Genesis 1:27-28
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created
him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and
the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
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Genesis 1:31
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was
evening, and there was morning-- the sixth day.
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Genesis 2:18
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suitable for him."
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Genesis 2:21-25
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while
he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place
with flesh.
22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of
the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united
to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded
from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,
without hope and without God in the world.
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1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD
God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not
eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in
the garden,
3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in
the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and
pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some
and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he
ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they
were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
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2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and
Cain worked the soil.
3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil
as an offering to the LORD.
4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.
The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain
was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face
downcast?
7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do
not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have
you, but you must master it."
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And
while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed
him.
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7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not
do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you,
but you must master it."
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23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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53 Then each went to his own home.
CHAPTER 8
1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people
gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught
in adultery. They made her stand before the group
4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of
adultery.
5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you
say?"
6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis
for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground
with his finger.
7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to
them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw
a stone at her."
8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older
ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has
no one condemned you?"
11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus
declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
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1 And God spoke all these words:
2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the
land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything
in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your
God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers
to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me
and keep my commandments.
7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD
will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you
shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your
manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your
gates.
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea,
and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the
LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in
the land the LORD your God is giving you.
13 "You shall not murder.
14 "You shall not commit adultery.
15 "You shall not steal.
16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet
your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet
and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at
a distance
19 and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But
do not have God speak to us or we will die."
20 Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test
you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
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30 The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great
sin. But now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for
your sin."
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1 The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting.
He said,
2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When any of you brings
an offering to the LORD, bring as your offering an animal from either the
herd or the flock.
3 "'If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to offer
a male without defect. He must present it at the entrance to the Tent of
Meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.
4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will
be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
5 He is to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and then Aaron's
sons the priests shall bring the blood and sprinkle it against the altar
on all sides at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
6 He is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
7 The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange
wood on the fire.
8 Then Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including
the head and the fat, on the burning wood that is on the altar.
9 He is to wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest
is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering
made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
10 "'If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either
the sheep or the goats, he is to offer a male without defect.
11 He is to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the
LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood against the
altar on all sides.
12 He is to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them,
including the head and the fat, on the burning wood that is on the altar.
13 He is to wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest
is to bring all of it and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering,
an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
14 "'If the offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is
to offer a dove or a young pigeon.
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn
it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
16 He is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east
side of the altar, where the ashes are.
17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not severing it completely,
and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is on the fire on the
altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing
to the LORD.
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1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Say to the Israelites: 'When anyone sins unintentionally and does
what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands--
3 "'If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must
bring to the LORD a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the
sin he has committed.
4 He is to present the bull at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before
the LORD.
5 Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and
carry it into the Tent of Meeting.
6 He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven
times before the LORD, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.
7 The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. The
rest of the bull's blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of
burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
8 He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering-- the
fat that covers the inner parts or is connected to them,
9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the covering
of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys--
10 just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship
offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head
and legs, the inner parts and offal--
12 that is, all the rest of the bull-- he must take outside the camp
to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it
in a wood fire on the ash heap.
13 "'If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does
what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands, even though the community
is unaware of the matter, they are guilty.
14 When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must
bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of
Meeting.
15 The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's
head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull's blood into
the Tent of Meeting.
17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the
LORD seven times in front of the curtain.
18 He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is
before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. The rest of the blood he shall
pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to
the Tent of Meeting.
19 He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,
20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering.
In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
21 Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned
the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.
22 "'When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden
in any of the commands of the LORD his God, he is guilty.
23 When he is made aware of the sin he committed, he must bring as
his offering a male goat without defect.
24 He is to lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it at the
place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a
sin offering.
25 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering
with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering
and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
26 He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the
fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the
man's sin, and he will be forgiven.
27 "'If a member of the community sins unintentionally and does what
is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands, he is guilty.
28 When he is made aware of the sin he committed, he must bring as
his offering for the sin he committed a female goat without defect.
29 He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter
it at the place of the burnt offering.
30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and
put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest
of the blood at the base of the altar.
31 He shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the
fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma
pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him,
and he will be forgiven.
32 "'If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he is to bring a female
without defect.
33 He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering
at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering
with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering
and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
35 He shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the
lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar
on top of the offerings made to the LORD by fire. In this way the priest
will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be
forgiven.
CHAPTER 5
1 "'If a person sins because he does not speak up when he hears a public
charge to testify regarding something he has seen or learned about, he
will be held responsible.
2 "'Or if a person touches anything ceremonially unclean-- whether
the carcasses of unclean wild animals or of unclean livestock or of unclean
creatures that move along the ground-- even though he is unaware of it,
he has become unclean and is guilty.
3 "'Or if he touches human uncleanness-- anything that would make him
unclean-- even though he is unaware of it, when he learns of it he will
be guilty.
4 "'Or if a person thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether
good or evil-- in any matter one might carelessly swear about-- even though
he is unaware of it, in any case when he learns of it he will be guilty.
5 "'When anyone is guilty in any of these ways, he must confess in
what way he has sinned
6 and, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to
the LORD a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the
priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
7 "'If he cannot afford a lamb, he is to bring two doves or two young
pigeons to the LORD as a penalty for his sin-- one for a sin offering and
the other for a burnt offering.
8 He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one
for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not severing
it completely,
9 and is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against
the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the
base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
10 The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the
prescribed way and make atonement for him for the sin he has committed,
and he will be forgiven.
11 "'If, however, he cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons,
he is to bring as an offering for his sin a tenth of an ephah of fine flour
for a sin offering. He must not put oil or incense on it, because it is
a sin offering.
12 He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it
as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar on top of the offerings
made to the LORD by fire. It is a sin offering.
13 In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these
sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The rest of the offering
will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.'"
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14 The LORD said to Moses:
15 "When a person commits a violation and sins unintentionally in regard
to any of the LORD's holy things, he is to bring to the LORD as a penalty
a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver,
according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.
16 He must make restitution for what he has failed to do in regard
to the holy things, add a fifth of the value to that and give it all to
the priest, who will make atonement for him with the ram as a guilt offering,
and he will be forgiven.
17 "If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD's
commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held
responsible.
18 He is to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the
flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest
will make atonement for him for the wrong he has committed unintentionally,
and he will be forgiven.
19 It is a guilt offering; he has been guilty of wrongdoing against
the LORD."
CHAPTER 6
1 The LORD said to Moses:
2 "If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving his neighbor
about something entrusted to him or left in his care or stolen, or if he
cheats him,
3 or if he finds lost property and lies about it, or if he swears falsely,
or if he commits any such sin that people may do--
4 when he thus sins and becomes guilty, he must return what he has
stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to him, or the lost
property he found,
5 or whatever it was he swore falsely about. He must make restitution
in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on
the day he presents his guilt offering.
6 And as a penalty he must bring to the priest, that is, to the LORD,
his guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the
proper value.
7 In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD,
and he will be forgiven for any of these things he did that made him guilty."
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4 "What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your
love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with
the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather
than burnt offerings.
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1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming-- not
the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices
repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to
worship.
2 If it could, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers
would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty
for their sins.
3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take
away sins.
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