The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for August 26:

First, Numbers Chapter 7 verses 1 to 17. Follow that by reading from Jeremiah Chapter 19 verse 10 to Chapter 20 verse 18. The third part is Psalm 74; and lastly Romans Chapter 16

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!

For certain interesting words:

Section 1

Numbers 7:1-17

17 verses

Numbers Chapter 7

1It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them; 2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were numbered: 3and they brought their offering before ForeverOne, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.

4ForeverOne spoke to Moses, saying, 5"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service." 6Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.

7He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service: 8and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

9But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.

10The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.

11ForeverOne said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar." 12He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah, 13and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 14one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense; 15one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 16one male goat for a sin offering; 17and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Section 2

Jeremiah 19:10-20:18

24 verses

Jeremiah Chapter 19

10Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you, 11and shall tell them, Thus says ForeverOne of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.

12Thus will I do to this place, says ForeverOne, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth: 13and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

14Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where ForeverOne had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of ForeverOne's house, and said to all the people: 15Thus says ForeverOne of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

Jeremiah Chapter 20

1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of ForeverOne, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of ForeverOne.

3It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, ForeverOne has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.

4For thus says ForeverOne, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

5Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

6You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.

7ForeverOne, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me.

8For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of ForeverOne is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.

9If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't [contain].

10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

11But ForeverOne is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

12But, ForeverOne of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.

13Sing to ForeverOne, praise ForeverOne; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

14Cursed is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

15Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.

16Let that man be as the cities which ForeverOne overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime; 17because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

18Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Section 3

Psalm 74

24 verses

Psalm 74

A contemplation by Asaph.

1God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

2Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

3Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

5They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

6Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

7They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

8They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

9We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

11Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

12Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

15You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

16The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

17You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, ForeverOne. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

19Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.

20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

21Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

22Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

23Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

Section 4

Romans 16

27 verses

Romans Chapter 16

1I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, 2that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in AnointedOne Jesus, 4who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

5Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my loved-one, who is the first fruits of Achaia to the AnointedOne.

6Greet Mary, who labored much for us.

7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in the AnointedOne before me.

8Greet Amplias, my loved-one in the Lord.

9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in the AnointedOne, and Stachys, my loved-one.

10Greet Apelles, the approved in the AnointedOne. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

11Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

12Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the loved-one, who labored much in the Lord.

13Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

15Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

16Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of the AnointedOne greet you.

17Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

18For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus AnointedOne, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

19For your obedience has become known to all. So I rejoice over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus AnointedOne be with you.

21Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

22I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.

23Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

24[*The grace of our Lord Jesus AnointedOne be with you all! Amen.] 25[this verse is placed in Romans 14:24] 26[this verse is placed in Romans 14:25] 27[this verse is placed in Romans 14:26]

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In general square brackets:[] are used to indicated 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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