Passage:
6 “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
7 All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
28 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,
29 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
(Numbers 35:6–7, 25, 28–29 ESV)
Song:
Amen by Anna Hamilton and Grace Ibbott
Lyrics:
We’ve built kingdoms in our own names
We’ve been distant walked our own way
Seeking idols and not Your face
But Father You’re too precious to us to trade away
So we come again
Kneel at Your feet again
And we say amen
Let Your will be done in us
We’ve seen injustice and let it be
Drawn our own lines on Your masterpiece
So with repentance in humility
Father form in us the church You long to see
With no questions no reservations
Here we are King of love
You have our hearts
Let justice roll like a mighty river
On and on as we pray
Your kingdom come
Prayer:
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.
-The Book of Common Prayer
