Emor, אֱמֹר — 7/26/25

Torah: Leviticus 21:16 - 22:16 (25)

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-30 (30)

Passages

Torah — Leviticus 21:16 - 22:16

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Leviticus 21:16 - 22:16

21:16 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
21:17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘A man from your offspring throughout their generations, in whom is a physical defect, shall not come near to present your God’s food.
21:18 Indeed, any man in whom is a physical defect shall not come near: a blind man or lame or disfigured or deformed,
21:19 or a man in whom is a broken foot or a broken hand,
21:20 or a hunchback or a dwarf, or a spot in his eye or a skin disorder or a skin eruption or a crushed testicle.
21:21 Any man from Aaron the priest’s offspring in whom is a physical defect shall not come near to present offerings made by fire to Yahweh; a physical defect is in him; he shall not come near to present his God’s food.
21:22 He may eat his God’s food, from the most holy things and from the holy things.
21:23 But he must not enter the curtain, and he must not come near to the altar, because a physical defect is in him, and he must not profane my sanctuary, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.’”
21:24 Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites.
22:1 Priests and Their Food Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
22:2 “Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the Israelites’ votive offerings, and they must not profane my holy name, which they are consecrating to me; I am Yahweh.
22:3 “Say to them, ‘Throughout your generations, any man from any of your offspring who comes near the votive offerings that the Israelites consecrate to Yahweh with his uncleanness on him, that person shall be cut off from before me; I am Yahweh.
22:4 “‘Anyone from Aaron’s offspring, if he is afflicted with a skin disease or a fluid discharge, shall not eat in the sanctuary until he is clean; and the one who touches any unclean person or a man from whom an emission of semen goes out,
22:5 or a man who touches any swarmer that is unclean for him or who touches a person who is unclean for him due to whatever his uncleanness,
22:6 a person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the votive offerings, except when he washes his body with water
22:7 and the sun sets, and he shall be clean; then afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it is his food.
22:8 He shall not eat a naturally dead body or a mangled carcass, so that he becomes unclean by it; I am Yahweh.
22:9 “‘And they shall keep my obligation, and they shall not incur guilt because of it, so that they die through it, because they have profaned it; I am Yahweh who consecrates them.
22:10 “‘No stranger shall eat the votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with a priest or a hired worker eat the votive offering.
22:11 But a priest, if with his money he buys a person as his possession, that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food.
22:12 And a priest’s daughter, when she marries a layman, she herself may not eat the votive offering.
22:13 But a priest’s daughter, when she becomes a widow or divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father’s house as in her childhood, she may eat from her father’s food, but no layman may eat it.
22:14 And if a man eats the votive offering unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it, and he shall give the votive offering to the priest.
22:15 And they shall not profane the Israelites’ votive offerings that they present to Yahweh,
22:16 and so cause them, by their eating their votive offerings, to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.’”

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Gospel — Matthew 25:1-30

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Matthew 25:1-30

25:1 The Parable of the Ten Virgins “Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
25:2 Now five of them were foolish and five were wise.
25:3 For when the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.
25:4 But the wise ones took olive oil in flasks with their lamps.
25:5 And when the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
25:6 But in the middle of the night there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
25:7 Then all those virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
25:8 And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!’
25:9 But the wise ones answered saying, “Certainly there will never be enough for us and for you! Go instead to those who sell olive oil and buy some for yourselves.’
25:10 But while they had gone away to buy it the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding celebration, and the door was shut.
25:11 And later the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’
25:12 But he answered and said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you!’
25:13 Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!
25:14 The Parable of the Talents For it is like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.
25:15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went on a journey immediately.
25:16 The one who had received the five talents went out and traded with them and gained five more.
25:17 In the same way the one who had the two gained two more.
25:18 But the one who had received the one went away and dug up the ground and hid his master’s money.
25:19 Now after a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.
25:20 And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me five talents. See, I have gained five more talents!’
25:21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
25:22 And the one who had the two talents also came up and said, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents. See, I have gained two talents more!’
25:23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
25:24 And the one who had received the one talent came up also and said, ‘Master, because I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter seed.
25:25 And because I was afraid, I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours!’
25:26 But his master answered and said to him, ‘Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter seed.
25:27 Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and when I returned I would have gotten back what was mine with interest!
25:28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.
25:29 For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
25:30 And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness—in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

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