¹ And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;

² a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof -- square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.

³ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.

⁴ And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it under its border; by its two corners shalt thou make [them], on the two sides thereof; and they shall be for receptacles for the staves, with which to carry it.

⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

⁶ And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.

⁸ And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense -- a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

⁹ Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.

¹⁰ And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year: with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it, once in the year, throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah.

¹¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹² When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to those of them that are numbered, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah on their being numbered, that there be no plague among them on their being numbered.

¹³ This shall they give -- every one that passeth among them that are numbered -- half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, -- twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah.

¹⁴ Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the heave-offering of Jehovah.

¹⁵ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

¹⁶ And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and devote it to the service of the tent of meeting; and it shall be a memorial to the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁸ Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, and its stand of copper, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

¹⁹ And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet out of it.

²⁰ When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they come near to the altar to serve, to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.

²¹ And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.

²² And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²³ And thou, take best spices -- of liquid myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon the half -- two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty,

²⁴ and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

²⁵ and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.

²⁶ And thou shalt anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

²⁷ and the table and all its utensils, and the lamp-stand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

²⁸ and the altar of burnt-offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

²⁹ And thou shalt hallow them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.

³⁰ And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint, and shalt hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

³¹ And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, A holy anointing oil shall this be unto me throughout your generations.

³² Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any] like it, after the preparation of it: it is holy -- holy shall it be unto you.

³³ Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon any strange thing, shall be cut off from his peoples.

³⁴ And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs -- stacte, and onycha, and galbanum -- fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.

³⁵ And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.

³⁶ And thou shalt beat [some] of it to powder, and put [some] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

³⁷ And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.

³⁸ Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples.

¹ In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

² "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

³ If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

⁴ His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

⁵ He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

⁶ He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

⁷ They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.

⁸ They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

⁹ Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

¹⁰ Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

¹² He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

¹³ He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.

¹⁴ They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

¹⁵ He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

¹⁶ They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."

¹⁷ Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

¹⁸ Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."

²⁰ "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."

²¹ He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

²² He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.

²³ He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴ He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."

²⁵ Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.

²⁶ He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."

²⁷ Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

²⁸ They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

²⁹ He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

³⁰ He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

³¹ He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

³² He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

³³ But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

³⁴ He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

³⁶ For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

³⁷ For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

³⁸ For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."