as a soothing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, ^ahaving them without blemish; ⁹and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ¹ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, ¹⁰a tenth for each of the seven lambs; ¹¹one male goat for a sin offering, besides ^athe sin offering of atonement and ^bthe continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings.

¹²‘Then on ^athe fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you ^bshall do no laborious work, and you shall celebrate a feast to Yahweh for seven days. ¹³‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without blemish; ¹⁴and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ¹ephah for ²each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for ³each of the two rams, ¹⁵and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; ¹⁶and one male goat for a sin offering, ^abesides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

¹⁷‘Then on ^athe second day: twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; ¹⁸and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number ^aaccording to the legal judgment; ¹⁹and one male goat for a sin offering, ^abesides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings.

²⁰‘Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; ²¹and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ²²and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

²³‘Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; ²⁴their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ²⁵and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

²⁶‘Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old ^awithout blemish; ²⁷and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ²⁸and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

²⁹‘Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; ³⁰and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ³¹and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offerings.

³²‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; ³³and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ³⁴and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

³⁵‘^aOn the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work. ³⁶‘But you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish; ³⁷their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; ³⁸and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

³⁹‘You shall offer these to Yahweh at your ^aappointed times, besides your ¹votive offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.’” ⁴⁰¹And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

The Statutes for Vows

30Then Moses spoke to ^athe heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which Yahweh has commanded. ²“^aIf a man makes a vow to Yahweh or swears an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

³“Also if a woman makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by an obligation in her father’s house in her youth, ⁴and her father hears her vow and her obligation by which she has bound herself, and her father ¹says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation by which she has bound herself shall stand. ⁵“But if her father should forbid her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and Yahweh will pardon her because her father had forbidden her.

⁶“However, if she should ¹marry while ²under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself, ⁷and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand, and her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand. ⁸“But if, on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which ¹she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and Yahweh will pardon her.

⁹“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. ¹⁰“However, if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by an obligation with an oath, ¹¹and her husband heard it but said nothing to her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation by which she bound herself shall stand. ¹²“But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and Yahweh will pardon her.

¹³“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may cause it to stand, or her husband may annul it. ¹⁴“But if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he causes all her vows or all her obligations which are on her to stand; he has caused them to stand because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them. ¹⁵“But if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”

¹⁶These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, as between a man and his wife, and as between a father and his daughter, while she is in her youth in her father’s house.

10Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. ²For I testify about them that they have ^aa zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³For not knowing about the ^arighteousness of God and ^bseeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴For ^aChrist is the ¹end of the law for righteousness to ^beveryone who believes.

Faith Comes by Hearing

⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of law: “^aThe man who does these things shall live by them.” ⁶But ^athe righteousness of faith speaks in this way: “^bDo not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), ⁷or ‘Who will go down into the ^aabyss?’ (that is, to ^bbring Christ up from the dead).” ⁸But what does it say? “^aThe word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, ⁹¹that ^aif you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and ^bbelieve in your heart that ^cGod raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰for with the heart a person believes, ¹leading to righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, ²leading to salvation. ¹¹For the Scripture says, “^aWhoever believes upon Him will not be put to shame.” ¹²For ^athere is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is ^bLord of ^call, abounding in riches for all who call on Him, ¹³for “^aWhoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

¹⁴How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him ^awhom they have not heard? And how will they hear without ^ba preacher? ¹⁵And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “^aHow beautiful are the feet of those who ^bproclaim good news of good things!”

¹⁶However, they ^adid not all heed the ¹good news, for Isaiah says, “^bLord, who has believed our report?” ¹⁷So faith comes from ^ahearing, and hearing by ^bthe word ¹of Christ.

¹⁸But I say, have they never heard? On the contrary, they have; “^aTheir voice has gone out into all the earth,And their words to the ends of the ¹world.”

¹⁹But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, “^aI will ^bmake you jealous by that which is not a nation,By a nation without understanding will I anger you.”

²⁰And Isaiah is very bold and says, “^aI was found by those who did not seek Me,I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

²¹But as for Israel He says, “^aAll day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

104^aBless Yahweh, O my soul!O Yahweh my God, You are very great;You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,²Wrapping Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,^bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;²He sets up the ^bclouds to be His chariot;³He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;⁴¹He makes His ²angels ^athe winds,His ministers flaming ^bfire.⁵He ^afounded the earth upon its place,So that it will not ¹shake forever and ever.⁶You ^acovered it with the deep as with a garment;The waters were standing above the mountains.⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went downTo the ^aplace which You founded for them.⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,So that they will not return to cover the earth.¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;They flow between the mountains;¹¹They ^agive water to every beast of the field;The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.¹²Above them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;They give forth their voices among the branches.¹³¹He ^agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,And ^bvegetation for man’s ³cultivation,To bring forth ⁴food ^cfrom the earth,¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,^bTo make his face glisten more than oil,And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,The ^bstork’s home is in the ¹fir trees.¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ¹^,^cshephanim.¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.²⁰You ^aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ^ccreep about.²¹The ^ayoung lions roar to go after their preyAnd to ^bseek their food from God.²²When the sun rises they gather togetherAnd lie down in their ^adens.²³Man goes forth to ^ahis workAnd to his labor until evening.²⁴How ^anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.²⁵This is the ^asea, great and ¹broad,There the creeping things are without number,Creatures both small and great.²⁶There the ^aships move along,And ¹^,^bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.²⁷They all ^await for YouTo ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they breathe their lastAnd ^creturn to their dust.³⁰You send forth Your ¹^,^aSpirit, they are created;And You renew the face of the ground.³¹Let the ^aglory of Yahweh endure forever;Let Yahweh ^bbe glad in His works;³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.³³¹I will sing to Yahweh ^athroughout my life;²I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.³⁴Let my ^amusing be pleasing to Him;As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in Yahweh.³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earthAnd let the ^bwicked be no more.^cBless Yahweh, O my soul.¹^,^dPraise Yah!