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1Reading 1 Numbers 25:10–26:4Chapter page with footnotes →

^25:10And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ¹¹"Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest has turned back my wrath from upon the sons of Israel, in his being jealous with my jealousy in their midst, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy. ¹²Therefore say: Behold, I am giving to him my covenant of peace; ¹³and it shall be to him and to his seed after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel."

¹⁴And the name of the man of Israel who was struck, who was struck with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of a father's house among the Simeonites. ¹⁵And the name of the Midianite woman who was struck was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of the peoples of a father's house in Midian.

¹⁶And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ¹⁷"Harass the Midianites and strike them, ¹⁸for they are harassing you with their wiles by which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was struck on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor." ¹⁹And it came to pass after the plague—

The Second Census of Israel

^26:1And the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying: ²"Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by the house of their fathers, everyone going forth to the host in Israel."

³And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying: ⁴"From twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who came forth from the land of Egypt."

2Reading 2 Numbers 26:5–51Chapter page with footnotes →

The Tribe of Reuben

^26:5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

⁶of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

⁷These are the families of the Reubenites; and their numbered ones were forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

⁸And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. ⁹And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. This is the Dathan and Abiram, the called ones of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD; ¹⁰and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah, at the death of the company, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning. ¹¹But the sons of Korah did not die.

The Tribe of Simeon

¹²The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

¹³of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

¹⁴These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand and two hundred.

The Tribe of Gad

¹⁵The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

¹⁶of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

¹⁷of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

¹⁸These are the families of the sons of Gad according to their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Judah

¹⁹The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

²¹And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

²²These are the families of Judah according to their numbered ones, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Issachar

²³The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

²⁴of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

²⁵These are the families of Issachar according to their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand and three hundred.

The Tribe of Zebulun

²⁶The sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

²⁷These are the families of the Zebulunites according to their numbered ones, sixty thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Manasseh

²⁸The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁹The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites—and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

³¹and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

³²and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

³³And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

³⁴These are the families of Manasseh; and their numbered ones were fifty-two thousand and seven hundred.

The Tribe of Ephraim

³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

³⁶And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

³⁷These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to their numbered ones, thirty-two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.

The Tribe of Benjamin

³⁸The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

³⁹of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin by their families; and their numbered ones were forty-five thousand and six hundred.

The Tribe of Dan

⁴²These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families. ⁴³All the families of the Shuhamites according to their numbered ones were sixty-four thousand and four hundred.

The Tribe of Asher

⁴⁴The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

⁴⁵Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

⁴⁶And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

⁴⁷These are the families of the sons of Asher according to their numbered ones, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

The Tribe of Naphtali

⁴⁸The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

⁴⁹of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali by their families; and their numbered ones were forty-five thousand and four hundred.

⁵¹These are the numbered ones of the sons of Israel: six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

3Reading 3 Numbers 26:52–27:5Chapter page with footnotes →

Inheritance by Lot

^26:52And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ⁵³"To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. ⁵⁴To the many you shall increase his inheritance, and to the few you shall diminish his inheritance; each one according to his numbered ones his inheritance shall be given.

⁵⁵Only by lot shall the land be divided; by the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ⁵⁶According to the lot shall its inheritance be divided between many and few."

The Levites Numbered

⁵⁷And these are the numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

⁵⁸These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹And the name of the wife of Amram was Jochebed daughter of Levi, whom she bore to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹And Nadab and Abihu died, in their bringing near strange fire before the LORD.

⁶²And their numbered ones were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remain

⁶³These are the numbered ones of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

⁶⁴And among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

The Daughters of Zelophehad

^27:1And the daughters of Zelophehad drew near, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. ²And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed), saying: ³"Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation, those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be taken away from the midst of his family, because he has no son? Give to us a possession in the midst of the brothers of our father."

⁵And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

4Reading 4 Numbers 27:6–23Chapter page with footnotes →

^27:6And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ⁷"The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly; giving you shall give them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father, and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass over to them.

⁸And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying: A man, if he dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass over to his daughter. ⁹And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. ¹⁰And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the brothers of his father. ¹¹And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is near to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the sons of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses."

Moses Requests a Successor

¹²And the LORD said to Moses: "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. ¹³And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered; ¹⁴because you rebelled against my mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

¹⁵And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying: ¹⁶"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may bring them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd."

