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Old Testament:  Leviticus 15-16

Leviticus 15

Bodily Discharges
 1  The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,  2  "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
  "Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.  3  This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.  4  Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.  5  So if you touch the man's bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  6  If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  7  If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  8  If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  9  Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.  10  If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  11  If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  12  Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
   13  "When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.  14  On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle [14]  and give his offerings to the priest.  15  The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify [15]  the man before the LORD for his discharge.
   16  "Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening. [16]   17  Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.  18  After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.
   19  "Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.  20  Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.  21  If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  22  If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.  23  This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.  24  If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.
   25  "If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.  26  Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.  27  If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
   28  "When the woman's bleeding stops, she must count off seven days. Then she will be ceremonially clean.  29  On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.  30  The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.
   31  "This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.  32  These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen  33  or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean."

Leviticus 16

The Day of Atonement
 1  The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, who died after they entered the LORD's presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him.  2  The LORD said to Moses, "Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.
   3  "When Aaron enters the sanctuary area, he must follow these instructions fully. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.  4  He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on.  5  Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
   6  "Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. [6]   7  Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. [7]   8  He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the LORD and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel.  9  Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD.  10  The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD. [10] 
   11  "Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering,  12  he will fill an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that stands before the LORD. Then he will take two handfuls of fragrant powdered incense and will carry the burner and the incense behind the inner curtain.  13  There in the LORD's presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. [13]  If he follows these instructions, he will not die.  14  Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.
   15  "Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat's blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull's blood.  16  Through this process, he will purify [16]  the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.  17  No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the LORD.
   18  "Then Aaron will come out to purify the altar that stands before the LORD. He will do this by taking some of the blood from the bull and the goat and putting it on each of the horns of the altar.  19  Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel's defilement and make it holy.
   20  "When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.  21  He will lay both of his hands on the goat's head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people's sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness.  22  As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people's sins upon itself into a desolate land.
   23  "When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments he was wearing when he entered the Most Holy Place, and he must leave the garments there.  24  Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the LORD.  25  He must then burn all the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
   26  "The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.
   27  "The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals' hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned.  28  The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water before returning to the camp.
   29  "On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, [29]  you must deny yourselves. [29]  Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.  30  On that day offerings of purification will be made for you, [30]  and you will be purified in the LORD's presence from all your sins.  31  It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.  32  In future generations, the purification [32]  ceremony will be performed by the priest who has been anointed and ordained to serve as high priest in place of his ancestor Aaron. He will put on the holy linen garments  33  and purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation.  34  "This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel from their sins, making them right with the LORD once each year." Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the LORD had commanded him.
<<  15:14 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 15:29.
<<  15:15 Or will make atonement for; also in 15:30.
<<  15:16 Hebrew until evening; also in 15:18.
<<  16:6 Or to make atonement for himself and his family; similarly in 16:11, 17b, 24, 34.
<<  16:7 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 16:16, 17, 20, 23, 33.
<<  16:10 Or wilderness, it will make atonement for the people.
<<  16:13 Hebrew that is above the Testimony. The Hebrew word for "testimony" refers to the terms of the L<%=ftSC%>ORD's covenant with Israel as written on stone tablets, which were kept in the Ark, and also to the covenant itself.
<<  16:16 Or make atonement for; similarly in 16:17a, 18, 20, 27, 33.
<<  16:29a Hebrew On the tenth day of the seventh month. This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in September or October. 16:29b Or must fast; also in 16:31.
<<  16:30 Or atonement will be made for you, to purify you.
<<  16:32 Or atonement.

New Testament:  Matthew 27:1-26

Matthew 27 : 1-26

Judas Hangs Himself
 1  Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.  2  Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
   3  When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.  4  "I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man."
  "What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."
   5  Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
   6  The leading priests picked up the coins. "It wouldn't be right to put this money in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it was payment for murder." [6]   7  After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter's field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.  8  That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.  9  This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says,

"They took [9]  the thirty pieces of silver—
  the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,
 10  and purchased the potter's field,
  as the LORD directed. [10] "

Jesus' Trial before Pilate
 11  Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. "Are you the king of the Jews?" the governor asked him. Jesus replied, "You have said it."    12  But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.  13  "Don't you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?" Pilate demanded.  14  But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor's surprise.
   15  Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.  16  This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas. [16]   17  As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"  18  (He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
   19  Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: "Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night."
   20  Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.  21  So the governor asked again, "Which of these two do you want me to release to you?"
  The crowd shouted back, "Barabbas!"
   22  Pilate responded, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?"
  They shouted back, "Crucify him!"
   23  "Why?" Pilate demanded. "What crime has he committed?"
  But the mob roared even louder, "Crucify him!"
   24  Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. The responsibility is yours!"
   25  And all the people yelled back, "We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!" [25] 
   26  So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.

<<  27:6 Greek since it is the price for blood.
<<  27:9 Or I took.
<<  27:9-10 Greek as the L<%=ftSC%>ORD directed me. Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9.
<<  27:16 Some manuscripts read Jesus Barabbas; also in 27:17.
<<  27:25 Greek "His blood be on us and on our children."

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