WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.960 Malcom: Welcome to Immerse: the Daily Bible reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.533 Day 100 and 34 00:00:04.911 --> 00:00:07.431 the Lord gave these instructions to Moses. 00:00:08.331 --> 00:00:12.231 Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who 00:00:12.231 --> 00:00:16.761 has a skin disease or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially 00:00:16.766 --> 00:00:18.891 unclean by touching a dead person. 00:00:19.491 --> 00:00:22.131 This command applies to men and women alike. 00:00:22.641 --> 00:00:26.721 Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them. 00:00:27.516 --> 00:00:30.936 So the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and 00:00:30.936 --> 00:00:32.826 removed such people from the camp. 00:00:34.896 --> 00:00:38.616 Then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions 00:00:38.621 --> 00:00:39.846 to the people of Israel. 00:00:40.416 --> 00:00:45.216 If any of the people, men or women, betray the Lord by doing wrong to 00:00:45.246 --> 00:00:47.526 another person, they are guilty. 00:00:48.096 --> 00:00:52.776 They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done. 00:00:53.256 --> 00:00:57.576 Adding an additional 20% and returning it to the person who was wronged. 00:00:58.296 --> 00:01:02.496 But if the person who was wronged is dead and there are no near relatives 00:01:02.496 --> 00:01:06.516 to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the Lord 00:01:06.816 --> 00:01:08.346 and must be given to the priest. 00:01:09.126 --> 00:01:13.866 Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be 00:01:13.866 --> 00:01:16.086 purified and made right with the Lord. 00:01:16.866 --> 00:01:19.716 All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a 00:01:19.716 --> 00:01:21.516 priest will belong to him. 00:01:22.341 --> 00:01:26.181 Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives, 00:01:28.401 --> 00:01:31.821 and the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions 00:01:31.821 --> 00:01:32.931 to the people of Israel. 00:01:33.981 --> 00:01:38.781 Suppose a man's wife goes astray and she is unfaithful to her husband and has 00:01:38.786 --> 00:01:43.431 sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. 00:01:44.151 --> 00:01:47.811 She has defiled herself even though there was no witness and 00:01:47.811 --> 00:01:49.431 she was not caught in the act. 00:01:50.226 --> 00:01:54.276 If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and 00:01:54.276 --> 00:01:58.116 needs to know whether or not she has defiled herself, the husband 00:01:58.116 --> 00:02:00.036 must bring his wife to the priest. 00:02:00.636 --> 00:02:03.966 He must also bring an offering of two quarts of barley flour 00:02:04.236 --> 00:02:05.976 to be presented on her behalf. 00:02:06.606 --> 00:02:09.336 Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense. 00:02:09.636 --> 00:02:14.556 For it is a jealousy offering, an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty. 00:02:15.846 --> 00:02:19.146 The priest will then present her to stand trial before the Lord. 00:02:19.686 --> 00:02:24.246 He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he 00:02:24.246 --> 00:02:26.166 has taken from the tabernacle floor. 00:02:26.916 --> 00:02:30.726 When the priest has presented the woman before the Lord, he must unbind 00:02:30.726 --> 00:02:35.406 her hair and place in her hands the offering of proof, the jealousy 00:02:35.406 --> 00:02:39.246 offering to determine whether her husband's suspicions are justified. 00:02:40.086 --> 00:02:44.376 The priest will stand before her holding the jar of bitter water that 00:02:44.376 --> 00:02:46.326 brings a curse to those who are guilty. 00:02:47.106 --> 00:02:51.516 The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, if no other man 00:02:51.516 --> 00:02:55.986 has had sex with you and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while 00:02:55.986 --> 00:03:00.216 under your husband's authority, may you be immune from the effects of this 00:03:00.216 --> 00:03:02.136 bitter water that brings on the curse. 