The Bible Reading Plan

Genesis Chapter 35

¹God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." ²Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Reject the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

³Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make an altar to God there, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went." ⁴They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

⁵They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.

⁶So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

⁷He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

⁸Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

⁹God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

¹⁰God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

¹¹God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a group of nations will come from you, and kings will come out of your body.

¹²The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you will I give the land." ¹³God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

¹⁴Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

¹⁵Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

1 Samuel Chapter 9

²⁵When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.

²⁶They arose early, and at about dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, "Get up, that I may send you away." Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

²⁷As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant pass on before us" (and he passed on), "but stand still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God."

1 Samuel Chapter 10

2 Chronicles Chapter 7

¹Now when Solomon had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of ForeverOne filled the house.

²The priests could not enter into the house of ForeverOne, because the glory of ForeverOne filled ForeverOne's house.

³All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of ForeverOne was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to ForeverOne, [saying], "For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever." ⁴Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before ForeverOne.

⁵King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

⁶The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of ForeverOne, which David the king had made to give thanks to ForeverOne, when David praised by their ministry, saying "For his loving kindness endures for ever." The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

⁷Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of ForeverOne; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.

⁸So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

⁹On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

¹⁰On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that ForeverOne had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

¹¹Thus Solomon finished the house of ForeverOne, and the king's house: and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of ForeverOne, and in his own house.

Mark Chapter 6

³⁰The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

³¹He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

³²They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

³³They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

³⁴Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat." ³⁷But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?" ³⁸He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish." ³⁹He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

⁴⁰They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

⁴²They all ate, and were filled.

⁴³They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

⁴⁴Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

⁴⁵Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

⁴⁶After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

⁴⁸Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them, ⁴⁹but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; ⁵⁰for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid." ⁵¹He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled; ⁵²for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

⁵³When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

⁵⁴When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, ⁵⁵and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick on their mats to where they heard he was.

⁵⁶Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.