Invocation
P In
the name of the Father and of the T Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Reading
Numbers 7:1—8:26
1On
the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had
anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed
and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, 2the
chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers’ houses, who were the
chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached
3and brought their offerings before the Lord, six wagons
and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each
one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle. 4Then
the Lord said to Moses, 5“Accept these from them, that
they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them
to the Levites, to each man according to his service.” 6So
Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7Two
wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to
their service. 8And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to
the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9But to the sons
of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of
the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder. 10And
the chiefs offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the
day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the
altar. 11And the Lord said to Moses, “They shall offer
their offerings, one chief each day, for the dedication of the
altar.”
12He
who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 13And his offering was
one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full
of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 14one
golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; 15one bull
from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering; 16one male goat for a sin offering; 17and
for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male
goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18On
the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, the chief of Issachar, made
an offering. 19He offered for his offering one silver
plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 20one golden
dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; 21one bull from the
herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 22one
male goat for a sin offering; 23and for the sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male
lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24On
the third day Eliab the son of Helon, the chief of the people of
Zebulun: 25his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 26one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 27one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 28one male
goat for a sin offering; 29and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30On
the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the chief of the people of
Reuben: 31his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 32one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 33one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 34one male
goat for a sin offering; 35and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36On
the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, the chief of the
people of Simeon: 37his offering was one silver plate
whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 38one golden
dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; 39one bull from the
herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 40one
male goat for a sin offering; 41and for the sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male
lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
42On
the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, the chief of the people of
Gad: 43his offering was one silver plate whose weight was
130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel
of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for
a grain offering; 44one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; 45one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb
a year old, for a burnt offering; 46one male goat for a
sin offering; 47and for the sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48On
the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, the chief of the people
of Ephraim: 49his offering was one silver plate whose
weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to
the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil for a grain offering; 50one golden dish of 10
shekels, full of incense; 51one bull from the herd, one
ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 52one
male goat for a sin offering; 53and for the sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male
lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of
Ammihud.
54On
the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, the chief of the people
of Manasseh: 55his offering was one silver plate whose
weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to
the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil for a grain offering; 56one golden dish of 10
shekels, full of incense; 57one bull from the herd, one
ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 58one
male goat for a sin offering; 59and for the sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male
lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
60On
the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, the chief of the people of
Benjamin: 61his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 62one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 63one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 64one male
goat for a sin offering; 65and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66On
the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, the chief of the people
of Dan: 67his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 68one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 69one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 70one male
goat for a sin offering; 71and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72On
the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, the chief of the people of
Asher: 73his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 74one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 75one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 76one male
goat for a sin offering; 77and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
78On
the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, the chief of the people of
Naphtali: 79his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; 80one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; 81one bull from the herd, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 82one male
goat for a sin offering; 83and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs
a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84This
was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was
anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve
silver basins, twelve golden dishes, 85each silver plate
weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels
2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, 86the
twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes
being 120 shekels; 87all the cattle for the burnt offering
twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their
grain offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering; 88and
all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four
bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year
old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it
was anointed.
89And
when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he
heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on
the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke
to him.
1Now
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to Aaron and
say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give
light in front of the lampstand.” 3And Aaron did so: he
set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded
Moses. 4And this was the workmanship of the lampstand,
hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered
work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he
made the lampstand.
5And
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6“Take the Levites from
among the people of Israel and cleanse them. 7Thus you
shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification
upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash
their clothes and cleanse themselves. 8Then let them take
a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with
oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin
offering. 9And you shall bring the Levites before the tent
of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of
Israel. 10When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the
people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, 11and
Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from
the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the Lord.
12Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of
the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the
other for a burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement for the
Levites. 13And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and
his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.
14“Thus
you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and
the Levites shall be mine. 15And after that the Levites
shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed
them and offered them as a wave offering. 16For they are
wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all
who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have
taken them for myself. 17For all the firstborn among the
people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that
I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated
them for myself, 18and I have taken the Levites instead of
all the firstborn among the people of Israel. 19And I have
given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the
people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the
tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that
there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of
Israel come near the sanctuary.”
20Thus
did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel
to the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. 21And
the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes,
and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron
made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22And after that
the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before
Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so they did to them.
23And
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24“This applies to the
Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do
duty in the service of the tent of meeting. 25And from the
age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service
and serve no more. 26They minister to their brothers in
the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service.
Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”
Collect
Almighty
God, our heavenly Father, Your mercies are new unto us every morning,
and though we have not deserved Your goodness, You abundantly provide
for all our wants of body and soul. Grant us Your Holy Spirit that we
may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness towards us, give
thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
©
2004 Gregory J. Wismar. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET,
no. 100011178.
Apostles'
Creed
C I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker
of heaven and earth.
And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried.
He
descended into hell.
The
third day He rose again from the dead.
He
ascended into heaven
and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the
holy Christian Church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and
the life T everlasting.
Amen.
Confession
What
is Confession?
Confession
has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we
receive absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God
Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are
forgiven before God in heaven.
What
sins should we confess?
Before
God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware
of, as we do in the Lord's Prayer; but before the pastor we should
confess only those sins which we know and feel in our hearts.
Which
are these?
Consider
your place in life according to the Ten Commandments. Are you a
father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, or worker? Have you
been disobedient, unfaithful, or lazy? Have you been hot-tempered,
rude, or quarrelsome? Have you hurt someone by your words or deeds?
Have you stolen, been negligent, wasted anything, or done any harm?
Lord's
Prayer
C Our
Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Benediction
(Aaronic)
P The
Lord bless you and keep you.
The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The
Lord look upon you with favor and T give
you peace.
C Amen.
Acknowledgments
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