Tuesday 29 July 2025

7Now Moses used to take the tentand pitch it outside the camp,far away from the camp,and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.”Everyone who sought the Lord went out to the Tent of Meeting,which was outside the camp.8When Moses went out to the Tent,all the people rose up,and stood, everyone at their tent door,and watched Moses,until he had gone into the Tent.9When Moses entered into the Tent,the pillar of cloud descended,stood at the door of the Tent,and the Lord spoke with Moses.10All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent,and all the people rose up and worshiped,everyone at their tent door.11The Lord spoke to Moses face to face,as a man speaks to his friend.He turned again into the camp,but his servant Joshua,the son of Nun, a young man,didn’t depart from the Tent.· · · some verses are not read5The Lord descended in the cloud,and stood with him there,and proclaimed the Lord’s name.6The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord!The Lord, a merciful and gracious God,slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,7keeping loving kindness for thousands,forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin;and who will by no means clear the guilty,visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,and on the children’s children,on the third and on the fourth generation.”

8Moses hurriedand bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.9He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight,Lord, please let the Lord go among us,even though this is a stiff-necked people;pardon our iniquity and our sin,and take us for your inheritance.”

· · · verses 10–27 are not read28He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;he neither ate bread, nor drank water.He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant,the ten commandments.

6The Lord executes righteous acts,and justice for all who are oppressed.7He made known his ways to Moses,his deeds to the children of Israel.

8The Lord is merciful and gracious,slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.9He will not always accuse;neither will he stay angry forever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,nor repaid us for our iniquities.11For as the heavens are high above the earth,so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

12As far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us.13Like a father has compassion on his children,so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary,to console them concerning their brother.20Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,she went and met him,but Mary stayed in the house.21Therefore Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you would have been here,my brother wouldn’t have died.22Even now I know that whatever you ask of God,God will give you.”

23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24Martha said to him,“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.26Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.Do you believe this?”

27She said to him, “Yes, Lord.I have come to believe that you are the Christ,God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”