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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Numbers 11:16-17,24-29<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So the Lord said to Moses, ‘Gather for me seventy of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and have them take their place there with you. I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you so that you will not bear it all by yourself.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord; and he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men,* said, ‘My lord Moses, stop them!’ But Moses said to him, ‘Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ephesians 2:11-22</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth,* called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, so that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body* through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.* So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.* In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually* into a dwelling-place for God.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matthew 7:28-8:4</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When Jesus* had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper* who came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately his leprosy* was cleansed. Then Jesus said to him, ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning Psalms: Psalm 87, 90</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 87</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On the holy mount stands the city he founded;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord loves the gates of Zion</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>more than all the dwellings of Jacob.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Glorious things are spoken of you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>O city of God.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Selah</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia*—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘This one was born there,’ they say.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And of Zion it shall be said,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘This one and that one were born in it’;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for the Most High himself will establish it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘This one was born there.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Selah</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Singers and dancers alike say,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘All my springs are in you.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 90</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lord, you have been our dwelling-place*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in all generations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before the mountains were brought forth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or ever you had formed the earth and the world,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>from everlasting to everlasting you are God.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You turn us* back to dust,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and say, ‘Turn back, you mortals.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For a thousand years in your sight</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>are like yesterday when it is past,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or like a watch in the night.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You sweep them away; they are like a dream,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>like grass that is renewed in the morning;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the evening it fades and withers.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For we are consumed by your anger;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>by your wrath we are overwhelmed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You have set our iniquities before you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>our secret sins in the light of your countenance.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For all our days pass away under your wrath;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>our years come to an end* like a sigh.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The days of our life are seventy years,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">even then their span* is only toil and trouble;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they are soon gone, and we fly away.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who considers the power of your anger?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due to you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So teach us to count our days</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>that we may gain a wise heart.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Turn, O Lord! How long?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Have compassion on your servants!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and for as many years as we have seen evil.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let your work be manifest to your servants,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and your glorious power to their children.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and prosper for us the work of our hands—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>O prosper the work of our hands!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Evening Psalms: Psalm 136</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 136</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the God of gods,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord of lords,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">who alone does great wonders,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who by understanding made the heavens,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who spread out the earth on the waters,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who made the great lights,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the sun to rule over the day,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the moon and stars to rule over the night,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">who struck Egypt through their firstborn,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and brought Israel out from among them,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who divided the Red Sea* in two,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and made Israel pass through the midst of it,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who led his people through the wilderness,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who struck down great kings,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and killed famous kings,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sihon, king of the Amorites,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and Og, king of Bashan,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and gave their land as a heritage,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a heritage to his servant Israel,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is he who remembered us in our low estate,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and rescued us from our foes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who gives food to all flesh,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the God of heaven,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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