00:03:02.976 --> 00:03:07.476 But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband and have 00:03:07.476 --> 00:03:12.441 defiled yourself by having sex with another man, At this point, the priest 00:03:12.441 --> 00:03:17.031 must put the woman under oath by saying, may the people know that the 00:03:17.031 --> 00:03:22.011 Lord's curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to 00:03:22.011 --> 00:03:24.291 shrivel and your abdomen to swell. 00:03:25.131 --> 00:03:28.971 Now may this water that brings the curse and enter your body and cause 00:03:28.971 --> 00:03:33.231 your abdomen to swell and your wound to shrivel, and the woman will be 00:03:33.231 --> 00:03:36.651 required to say yes, let it be so. 00:03:37.491 --> 00:03:40.971 And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and 00:03:40.971 --> 00:03:42.891 wash them off into the bitter water. 00:03:43.551 --> 00:03:46.911 He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. 00:03:47.541 --> 00:03:51.531 When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering. 00:03:51.951 --> 00:03:56.721 If she is guilty, the priest will take the jealousy offering from 00:03:56.721 --> 00:04:01.071 the woman's hand, lift it up before the Lord and carry it to the altar. 00:04:01.701 --> 00:04:06.351 He will take a handful of the flower as a token portion and burn it on the altar. 00:04:06.786 --> 00:04:09.276 He will require the woman to drink the water. 00:04:10.236 --> 00:04:13.656 If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, 00:04:14.016 --> 00:04:17.226 the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. 00:04:17.766 --> 00:04:21.696 Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will 00:04:21.696 --> 00:04:23.406 become a curse among her people. 00:04:24.426 --> 00:04:29.616 But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and 00:04:29.616 --> 00:04:31.266 will still be able to have children. 00:04:32.466 --> 00:04:35.316 This is the ritual law for dealing with suspicion. 00:04:36.021 --> 00:04:39.741 If a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's 00:04:39.741 --> 00:04:44.721 authority, or if a man becomes jealous and is suspicious that his wife has been 00:04:44.721 --> 00:04:49.851 unfaithful, the husband must present his wife before the Lord, and the priest 00:04:49.851 --> 00:04:52.731 will apply this entire ritual law to her. 00:04:53.541 --> 00:04:57.231 The husband will be innocent of any guilt in this matter, but his wife 00:04:57.231 --> 00:04:59.481 will be held accountable for her sin. 00:05:01.656 --> 00:05:05.196 Then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions 00:05:05.196 --> 00:05:06.336 to the people of Israel. 00:05:07.026 --> 00:05:11.106 If any of the people, either men or women, take the special vow 00:05:11.106 --> 00:05:15.426 of a Nazarite setting themselves apart to the Lord in a special way. 00:05:15.906 --> 00:05:18.936 They must give up wine and other alcoholic drinks. 00:05:19.496 --> 00:05:24.276 They must not use vinegar made from wine or from other alcoholic drinks. 00:05:24.636 --> 00:05:29.436 They must not drink fresh grape juice and they must not eat grapes or raisins. 00:05:30.141 --> 00:05:33.441 As long as they are bound by their Nazarite vow, they are not 00:05:33.441 --> 00:05:36.801 allowed to eat or drink anything that comes from a grapevine. 00:05:37.311 --> 00:05:39.441 Not even the grape seeds or skins. 00:05:40.521 --> 00:05:45.081 They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy 00:05:45.081 --> 00:05:49.401 and set apart to the the Lord until the time of their vow has been fulfilled. 00:05:49.611 --> 00:05:53.151 They must let their hair grow long and they must not go near 00:05:53.151 --> 00:05:56.331 a dead body during the entire period of their vow to the Lord. 00:05:56.931 --> 00:06:01.491 Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, 00:06:01.821 --> 00:06:03.681 they must not defile themselves. 00:06:04.041 --> 00:06:07.281 For the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to God. 00:06:08.061 --> 00:06:11.931 This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the Lord. 00:06:13.491 --> 00:06:18.141 If someone falls dead beside them, the hair they have dedicated will be defiled. 00:06:18.771 --> 00:06:22.191 They must wait for seven days and then shave their heads. 00:06:22.581 --> 00:06:24.921 Then they will be cleansed from their defilement. 