The Seven Lamps

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” 3 And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And ⁱthis was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

Cleansing of the Levites

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. 7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the ^jwater of purification upon them, and ^klet them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and ^lits grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, ^mand you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. 9 ⁿAnd you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting ^oand assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. 10 When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel ^pshall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the Lord. 12 Then the Levites ^qshall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer ^rthe one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as ^sa wave offering to the Lord.

14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and ^tthe Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a ^swave offering. 16 For they are ^uwholly given to me from among the people of Israel. ^vInstead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 ^wFor all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself, 18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel. 19 ^uAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and ^xto make atonement for the people of Israel, ^ythat there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. 21 And ^zthe Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and ^aAaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

Retirement of the Levites

23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This applies to the Levites: ^bfrom twenty-five years old and upward they¹ shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more. 26 They minister² to their brothers in the tent of meeting ^cby keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”

The Passover Celebrated

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, ^din the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 ^eOn the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” 4 So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did. 6 And there were certain men who were ^funclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and ^gthey came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord’s ^hoffering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?” 8 And Moses said to them, “Wait, that ⁱI may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 ^jIn the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. ^kThey shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 ^lThey shall leave none of it until the morning, ^mnor break any of its bones; ⁿaccording to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, ^othat person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord’s ^poffering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. ^qYou shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.”

The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle

15 ^rOn the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And ^sat evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day³ and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud ^tlifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped. 18 At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord they camped. ^uAs long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. 19 Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel ^vkept the charge of the Lord and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the Lord they remained in camp; then according to the command of the Lord they set out. 21 And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning. And when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud lifted they set out. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel ^wremained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out. 23 At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. ^vThey kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by Moses.

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

To the choirmaster: with ^vstringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ^pthe Jews¹ were seeking to kill him. 2 Now ^qthe Jews’ Feast of ^rBooths was at hand. 3 ^sSo his brothers² said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^tshow yourself to the world.” 5 ^uFor not even ^vhis brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, ^w“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but ^xit hates me because I testify about it that ^yits works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not³ going up to this feast, for ^zmy time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after ^ahis brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 ^bThe Jews ^cwere looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much ^dmuttering about him among the people. ^eWhile some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, ^fhe is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet ^gfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up ^hinto the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore ⁱmarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,⁴ when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, ^j“My teaching is not mine, but his ^kwho sent me. 17 ^lIf anyone’s will is to do God’s⁵ will, ^mhe will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ⁿam speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority ^oseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 ^pHas not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. ^qWhy do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, ^r“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did ^sone work, and you all marvel at it. 22 ^tMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^ufrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^vare you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? 24 ^wDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^xthey seek to kill? 26 And here he is, ^yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But ^awe know ^bwhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^cno one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, ^das he taught in the temple, ^a“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^eI have not come of my own accord. ^fHe who sent me is true, ^gand him you do not know. 29 ^hI know him, for I come ⁱfrom him, and ^jhe sent me.” 30 ^kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but ^lno one laid a hand on him, ^mbecause his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet ⁿmany of the people believed in him. They said, ^o“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd ^pmuttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ^qofficers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, ^r“I will be with you a little longer, and then ^sI am going to him who sent me. 34 ^tYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^uDoes he intend to go to ^vthe Dispersion among ^wthe Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ^x‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

37 ^yOn the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^z“If anyone thirsts, let him ^acome to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, ^bas⁶ the Scripture has said, ^c‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^dliving water.’” 39 Now ^ethis he said about the Spirit, ^fwhom those who believed in him were to receive, ^gfor as yet the Spirit had not been ^hgiven, ⁱbecause Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, ^jsome of the people said, “This really is ^kthe Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is ^lthe Christ.” But some said, ^m“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ⁿfrom the offspring of David, and comes ^ofrom Bethlehem, the village ^pwhere David was?” 43 So there was ^qa division among the people over him. 44 ^rSome of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 ^sThe officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, ^t“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, ^u“Have you also been deceived? 48 ^vHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 ^wNicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 ^x“Does our law judge a man without first ^ygiving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, ^z“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^ano prophet arises from Galilee.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]⁷

The Woman Caught in Adultery

53 [[They went each to his own house,