Wednesday in Season after Pentecost

18Verse 18. And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. 19Verse 19. You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, 20Verse 20. but for a whole month— until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous— because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’” 21Verse 21. But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ 22Verse 22. If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” 23Verse 23. The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.” 31Verse 31. Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp. 32Verse 32. All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.

1Verse 1. “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment. 2Verse 2. Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness ? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. 3Verse 3. He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet. 4Verse 4. Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD — the first and the last— I am He.” 5Verse 5. The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. 6Verse 6. Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” 7Verse 7. The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled. 8Verse 8. “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— 9Verse 9. I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. 10Verse 10. Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. 11Verse 11. Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. 12Verse 12. You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. 13Verse 13. For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.