12 verses
16"'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. 17Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. 18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
19"'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity for seven days. Whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20"'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean. 21Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 22Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 23If it is on the bed, or on anything she sits on, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
24"'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed he lies on shall be unclean.
25"'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period. She is unclean. 26Every bed she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period. Everything she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period. 27Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
31 verses
For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens!
2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
4what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
5For you have made him a little lower than God,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 9Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.
1I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
4For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
12For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death,
14that I may declare all your praise.
I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation.
selah.
17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20Put them in fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are only men.
selah.
21 verses
1Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved." 2So when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the ambassadors and elders about this question. 3They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers. 4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the ambassadors and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.
5But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
6The ambassadors and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter. 7When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News and believe. 8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us. 9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. 10So now why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
12All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them. 13After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me. 14Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name. 15This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written, 16'After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up, 17that the rest of men may seek after ForeverOne: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says ForeverOne, who does all these things.
18All of God's acts are known to him from eternity.' 19So my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God, 20but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. 21For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