00:06:25.806 --> 00:06:29.256 On the eighth day, they must bring two turtle doves or two 00:06:29.256 --> 00:06:30.846 young pigeons to the priest. 00:06:30.846 --> 00:06:34.356 At the entrance of the tabernacle, the priest will offer one of 00:06:34.361 --> 00:06:37.956 the birds for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 00:06:38.556 --> 00:06:42.276 In this way, he will purify them from the guilt they incurred 00:06:42.336 --> 00:06:44.166 through contact with the dead body. 00:06:45.066 --> 00:06:49.296 Then they must reaffirm their commitment and let their hair begin to grow again. 00:06:50.226 --> 00:06:54.516 The days of their vow that were completed before their defilement no longer count. 00:06:55.176 --> 00:06:58.266 They must rededicate themselves to the Lord as a nazarite for 00:06:58.266 --> 00:07:02.646 the full term of their vow, and each must bring a one-year-old 00:07:02.646 --> 00:07:04.716 male lamb for a guilt offering. 00:07:05.946 --> 00:07:08.376 This is the ritual law for Nazarites. 00:07:09.006 --> 00:07:13.236 At the conclusion of their time of separation as nazarites, they must each 00:07:13.236 --> 00:07:17.586 go to the entrance of the tabernacle and offer their sacrifices to the Lord. 00:07:18.246 --> 00:07:22.386 A one-year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering. 00:07:23.046 --> 00:07:28.416 A one-year-old female lamb without defect for a sin, offering a ram 00:07:28.416 --> 00:07:30.456 without defect for a peace offering. 00:07:31.026 --> 00:07:35.676 A basket of bread made without yeast, cakes of choice, flour mixed with 00:07:35.681 --> 00:07:40.146 olive oil and wafers spread with olive oil, along with their prescribed 00:07:40.146 --> 00:07:42.306 grain offerings and liquid offerings. 00:07:43.116 --> 00:07:45.516 The priest will present these offerings before the Lord. 00:07:46.101 --> 00:07:49.821 First, the sin offering and the burnt offering, then the ram for 00:07:49.821 --> 00:07:53.721 a peace offering along with the basket of bread made without yeast. 00:07:54.471 --> 00:07:57.771 The priest must also present the prescribed grain offering 00:07:57.921 --> 00:07:59.721 and liquid offering to the Lord. 00:08:00.981 --> 00:08:04.821 Then the nazarites will shave their heads at the entrance of the tabernacle. 00:08:05.451 --> 00:08:09.231 They will take the hair that had been dedicated and place it on the fire 00:08:09.231 --> 00:08:11.181 beneath the peace offering sacrifice. 00:08:12.111 --> 00:08:16.101 After the Nazarites head has been shaved, the priest will take for each 00:08:16.101 --> 00:08:20.541 of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket, a 00:08:20.541 --> 00:08:22.851 cake and a wafer made without yeast. 00:08:23.331 --> 00:08:26.001 He will put them all into the nazarites hands. 00:08:26.541 --> 00:08:30.531 Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before the Lord. 00:08:31.341 --> 00:08:34.911 These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast 00:08:34.911 --> 00:08:38.631 of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that 00:08:38.631 --> 00:08:40.071 are lifted up before the Lord. 00:08:40.956 --> 00:08:44.946 After this ceremony, the nazarites may again drink wine. 00:08:46.056 --> 00:08:49.596 This is the ritual law of the Nazarites who vow to bring 00:08:49.596 --> 00:08:50.976 these offerings to the Lord. 00:08:51.546 --> 00:08:56.226 They may also bring additional offerings if they can afford it, and they must be 00:08:56.226 --> 00:09:00.966 careful to do whatever they vowed when they set themselves apart as nazarites. 00:09:02.736 --> 00:09:07.356 Then the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people 00:09:07.356 --> 00:09:09.396 of Israel with this special blessing. 00:09:10.431 --> 00:09:12.741 May the Lord bless you and protect you. 00:09:13.281 --> 00:09:15.951 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. 00:09:16.551 --> 00:09:20.121 May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace. 00:09:20.991 --> 00:09:24.201 Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my 00:09:24.206 --> 00:09:27.261 name, I myself will bless them. 00:09:29.541 --> 00:09:32.331 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:09:32.451 --> 00:09:33.681 Thank you for joining us.