What do Catholics read besides the Bible?
When Catholics go to Mass, they hear a reading from the Old Testament, they say or sing one of the Psalms, then they listen to a reading from the Epistles, then a Gospel reading. The whole structure fits together so that the Mass is focused on Christ in the Gospels.
Does the Bible mean anything to Catholics?
The culmination of the entire Bible are the words and deeds of Jesus, in particular his Passion, death and glorious Resurrection. The beliefs of Catholics are found in the Bible in two ways: explicit and implicit. Some teachings of the Catholic Church are easily found in the Bible.
Which Catholic Bible should I get?
The Revised Standard Version, Catholic edition Bible (RSV-CE) is an example of an equivalent translation, or a word-for-word translation. It gives an accurate reading of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek original text and is a strong choice for anyone interested in serious Bible study.
How does a Catholic read the Bible?
• Reading the Bible one book at a time, but focusing on Jesus and seeing the relation of all the books to Jesus. o Begin with one of the Gospels, for the basic story about Jesus (start with Mark, the oldest & shortest Gospel). o Then read some NT letters, followed by another Gospel; then the Acts of the Apostles, and more NT letters;
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What does the Bible say about anointed with holy oil?
anointed with the holy oil, dies. {35:26} If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled, {35:27} and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed. {35:28} For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land. {35:29} These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations. {35:30} The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person. {35:31} You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly. {35:32} Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities. {35:33} Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another. {35:34} And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.”
Where is the table in the Bible?
over the ark of the testimony, in the Holy of Holies. {26:35} And the table shall be outside the veil. And opposite the table shall be the lampstand, in the meridian of the tabernacle. For the table shall stand at the north side. {26:36} You shall also make a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery. {26:37} And you shall overlay with gold five columns of setim wood, over which the tent shall be drawn. The heads of these shall be of gold, and the bases of brass.”
What does the Bible say about touching the Holies of Holies?
they may not die by touching the Holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall enter, and they shall assign the work of each one, and they shall determine what each one ought to carry. {4:20} Let no others, out of curiosity, see the things that are in the Sanctuary before they are wrapped, otherwise they shall die.” {4:21} And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: {4:22} “Now also take a total of the sons of Gershon, by their houses and families and kinships, {4:23} from thirty years and above, even to fifty years. Number all those who enter and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. {4:24} This is the duty of the family of the Gershonites: {4:25} to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the veil over everything, and the violet tent, which hangs at the entrance of the tabernacle of the covenant, {4:26} the curtains of the atrium, and the veil at the entrance, which is before tabernacle. Everything that pertains to the altar, the cords, and the vessels of the ministry {4:27} the sons of Gershon shall carry, under the orders of Aaron and his sons. And so shall each one know to which burden he ought to surrender. {4:28} This is the service of the family of the Gershonites, in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. {4:29} Likewise, you shall take a census of the sons of Merari, by the families and houses of their fathers, {4:30} from thirty years and above, even to fifty years, of all who enter to the office of their ministry and to the service of the covenant of the testimony. {4:31} These are their burdens: They shall carry the panels of the tabernacle and its bars, the columns and their bases, {4:32} also the columns surrounding the atrium, with their bases and tent pegs and cords. They shall accept by number all the vessels and articles, and so shall they carry them. {4:33} This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and their ministry for the tabernacle of the covenant. And they shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.” {4:34} Therefore, Moses and Aaron, and the leaders of the assembly, took a census of the sons of Kohath, by the kinships and houses of their fathers, {4:35} from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, of all who enter to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant. {4:36} And there were found two thousand seven hundred fifty. {4:37} This is the number of the people of Kohath, who enter the tabernacle of the covenant. These Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. {4:38} The sons of Gershon also were numbered by the kinships and houses of their fathers, {4:39} from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, all who enter so as to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. {4:40} And there were found two thousand six hundred thirty. {4:41} This is the people of the Gershonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord. {4:42} The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kinships and houses of their fathers, {4:43} from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, all who enter to fulfill the rituals of the tabernacle of the covenant. {4:44} And there were found three thousand two hundred. {4:45} This is the number of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses. {4:46} All who were counted from the Levites, and whom, by name, Moses and Aaron, and the leaders of Israel, counted by the kinships and houses of their fathers, {4:47} from thirty years and above, until the fiftieth year, entering for the ministry of the tabernacle and carrying the burdens, {4:48} were together eight thousand five hundred eighty. {4:49} Moses took a census of them, according to the word of the Lord, each one according to their office and their burdens, just as the Lord had instructed him.
