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A reading from the book of Numbers (Chapter 21:4b-9) The theme of this feast is role of the cross in our salvation. From the Christian point of view, the incident described in the book of Numbers foreshadowed the Crucifixion. The Hebrews, who had been delivered from slavery in Egypt, complained.

A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Chapter 9:13-18b) The author of the Book of Wisdom asks, “Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the Lord intends?” The author gives his answer toward the end of this passage: “Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given wisdom and sent your.

A reading from the Book of Sirach (Chapter 3:17-18, 20, 28-29) This book is not part of the Jewish scriptural canon, but it is part of Jewish wisdom. Scholars believe it was written between 196 and 175 years before the birth of Jesus by a scribe named Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira. In this passage.