And now he can help those who are tempted, because he himself was tempted and suffered.

Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.

But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the LORD has given Moses.

If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, an odor that pleases the LORD, with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering.

The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.

At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify you from your sin, and you will be forgiven.

even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.

Keep walking on straight paths, so that the lame foot may not be disabled, but instead be healed.

They have already left the way that I commanded them to follow; they have made a bull-calf out of melted gold and have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They are saying that this is their god, who led them out of Egypt.

But the Israelites paid no attention to their leaders. Israel was unfaithful to the LORD and worshiped other gods. Their fathers had obeyed the LORD's commands, but this new generation soon stopped doing so.

Get out of our way and stop blocking our path. We don't want to hear about your holy God of Israel."

The Law of Moses appoints men who are imperfect to be high priests; but God's promise made with the vow, which came later than the Law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Aaron said to them, "Take off the gold earrings which your wives, your sons, and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me."

He took the earrings, melted them, poured the gold into a mold, and made a gold bull-calf. The people said, "Israel, this is our god, who led us out of Egypt!"

He said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have made them commit such a terrible sin?"

They said to me, 'We don't know what has happened to this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt; so make us a god to lead us.'

Moses had married a Cushite woman, and Miriam and Aaron criticized him for it.

(Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)

and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance of the Tent, and called out, "Aaron! Miriam!" The two of them stepped forward,

It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel.

The LORD was angry with them; and so as he departed

He and Aaron assembled the whole community in front of the rock, and Moses said, "Listen, you rebels! Do we have to get water out of this rock for you?"

But the LORD reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, "Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them."

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers."

If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.

So I will boast about this man---but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.

But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.

I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

You remember why I preached the gospel to you the first time; it was because I was sick.