Faith's Hall of Heroes and Persevering Trust

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2. “Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.’ 3. You shall tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. 4. You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening; 5. with one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 6. It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 7. Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place. 8. The other lamb you shall offer at evening. As the meal offering of the morning, and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 9. “‘On the Sabbath day, you shall offer two male lambs a year old without defect, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: 10. this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. 11. “‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; 12. and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; 13. and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 14. Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 15. One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. 16. “‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh’s Passover. 17. On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. 18. In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; 19. but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without defect; 20. and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil. You shall offer three tenths for a bull, and two tenths for the ram. 21. You shall offer one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; 22. and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. 23. You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 24. In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. It shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. 25. On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 26. “‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; 27. but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; 28. and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for each bull, two tenths for the one ram, 29. one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; 30. one male goat, to make atonement for you. 31. Besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, you shall offer them and their drink offerings. See that they are without defect. 1. “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you. 2. You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; 3. and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the ram, 4. and one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; 5. and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; 6. besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 7. “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work; 8. but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; all without defect; 9. and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram, 10. one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs: 11. one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings. 12. “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days. 13. You shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; all without defect; 14. and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each ram of the two rams, 15. and one tenth for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; 16. and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. 17. “‘On the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 18. and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 19. and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, with its meal offering and their drink offerings. 20. “‘On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 21. and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 22. and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 23. “‘On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 24. their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 25. and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. 26. “‘On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 27. and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 28. and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 29. “‘On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 30. and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 31. and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and the drink offerings of it. 32. “‘On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; 33. and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 34. and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. 35. “‘On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no regular work; 36. but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; 37. their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: 38. and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, with its meal offering, and its drink offering. 39. “‘You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.’” 40. Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 1. Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. 2. When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. 3. “Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth, 4. and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 5. But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her. 6. “If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, 7. and her husband hears it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 8. But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. Yahweh will forgive her. 9. “But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her. 10. “If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 11. and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn’t disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. 12. But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her. 13. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14. But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her. He has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15. But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.” 16. These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.

1. For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. 2. Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? 3. But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4. For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. 5. Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire, but you prepared a body for me. 6. You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. 7. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’” 8. Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), 9. then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, 10. by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11. Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 12. but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13. from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. 14. For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15. The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, 16. “This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says, 17. “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.” 18. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 19. Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20. by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21. and having a great priest over God’s house, 22. let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, 23. let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful. 24. Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 25. not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching. 26. For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 27. but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. 28. A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. 29. How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30. For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32. But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings; 33. partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. 34. For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens. 35. Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. 36. For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37. “In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait. 38. But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” 39. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul. 1. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. 2. For by this, the elders obtained testimony. 3. By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. 4. By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks. 5. By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. 6. Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. 7. By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. 8. By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went. 9. By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. 10. For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11. By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised. 12. Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. 13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15. If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return. 16. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. 17. By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son, 18. to whom it was said, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac”; 19. concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead. 20. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. 21. By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22. By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones. 23. By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. 24. By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25. choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; 26. accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27. By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28. By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. 29. By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up. 30. By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days. 31. By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace. 32. What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets; 33. who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34. quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee. 35. Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36. Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. 37. They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38. (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth. 39. These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise, 40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

1. Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out. 2. Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. 3. Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? 4. They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast. 5. They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage. 6. They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. 7. They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.” 8. Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? 9. He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see? 10. He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows. 11. Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. 12. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law; 13. that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. 14. For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15. For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. 16. Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? 17. Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. 18. When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. 20. Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute? 21. They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22. But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. 23. He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.