Joshua to Succeed Moses

¹⁸And the LORD said to Moses: "Take to yourself Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay your hand upon him; ¹⁹and you shall set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and you shall command him before their eyes. ²⁰And you shall put of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may hearken. ²¹And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation."

²²And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation. ²³And he laid his hands upon him, and commanded him, as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses.

5Reading 5 Numbers 28:1–15Chapter page with footnotes →

The Daily Offerings

^28:1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ²"Command the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: My offering, my bread for my fire-offerings, my aroma of soothing, you shall take heed to offer to me in its appointed time (mo-ed).

³And you shall say to them: This is the fire-offering which you shall bring to the LORD: lambs, sons of a year, without blemish, two for the day, a continual burnt-offering. ⁴The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer between the evenings; ⁵and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain-offering, mingled with beaten oil, a fourth of a hin.

⁶A continual burnt-offering, which was made at mount Sinai, for an aroma of soothing, a fire-offering to the LORD. ⁷And its drink-offering shall be a fourth of a hin for the one lamb; in the holy place you shall pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to the LORD. ⁸And the second lamb you shall offer between the evenings; like the grain-offering of the morning, and like its drink-offering, you shall offer it, a fire-offering, an aroma of soothing to the LORD.

The Shabbat Offerings

⁹And on the day of the Shabbat, two lambs, sons of a year, without blemish, and two tenths of fine flour for a grain-offering, mingled with oil, and its drink-offering;

¹⁰the burnt-offering of Shabbat on its Shabbat, beside the continual burnt-offering, and its drink-offering.

The Monthly Offerings

¹¹And in the heads of your months you shall bring a burnt-offering to the LORD: two bulls, sons of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ¹²and three tenths of fine flour for a grain-offering, mingled with oil, for the one bull; and two tenths of fine flour for a grain-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; ¹³and a tenth, a tenth, of fine flour for a grain-offering, mingled with oil, for the one lamb; a burnt-offering, an aroma of soothing, a fire-offering to the LORD.

¹⁴And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin for the bull, and a third of a hin for the ram, and a fourth of a hin for the lamb, wine. This is the burnt-offering of a month in its month, for the months of the year.

¹⁵And one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering to the LORD; beside the continual burnt-offering it shall be made, and its drink-offering.

6Reading 6 Numbers 28:16–29:11Chapter page with footnotes →

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

^28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Passover to the LORD. ¹⁷And on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten.

¹⁸On the first day is a holy convocation; all work of service you shall not do. ¹⁹And you shall bring a fire-offering, a burnt-offering to the LORD: two bulls, sons of the herd, and one ram, and seven lambs, sons of a year; without blemish they shall be to you; ²⁰and their grain-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; three tenths for the bull, and two tenths for the ram you shall offer; ²¹a tenth, a tenth, you shall offer for the one lamb, for the seven lambs; ²²and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.

²³Beside the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for the continual burnt-offering, you shall offer these. ²⁴Like these you shall offer for the day, seven days, the bread of the fire-offering, an aroma of soothing to the LORD; beside the continual burnt-offering it shall be made, and its drink-offering.

²⁵And on the seventh day a holy convocation shall be to you; all work of service you shall not do.

The Feast of Weeks

²⁶And in the day of the first-fruits, when you bring a new grain-offering to the LORD in your weeks, a holy convocation shall be to you; all work of service you shall not do.

²⁷And you shall bring a burnt-offering for an aroma of soothing to the LORD: two bulls, sons of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year; ²⁸and their grain-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenths for the one bull, two tenths for the one ram, ²⁹a tenth, a tenth, for the one lamb, for the seven lambs;

³⁰one he-goat of the goats, to make atonement for you. ³¹Beside the continual burnt-offering and its grain-offering you shall offer them—without blemish they shall be to you—and their drink-offerings.

The Feast of Trumpets

^29:1And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, a holy convocation shall be to you; all work of service you shall not do; a day of a blast shall it be to you.

²And you shall make a burnt-offering for an aroma of soothing to the LORD: one bull, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ³and their grain-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the ram, ⁴and one tenth for the one lamb, for the seven lambs;

⁵and one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; ⁶beside the burnt-offering of the month and its grain-offering, and the continual burnt-offering and its grain-offering, and their drink-offerings, according to their judgment, for an aroma of soothing, a fire-offering to the LORD.

The Day of Atonement

⁷And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation shall be to you; and you shall afflict your souls; all work you shall not do.

