The Bible Reading Plan

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Numbers Chapter 31

²¹Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses. ²²However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, ²³everything that can withstand fire, you are to put through fire, and it'll be clean; nevertheless it should be purified with water for impurity. Make anything that can't withstand fire go through water. ²⁴Wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you'll be clean. Afterward you may enter the camp."

²⁵Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶"Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [households] of the congregation; ²⁷and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. ²⁸Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the people, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks. ²⁹take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's wave offering. ³⁰From the children of Israel's half, take one drawn from every fifty, from the people, from the cattle, from the donkeys, and from the flocks, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh's tabernacle."

³¹Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Ezekiel Chapter 17

²²Thus says LordOfMine Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain: ²³in the mountain of the height of Israel I will plant it; and it shall produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a fine cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell. ²⁴All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel Chapter 18

¹The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, ²What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

³As I live, says LordOfMine Yahweh, you shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel. ⁴Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die. ⁵But if a man is just, and does what is lawful and right, ⁶and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity, ⁷and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; ⁸he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man, ⁹has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says LordOfMine Yahweh.

¹⁰If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things, ¹¹and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife, ¹²has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, ¹³has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

¹⁴Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like; ¹⁵who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife, ¹⁶neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; ¹⁷who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. ¹⁸As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁹Yet you say, Why doesn't the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live. ²⁰The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

²¹But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do what is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. ²²None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live. ²³Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says LordOfMine Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

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Proverbs Chapter 4

¹Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; ²for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. ³For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. ⁴He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. ⁵Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. ⁶Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. ⁷Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. ⁸Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. ⁹She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you." ¹⁰Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. ¹¹I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. ¹²When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. ¹³Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. ¹⁴Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. ¹⁵Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. ¹⁶For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. ¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. ¹⁸But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. ¹⁹The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. ²⁰My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. ²¹Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. ²²For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. ²³Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. ²⁴Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. ²⁵Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. ²⁶Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. ²⁷Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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1 Thessalonians Chapter 1

¹Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus AnointedOne: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus AnointedOne.

²We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers, ³remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of selfless-love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus AnointedOne, before our God and Father. ⁴We know, brothers selflessly-loved by God, that you are chosen, ⁵and that our good-news came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake. ⁶You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we needn't say anything. ⁹For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, ¹⁰and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians Chapter 2

¹For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain, ²but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the good-news of God in much conflict. ³For our strong-encouragement is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception. ⁴But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, so we speak: not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts. ⁵For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), ⁶nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as ambassadors of AnointedOne. ⁷But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

⁸Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the good-news of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us. ⁹For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God. ¹⁰You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe. ¹¹As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, ¹²to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.