March 7 (Numbers 2; Psalm 62; John 2)

A reading from the Book of Numbers.

The Lord spoke to Moses in Aaron's saying,

The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard,

With the banners of their father's houses,

They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.

Those to camp on the east side, toward the sunrise,

Shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah,

By their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being

Nashian, the son of a minedab,

His company has listed being 74,600.

Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issaqar,

The chief of the people of Issaqar being Nathaniel,

The son of Zua.

His company has listed being 54,400.

Then the tribe of Zebulin,

The chief of the people of Zebulin,

Being a layup, the son of Helan,

His company has listed being 57,400.

All those listed of the camp of Judah,

By their companies, were 186,400.

They shall set out first on the march.

On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Rubin,

By their companies, the chief of the people of Rubin being

Alizar, the son of Shadir.

His company has listed being 46,500.

And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon,

The chief of the people of Simeon, being Shalumiel,

The son of Zirshadai.

His company has listed being 59,300.

Then the tribe of Gad,

The chief of the people of Gad being Alisaf,

The son of Rul,

His company has listed being 45,650.

All those listed of the camp of Rubin,

By their companies, were 151,450.

They shall set out second.

Then the ten of meetings shall set out,

With the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps,

As they camp, so shall they set out.

Each in position, standard by standard.

On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim,

By their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim,

Being Alishima, the son of Amalid.

His company has listed being 40,500.

And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasa,

The chief of the people of Manasa, being Gameliel,

The son of Fadasar.

His company has listed being 32,200.

Then the tribe of Benjamin,

The chief of the people of Benjamin, being Abidon,

The son of Gideonai.

His company has listed being 35,400.

All those listed of the camp of Ephraim,

By their companies, were 108,100.

They shall set out third on the march.

On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan,

By their companies, the chief of the people of Dan,

Being A.I.E.S.R, the son of Amishadai.

His company has listed being 62,700.

And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher.

The chief of the people of Asher, being Pegiel,

The son of Okran.

His company has listed being 41,500.

Then the tribe of Naftali,

The chief of the people of Naftali, being Ahaira,

The son of Inan.

His company has listed being 53,400.

All those listed of the camp of Dan, were 157,600.

They shall set out last, standard by standard.

These are the people of Israel as listed by their father's houses.

All those listed in the camps by their companies,

were 603,550.

But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel,

as the Lord commanded Moses.

Thus did the people of Israel,

according to all that the Lord commanded Moses,

so they camped by their standards.

And so they set out each one in his clan,

according to his father's house.

A reading from the book of Psalms.

To the choir master, according to Jaduthin,

a psalm of David.

For God alone, my soul waits in silence.

From him comes my salvation.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.

I shall not be greatly shaken.

How long will all of you attack a man to batter him

like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

They only plan to thrust him down from his eye position.

They take pleasure in falsehood.

They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse.

Say, Law.

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence.

For my hope is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation.

My fortress, I shall not be shaken.

On God rests my salvation and my glory.

My mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Trust in him and all times old people.

Pour out your heart before him.

God is a refuge for us.

Say, Law.

Those of lowest state are but a breath.

Those of highest state are a delusion.

And the balances they go up.

They are together lighter than a breath.

Put no trust in extortion.

Set no vain hopes on robbery.

If riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Once God has spoken, twice have I heard this.

That power belongs to God.

And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.

For you were rendered to a man according to his work.

A reading from the gospel according to John.

On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana and Galilee.

And the mother of Jesus was there.

Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him,

they have no wine.

And Jesus said to her, woman, what does this have to do with me?

My hour has not yet come.

His mother said to the servants, do whatever he tells you.

Now, there were six stone water jars there

for the Jewish rights of purification,

each holding 20 or 30 gallons.

Jesus said to the servants, fill the jars with water

and they filled them up to the brim.

And they said to them, now draw some out

and take it to the master of the feast.

So they took it.

When the master of the feast tasted the water,

now become wine and did not know where it came from,

though the servants who had drawn the water knew,

the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him,

everyone serves the good wine first.

And when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine,

but you have kept the good wine until now.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana and Galilee

and manifested his glory and his disciples believed in him.

After this, he went down to Capernaum

with his mother and his brothers and his disciples

and they stayed there for a few days.

The Passover of the Jews was at hand

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem

and the temple he found those who were selling oxen

and sheep and pigeons and the money changers sitting there

and making a whip of cords.

He drove them all out of the temple with a sheep and oxen

and he poured out the coins of the money changers

and overturned their tables

and he told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away,

do not make my father's house a house of trade.

His disciples remembered that it was written,

zeal for your house will consume me.

So the Jews said to him,

what sign do you show us for doing these things?

Jesus answered them, destroy this temple

and in three days I will raise it up.

The Jews then said,

it has taken 46 years to build this temple

and will you raise it up in three days?

But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

When therefore he was raised from the dead,

his disciples remembered that he had said this

and they believed the scripture

and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast,

many believed in his name when they saw the signs

that he was doing,

but Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them

because he knew all people

and needed no one to bear witness about man

for he himself knew what was in man.