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Leviticus 11; Leviticus 12; Matthew 26:1-25

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Leviticus 11

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2 Say to the Israelites: These are the creatures that you are allowed to eat from the land animals:
3 You can eat any animal that has divided hoofs, completely split, and that rechews food.
4 But of animals that rechew food and have divided hoofs you must not eat the following: the camel—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;
5 the rock badger—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;
6 the hare—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;
7 the pig—though it has completely divided hoofs, it does not rechew food, so it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat the flesh of these animals or touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you.
9 You are allowed to eat the following from all water animals: You may eat anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in sea or stream.
10 But anything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales—whether it be any of the swarming creatures in the water or any of the other living creatures in the water—is detestable to you
11 and must remain so. You must not eat their flesh, and you must detest their dead bodies.
12 Anything in the water that does not have fins or scales is detestable to you.
13 Of the birds, the following are the ones you must detest—they must not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the black vulture, the bearded vulture,
14 the kite, any kind of falcon,
15 any kind of raven,
16 the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, any kind of hawk,
17 the tawny owl, the fisher owl, the screech owl,
18 the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,
19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 Any flying insect that walks on four feet is detestable to you,
21 but you can eat four-footed flying insects that have jointed legs above their feet with which they hop on the ground.
22 Of these you can eat the following: any kind of migrating locust, any kind of bald locust, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
23 But every other flying insect that has four feet is detestable to you.
24 You make yourself unclean by the following animals—whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening,
25 and anyone who carries any part of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening:
26 All animals that have divided hoofs, but they are not completely split, and that do not rechew food are unclean for you—whoever touches them will be unclean.
27 Of all the animals that walk on four feet, the ones that walk on their paws are unclean for you—anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
28 Anyone who carries one of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you.
29 The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that move about on the ground: the rat, the mouse, any kind of large lizard,
30 the gecko, the spotted lizard, the lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
31 Of all small moving creatures, these are unclean for you—anyone who touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.
32 Moreover, anything on which one of these creatures falls when it is dead will be unclean, whether it is wood, cloth, skin, or funeral clothing—any such item that can be used to do work. It must be put into water and will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean again.
33 If any of these creatures fall into a pottery jar, everything inside it will be unclean; you must smash the pot.
34 If water from such a jar gets on any edible food, it will be unclean; any drinkable beverage in such a jar will be unclean.
35 Anything on which a part of these animals' dead bodies might fall will be unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it must be destroyed; they are unclean for you and must remain that way.
36 Now, a spring or cistern that collects water is clean, but anyone who touches one of these animals' dead bodies in it will be unclean.
37 If any part of these animals' dead bodies falls on seed that is to be planted, the seed is still clean.
38 But if water is poured on some seed and part of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 If one of the animals that you are allowed to eat dies naturally, anyone who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening.
40 Anyone who eats from the dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such a dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41 Every creature that swarms on the earth is detestable; it must not be eaten.
42 Among all such creatures that swarm on the earth, you must not eat anything that moves on its belly or anything that walks on four or more feet because they are detestable.
43 Do not make yourselves detestable by means of any swarming creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean with them or be made unclean by them.
44 I am the LORD your God. You must keep yourselves holy and be holy, because I am holy. You must not make yourselves unclean by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
45 I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.
46 This concludes the Instruction concerning animals, birds, all creatures that live in water, and all the creatures that swarm on the earth,
47 in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean and between creatures that can be eaten and those that cannot.
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Leviticus 12

1 The LORD said to Moses:
2 Say to the Israelites: If a woman conceives a child and gives birth to a son, she will be unclean for seven days—just as she is during her menstrual period.
3 On the eighth day, the flesh of the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.
4 For thirty-three days the mother will be in a state of blood purification. She must not touch anything holy or enter the sacred area until her time of purification is completed.
5 But if the woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be unclean for two weeks—just as she is during her menstrual period—and will be in a state of blood purification for sixty-six days.
6 When the time of purification is complete, whether for a son or a daughter, the mother must bring a one-year-old lamb as an entirely burned offering and a pigeon or turtledove as a purification offering to the priest at the meeting tent's entrance.
7 The priest will present it before the LORD and make reconciliation for her. She will then be cleansed from her blood flow. This is the Instruction for any woman who has a child, male or female.
8 But if the mother cannot afford a sheep, she can bring two turtledoves or two pigeons—one for the entirely burned offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will then make reconciliation for her, and she will be clean.
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Matthew 26:1-25

1 When Jesus finished speaking all these words, he said to his disciples,
2 "You know that the Passover is two days from now. And the Human One will be handed over to be crucified."
3 Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest.
4 They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.
5 But they agreed that it shouldn't happen during the feast so there wouldn't be an uproar among the people.
6 When Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease,
7 a woman came to him with a vase made of alabaster containing very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus' head while he was sitting at dinner.
8 Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, "Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor."
10 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said, "Why do you make trouble for the woman? She's done a good thing for me.
11 You always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.
12 By pouring this perfume over my body she's prepared me to be buried.
13 I tell you the truth that wherever in the whole world this good news is announced, what she's done will also be told in memory of her."
14 Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15 and said, "What will you give me if I turn Jesus over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
16 From that time on he was looking for an opportunity to turn him in.
17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
18 He replied, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say, ‘The teacher says, My time is near. I'm going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house. '"
19 The disciples did just as Jesus instructed them. They prepared the Passover.
20 That evening he took his place at the table with the twelve disciples.
21 As they were eating he said, "I assure you that one of you will betray me."
22 Deeply saddened, each one said to him, "I'm not the one, am I, Lord?"
23 He replied, "The one who will betray me is the one who dips his hand with me into this bowl.
24 The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."
25 Now Judas, who would betray him, replied, "It's not me, is it, Rabbi?" Jesus answered, "You said it."
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