⁸And you shall bring a burnt-offering to the LORD, an aroma of soothing: one bull, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year; without blemish they shall be to you; ⁹and their grain-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram, ¹⁰a tenth, a tenth, for the one lamb, for the seven lambs;

¹¹one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering, beside the sin-offering of the atonements, and the continual burnt-offering, and its grain-offering, and their drink-offerings.

7Reading 7 Numbers 29:12–30:1Chapter page with footnotes →

The Feast of Tabernacles

^29:12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation shall be to you; all work of service you shall not do; and you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD seven days.

¹³And you shall bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, an aroma of soothing to the LORD: thirteen bulls, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year; they shall be without blemish; ¹⁴and their grain-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenths for each bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each ram of the two rams, ¹⁵and a tenth, a tenth, for each lamb of the fourteen lambs; ¹⁶and one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

¹⁷And on the second day, twelve bulls, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ¹⁸and their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ¹⁹and one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, and its grain-offering, and their drink-offerings.

²⁰And on the third day, eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ²¹and their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ²²and one he-goat, a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, and its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

²³And on the fourth day, ten bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ²⁴their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ²⁵and one he-goat of the goats for a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

²⁶And on the fifth day, nine bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ²⁷and their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ²⁸and one he-goat, a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, and its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

²⁹And on the sixth day, eight bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ³⁰and their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ³¹and one he-goat, a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, its grain-offering, and its drink-offerings.

³²And on the seventh day, seven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ³³and their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to their judgment; ³⁴and one he-goat, a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

³⁵On the eighth day a solemn assembly shall be to you; all work of service you shall not do; ³⁶And you shall bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, an aroma of soothing to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, without blemish; ³⁷their grain-offering and their drink-offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the judgment; ³⁸and one he-goat, a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, and its grain-offering, and its drink-offering.

³⁹These you shall offer to the LORD in your appointed times (moedim), beside your vows and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your grain-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings." ^30:1And Moses said to the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

P1 Kings 18:46–19:21Chapter page with footnotes →

^18:46And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Elijah Flees from Jezebel

^19:1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ²And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may God do, and so may they add, if at this time tomorrow I do not make your soul like the soul of one of them."

³And he saw, and arose, and went for his soul, and came to Beer-sheba which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there. ⁴And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat under a certain broom tree; and he asked for his soul to die, and said, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers."

⁵And he lay down and slept under a certain broom tree; and behold, an angel was touching him, and said to him, "Arise, eat."

⁶And he looked, and behold, at his head a cake baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water; and he ate and drank, and returned and lay down.

⁷And the angel of the LORD returned a second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise, eat, for the journey is too great for you."

⁸And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.

The LORD Speaks to Elijah at Horeb

⁹And he came there to the cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What to you here, Elijah?"

¹⁰And he said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I alone, am left, and they seek my soul to take it."

¹¹And He said, "Go forth, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passing by, and a great and strong wind rending the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the LORD — not in the wind was the LORD; and after the wind an earthquake — not in the earthquake was the LORD;

¹²and after the earthquake a fire — not in the fire was the LORD; and after the fire a voice of thin silence. ¹³And it came to pass, when Elijah heard, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave; and behold, to him a voice, and it said, "What to you here, Elijah?"

¹⁴And he said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I alone, am left, and they seek my soul to take it."

¹⁵And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and you shall come and anoint Hazael to be king over Aram; ¹⁶and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

¹⁷And it shall be, that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death; and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.

¹⁸And I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."

The Call of Elisha

¹⁹And he went from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing with twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him.

²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss, please, my father and my mother, and then I will go after you." And he said to him, "Go, return; for what have I done to you?"

²¹And he returned from after him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slaughtered it, and with the implements of the oxen he boiled the flesh, and gave to the people, and they ate; and he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.

AMatthew 12:1–8Chapter page with footnotes →

The Lord of the Sabbaton

^12:1At that appointed time Yeshua went through the grain fields on the sabbatons; and His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat. ²But the Pharisees seeing this said to Him: "Behold, Your disciples are doing what is not permitted to do on the sabbaton."

³But He said to them: "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him — ⁴how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not permitted for him to eat nor for those with him, but only for the priests alone?"

⁵Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbatons the priests in the temple profane the sabbaton and are innocent? ⁶But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

⁷And if you had known what this means — 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice' — you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbaton."