Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Lord’s Goodness to the Faithful
A Psalm of David.
138 I will praise You with my whole heart;
(A)Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
2 (B)I will worship (C)toward Your holy temple,
And praise Your name
For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have (D)magnified Your word above all Your name.
3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.
Death of Aaron
22 Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from (A)Kadesh (B)and came to Mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying: 24 “Aaron shall [a]be (C)gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah. 25 (D)Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; 26 and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there.” 27 So Moses did just as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 (E)Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and (F)Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron (G)thirty days.
19 So when he had received food, he was strengthened. (A)Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus.
Saul Preaches Christ
20 Immediately he preached [a]the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
21 Then all who heard were amazed, and said, (B)“Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?”
22 But Saul increased all the more in strength, (C)and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
Saul Escapes Death
23 Now after many days were past, (D)the Jews plotted to kill him. 24 (E)But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night and (F)let him down through the wall in a large basket.
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