The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for July 21:

First, Leviticus Chapter 19 verses 1 to 18. Follow that by reading from Isaiah Chapter 42 verse 10 to Chapter 43 verse 13. The third part is Psalm 20 and 21; and lastly from Acts Chapter 18 verse 27 to Chapter 19 verse 10

You can read the passages below. If you're looking to read for a different day or want to use your own Bible, then here's the entire year's plan as a list. Enjoy!

Section 1

Leviticus 19:1-18

18 verses

Leviticus Chapter 19

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'Be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

³"'Each one of you must respect his mother and his father. Keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

⁴"'Don't turn to idols, nor make cast-metal gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

⁵"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, offer it so that you may be accepted. ⁶It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. ⁷If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; ⁸but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned Yahweh's holy thing. That soul shall be cut off from his people.

⁹"'When you reap the harvest of your land, don't wholly reap the corners of your field, and don't gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰Don't glean your vineyard, nor gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

¹¹"'Don't steal.

"'Don't lie.

"'Don't deceive one another.

¹²"'Don't swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

¹³"'Don't oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.

"'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

¹⁴"'Don't curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you must fear your God. I am Yahweh.

¹⁵"'Don't be unjust in judgment. You mustn't be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but judge your neighbor in righteousness.

¹⁶"'Don't go around as a slanderer among your people.

"'Don't endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

¹⁷"'Don't hate your brother in your heart. Surely rebuke your neighbor, and don't bear sin because of him.

¹⁸"'Don't take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Section 2

Isaiah 42:10-43:13

29 verses

Isaiah Chapter 42

¹⁰Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands and their inhabitants. ¹¹Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains! ¹²Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands. ¹³Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies. ¹⁴"I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant. ¹⁵I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their plants. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. ¹⁶I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them. ¹⁷"Those who trust in engraved images, who tell cast-metal images, 'You are our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed. ¹⁸"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. ¹⁹Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant? ²⁰You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen. ²¹It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness's sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable. ²²But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore them!' ²³Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come? ²⁴Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law. ²⁵Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take it to heart."

Isaiah Chapter 43

¹But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel says, "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. ²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you. ³For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. ⁴Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life. ⁵Don't be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west. ⁶I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south, 'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth - ⁷everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created-from-nothing for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'" ⁸Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. ⁹Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true." ¹⁰"You are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no god formed, nor will there be after me. ¹¹I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. ¹²I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "and I am God. ¹³Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"

Section 3

Psalm 20-21

24 verses

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

¹May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.
May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
²send you help from the sanctuary,
grant you support from Zion,
³remember all your offerings,
and accept your burnt sacrifice.

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⁴May he grant you your heart's desire,
and fulfill all your counsel.
⁵We will triumph in your salvation.
In the name of our God, we will set up our banners.
May Yahweh grant all your requests.
⁶Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.
He will answer him from his holy heaven,
with the saving strength of his right hand.
⁷Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.
⁸They are bowed down and fallen,
but we rise up, and stand upright.
⁹Save, Yahweh!
Let the King answer us when we call!

Psalm 21

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

¹The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! ²You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips.

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³For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. ⁴He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever. ⁵His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him. ⁶For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence. ⁷For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved. ⁸Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you. ⁹You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. ¹⁰You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men. ¹¹For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. ¹²For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. ¹³Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

Section 4

Acts 18:27-19:10

12 verses

Acts Chapter 18

²⁷When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; ²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was AnointedOne.

Acts Chapter 19

¹While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples. ²He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

³He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

⁴Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."

⁵When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. ⁷They were about twelve men in all.

⁸He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God's Kingdom.

⁹But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Gentiles.

The Bible text is an adaptation of the WEB to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicate words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
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