The Priests' Garments

¹“Then bring near to you xAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, yNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²zAnd you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. ³You shall speak to all the askillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. ⁴These are the garments that they shall make: a bbreastpiece, an cephod, da robe, ea coat of checker work, ea turban, and ea sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. ⁵They shall receive fgold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

⁶g“And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. ⁷It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. ⁸And the hskillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. ⁹You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. ¹¹As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. ¹²And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And iAaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders jfor remembrance. ¹³You shall make settings of gold filigree, ¹⁴and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.

¹⁵k“You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. ¹⁶It shall be square and doubled, a span1 its length and a span its breadth. ¹⁷lYou shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius,2 topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; ¹⁸and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹⁹and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree. ²¹There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. ²²You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. ²³And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. ²⁴And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. ²⁵The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. ²⁶You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. ²⁷And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the mskillfully woven band of the ephod. ²⁸And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod. ²⁹nSo Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular oremembrance before the Lord. ³⁰And in the breastpiece of judgment pyou shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

³¹q“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. ³²It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment,3 so that it may not tear. ³³On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, ³⁴a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. ³⁵And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.

³⁶“You shall make ra plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, s‘Holy to the Lord.’ ³⁷And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. ³⁸It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall tbear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

³⁹“You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.

⁴⁰u“For Aaron's sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them vfor glory and beauty. ⁴¹And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall wanoint them and ordain them and xconsecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ⁴²You shall make for them ylinen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs; ⁴³and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they zbear guilt and die. aThis shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

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

¹⁰But after ahis brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. ¹¹bThe Jews cwere looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” ¹²And 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.” ¹³Yet gfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

¹⁴About the middle of the feast Jesus went up hinto the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵The Jews therefore imarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,4 when he has never studied?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them, j“My teaching is not mine, but his kwho sent me. ¹⁷lIf 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. ¹⁸The 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. ¹⁹pHas not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. qWhy do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰The crowd answered, r“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered them, “I did sone work, and you all marvel at it. ²²tMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ufrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³If 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? ²⁴wDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom xthey seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But awe know bwhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, cno one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So 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. ²⁹hI know him, for I come ifrom him, and jhe sent me.” ³⁰kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but lno one laid a hand on him, mbecause his hour had not yet come. ³¹Yet 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

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd pmuttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent qofficers to arrest him. ³³Jesus then said, r“I will be with you a little longer, and then sI am going to him who sent me. ³⁴tYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵The 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? ³⁶What 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

³⁷yOn 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. ³⁸Whoever believes in me, bas6 the Scripture has said, c‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of dliving water.’” ³⁹Now 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

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

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

A Father's Wise Instruction

¹fHear, O sons, a father's instruction,

and be attentive, that you may ggain1 insight,

²for I give you good hprecepts;

do not forsake my teaching.

³When I was a son with my father,

itender, jthe only one in the sight of my mother,

⁴he ktaught me and said to me,

l“Let your heart hold fast my words;

mkeep my commandments, and live.

⁵nGet wisdom; get ginsight;

do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

⁶Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;

olove her, and she will guard you.

⁷pThe beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,

and whatever you get, get ginsight.

⁸Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;

she will qhonor you rif you embrace her.

⁹She will place on your head sa graceful garland;

she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

¹⁰fHear, tmy son, and accept my words,

that uthe years of your life may be many.

¹¹I have vtaught you the way of wisdom;

I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

¹²When you walk, wyour step will not be hampered,

and xif you run, you will not stumble.

¹³yKeep hold of instruction; do not let go;

guard her, for she is your zlife.

¹⁴aDo not enter the path of the wicked,

and do not walk in the way of the evil.

¹⁵Avoid it; do not go on it;

turn away from it and pass on.

¹⁶For they bcannot sleep unless they have done wrong;

they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness

cand drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸But dthe path of the righteous is like ethe light of dawn,

which shines fbrighter and brighter until gfull day.

¹⁹hThe way of the wicked is like deep idarkness;

they do not know over what they jstumble.

²⁰kMy son, be attentive to my words;

incline your ear to my sayings.

²¹lLet them not escape from your sight;

mkeep them within your heart.

²²For they are nlife to those who find them,

and healing to all their2 flesh.

²³Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for ofrom it flow pthe springs of life.

²⁴Put away from you qcrooked speech,

and put rdevious talk far from you.

²⁵sLet your eyes look directly forward,

and your gaze be straight before you.

²⁶tPonder3 the path of your feet;

uthen all your ways will be sure.

²⁷vDo not swerve to the right or to the left;

turn your foot away from evil.

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

¹O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? zIt was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly aportrayed as crucified. ²Let me ask you only this: bDid you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by chearing with faith? ³Are you so foolish? dHaving begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by1 the flesh? ⁴eDid you suffer2 so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? ⁵Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and fworks miracles among you do so gby works of the law, or by hearing with faith— ⁶just as hAbraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

⁷Know then that it is ithose of faith who are jthe sons of Abraham. ⁸And the Scripture, foreseeing that kGod would justify3 the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, l“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁰For all who rely on works of the law are munder a curse; for it is written, n“Cursed be everyone who does not oabide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” ¹¹Now it is evident that pno one is justified before God by the law, for q“The righteous shall live by faith.”4 ¹²But the law is not of faith, rather r“The one who does them shall live by them.” ¹³Christ sredeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, t“Cursed is everyone who is hanged uon a tree”— ¹⁴so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might vcome to the Gentiles, so that wwe might receive xthe promised Spirit5 through faith.

The Law and the Promise

¹⁵yTo give a human example, brothers:6 zeven with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. ¹⁶Now athe promises were made bto Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, c“And to your offspring,” who is Christ. ¹⁷This is what I mean: the law, which came d430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as eto make the promise void. ¹⁸For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but fGod gave it to Abraham by a promise.

¹⁹Why then the law? gIt was added because of transgressions, huntil the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was iput in place through angels jby an intermediary. ²⁰Now kan intermediary implies more than one, but lGod is one.

²¹Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For mif a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. ²²But the Scripture nimprisoned everything under sin, so that othe promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given pto those who believe.

²³Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, qimprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. ²⁴So then, rthe law was our sguardian until Christ came, tin order that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, ²⁶for in Christ Jesus uyou are all sons of God, through faith. ²⁷For as many of you as vwere baptized winto Christ have xput on Christ. ²⁸yThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave7 nor free, zthere is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And aif you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, bheirs according to promise.