The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for August 4:

First, Leviticus Chapter 25 verses 44 to 55. Follow that by reading from Isaiah Chapter 61 verse 4 to Chapter 63 verse 6. The third part is Psalm 40; and lastly Acts Chapter 27 verses 1 to 20

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

Leviticus 25:44-55

12 verses

Leviticus Chapter 25

44"'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

45Moreover of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.

46You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

47"'If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family; 48after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him; 49or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.

50He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

51If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

52If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.

53As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

54If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.

55For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am ForeverOne your God.

Section 2

Isaiah 61:4-63:6

26 verses

Isaiah Chapter 61

4They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6But you shall be named the priests of ForeverOne; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.

7Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.

8"For I, ForeverOne, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which ForeverOne has blessed." 10I will greatly rejoice in ForeverOne, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord ForeverOne will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Isaiah Chapter 62

1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

2The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of ForeverOne shall name.

3You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of ForeverOne, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called MyDelightIsInHer, and your land Married; for ForeverOne delights in you, and your land shall be married.

5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

6I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on ForeverOne, take no rest, 7and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8ForeverOne has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, "Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored: 9but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise ForeverOne; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary." 10Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.

11Behold, ForeverOne has proclaimed to the end of the earth, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.'" 12They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of ForeverOne: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Isaiah Chapter 63

1Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." 2Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

3"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.

4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

5I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.

6I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth."

Section 3

Psalm 40

18 verses

Psalm 40

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

1I waited patiently for ForeverOne. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in ForeverOne.

4Blessed is the man who makes ForeverOne his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5Many, ForeverOne, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

7Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart." 9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, ForeverOne, you know.

10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

11Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, ForeverOne. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

12For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

13Be pleased, ForeverOne, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, ForeverOne.

14Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!" 16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let ForeverOne be exalted!" 17But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God.

Section 4

Acts 27:1-20

20 verses

Acts Chapter 27

1When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

2Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

3The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

4Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

6There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

7When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

8With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

9When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them 10and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much damage, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." 11But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

12Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.

13When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

14But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

15When the ship was caught and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

16Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

17After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

19On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.

20When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

The Bible text is a minor 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 indicated words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
and a few passages considered by some to be of questionable authenticity, marked with an asterisk(*).