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The Scriptures read at the Conferring of the Royal Arch Purple Degree

Listed below are the scriptures read at the conferring of the Royal arch Purple degree in Ireland, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Royal Arch Purple Chapter of Ireland. These scriptures are slightly different in places from those used by the Independent Loyal Orange Institution in their RAP degree.
The scriptures are listed here in the order they are read at the degree, normally by the Chaplain of the chapter or district chapter.

(1)
Exodus Ch13 v15-18:

'And it came to pass, when pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they se war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt'.

(2)
Numbers Ch14 v11,12,26-28,33:

'And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? And how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they...And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you...And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness'.

(3)
Joshua Ch5 v13-15:

'And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

(4)
Psalm 107 v4-8, 12-15:

'They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!...Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!'

(5)
Psalm 106 v43-45:

'Many times did he deliver them: but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies'.

(6)
Genesis Ch28 v10-14:

'And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed'.

(7)
1 Corinthians Ch13 v13:

'And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity'.

(8)
1 Corinthians Ch15 v56, 57:

'The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our LORD Jesus Christ'.

(9)
Genesis Ch1 v14-18:

'And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good'.

(10)
1 John Ch1 v5:

'This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that god is light, and in him is no darkness at all'.

(11)
Exodus Ch13 v21, 22:

'And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way: and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light: to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people'.

(12)
1 Corinthians ch15 v58:

'Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord'.

(13)
Revelation Ch22 v21:

'The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen'.

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