Simchat Torah — 8/26/28

Passages

Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1 - 33:7
Gospel: Acts 27:1 - 27:12

Torah — Deuteronomy 33:1 - 33:7

33:1 Blessings of Moses on Israel Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.

33:2 Then he said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and he dawned upon them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holy ones, at his right hand a fiery law for them.

33:3 Moreover, he loves his people, all the holy ones were in your hand, and they bowed down to your feet, each one accepted directions from you.

33:4 A law Moses instructed for us, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

33:5 And then a king arose in Jeshurun, at the gathering of the leaders of the people, united were the tribes of Israel.

33:6 “May Reuben live, and may he not die, and let his number not be few.”

33:7 And he said this of Judah, “Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his own hands strive for him, and may you be a help against his foes.”

Gospel — Acts 27:1 - 27:12

27:1 Paul and His Associates Sail for Rome And when it was decided that we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Cohort.

27:2 And we went aboard a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the coast of Asia and put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

27:3 And on the next day, we put in at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends to be cared for.

27:4 And from there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

27:5 And after we had sailed across the open sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

27:6 And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board it.

27:7 And sailing slowly, in many days and with difficulty we came to Cnidus. Because the wind did not permit us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

27:8 And sailing along its coast with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

27:9 And because considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul strongly recommended,

27:10 saying to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to end with disaster and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives!”

27:11 But the centurion was convinced even more by the shipmaster and the shipowner than by what was said by Paul.

27:12 And because the harbor was unsuitable for spending the winter in, the majority decided on a plan to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing toward the southwest and toward the northwest, to spend the winter there.

27:1 Paul Sails for Rome It was decided that we would sail for Italy. Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a Roman commander named Julius. He belonged to the Imperial Guard.

27:2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium. It was about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia Minor. We headed out to sea. Aristarchus was with us. He was a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

27:3 The next day we landed at Sidon. There Julius was kind to Paul. He let Paul visit his friends so they could give him what he needed.

27:4 From there we headed out to sea again. We passed the calmer side of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

27:5 We sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia. Then we landed at Myra in Lycia.

27:6 There the commander found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy. He put us on board.

27:7 We moved along slowly for many days. We had trouble getting to Cnidus. The wind did not let us stay on course. So we passed the calmer side of Crete, opposite Salmone.

27:8 It was not easy to sail along the coast. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens. It was near the town of Lasea.

27:9 A lot of time had passed. Sailing had already become dangerous. By now it was after the Day of Atonement, a day of fasting. So Paul gave them a warning.

27:10 “Men,” he said, “I can see that our trip is going to be dangerous. The ship and everything in it will be lost. Our own lives will be in danger also.”

27:11 But the commander didn’t listen to what Paul said. Instead, he followed the advice of the pilot and the ship’s owner.

27:12 The harbor wasn’t a good place for ships to stay during winter. So most of the people decided we should sail on. They hoped we would reach Phoenix. They wanted to spend the winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete. It faced both southwest and northwest.

Passages

Torah — Deuteronomy 33:1 - 33:7

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Gospel — Acts 27:1 - 27:12

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