What does the Bible say about the tabernacle?
It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall possess nothing else; {18:24} being content with the oblation of tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities.” {18:25} And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: {18:26} “Instruct the Levites, and also declare to them: When you will receive , from the sons of Israel, the tithes, which I have given to you, offer their first-fruits to the Lord, that is, the tenth part of a tenth, {18:27} so that it may be accounted to you as an oblation of the first-fruits, as much from the threshing floors as from the oil and wine presses. {18:28} And offer the first-fruits of everything, from which you receive tithes, to the Lord, and give them to Aaron the priest. {18:29} Everything which you shall offer from the tithes, and which you shall separate as gifts to the Lord, shall be the finest and most select. {18:30} And you shall say to them: ‘If you offer the noble and the better of the tithes, it shall be accounted to you as if you had given from the first- fruits of the threshing floor and of the oil and wine presses.’ {18:31} And you shall eat these in all your places, both you and your families, because it is your price for the ministry, by which you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony. {18:32} And you shall not sin in this way: by reserving the excellent and fat things for yourselves, lest you pollute the oblations of the sons of Israel, and lest you die.”
What does the Bible say about living in it?
living in it. For I have given it you as a possession, {33:54} which you shall divide among you by lot . To the greater number you shall give more , and to the lesser number, less. To each one, just as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be distributed. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and families. {33:55} But if you are not willing to put to death the inhabitants of the land, those who remain shall be to you like spikes in your eyes and lances in your sides, and they shall be adversaries to you in the land of your habitation. {33:56} And whatever I had decided to do to them, I will do to you.”
What does the Bible say about bitter waters?
bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses, {5:24} and he shall give it to her to drink. And when she has emptied it, {5:25} the priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and he shall elevate it before the Lord, and he shall impose it upon the altar. Yet only after he first {5:26} takes a handful of the sacrifice from that which is offered, and burns it upon the altar, and then he may give the most bitter waters to the woman as a drink. {5:27} And when she drinks it, if she has been defiled, and, having despised her husband, is guilty of adultery, the curse shall pass through her, and as her belly swells up, her thigh shall decay, and the woman shall become a curse and an example to all the people. {5:28} But if she has not been defiled, she shall be unharmed and she shall bear children. {5:29} This is the law for jealousy. If a woman has turned aside from her husband, and if she has been polluted, {5:30} and if the husband, being stirred up by the spirit of jealousy, has brought her before the sight of the Lord, and the priest has acted toward her according to all that has been written: {5:31} then the husband shall be without guilt, and she shall bear her iniquity.”
What does the Bible say about jubilee?
the Jubilee; and the one who had vowed it shall give to the Lord. {27:24} Then, in the Jubilee, it shall be returned to the former owner, the one who had sold it and who had held it within the lot of his possession. {27:25} All estimation shall be weighed according to the shekel of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols. {27:26} The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no one is able to sanctify or vow, whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they are for the Lord. {27:27} But if it is an unclean animal, whoever offers it shall redeem it, according to your estimation, and he shall add a fifth part to the price. If he is not willing to redeem it, it shall be sold to another for whatever amount it was estimated by you. {27:28} All that is consecrated to the Lord, whether it is a man, or an animal, or a field, shall not be sold; neither is it able to be redeemed. Anything, once it has been consecrated, shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord. {27:29} And all that has been consecrated, which is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but shall surely die. {27:30} All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him. {27:31} But if anyone is willing to redeem his tithes, he shall add a fifth part to them. {27:32} Out of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, which cross under the rod of the shepherd, every tenth one that arrives shall be sanctified to the Lord. {27:33} It shall not be chosen by what is good or bad; neither shall it be exchanged for another. If anyone has exchanged it, both that which was exchanged, and that for which it was exchanged, shall be sanctified to the Lord and shall not be redeemed. {27:34} These are the precepts, which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on mount Sinai.