The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for April 28:

First, Exodus Chapter 16 verses 9 to 21. Follow that by reading from 1 Kings Chapter 6 verse 31 to Chapter 7 verse 22. The third part is Ezra Chapter 10 verses 15 to 44; and lastly Luke Chapter 18 verses 24 to 43

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

Exodus 16:9-21

13 verses

Exodus Chapter 16

9Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before ForeverOne, for he has heard your murmurings.'" 10As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of ForeverOne appeared in the cloud.

11ForeverOne spoke to Moses, saying, 12"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am ForeverOne your God.'" 13At evening quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

14When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

15When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which ForeverOne has given you to eat." 16This is the thing which ForeverOne has commanded: "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent." 17The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

18When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

19Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning." 20Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.

21They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

Section 2

1 Kings 6:31-7:22

30 verses

1 Kings Chapter 6

31For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel [and] door posts were a fifth part [of the wall].

32So [he made] two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.

33So he also made door posts of olive wood for the entrance of the temple, out of a fourth part [of the wall]; 34and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

35He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers; and he smoothly overlaid the carving with gold.

36He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams.

37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of ForeverOne laid, in the month Ziv.

38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its fashion. So was he seven years in building it.

1 Kings Chapter 7

1Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, and its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

3It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

4There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.

5All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.

6He made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

7He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

8His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken [to be his] wife).

9All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

10The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.

12The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of ForeverOne, and the porch of the house.

13King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

15For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them about.

16He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

17There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

18So he made the pillars; and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.

19The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.

20There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows around on the other capital.

21He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

22On the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

Section 3

Ezra 10:15-44

30 verses

Ezra Chapter 10

15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

16The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

17They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

18Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

19They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.

20Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

21Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

22Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

23Of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (which is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

24Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

25Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

27Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

28Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

29Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.

30Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

31[of] the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu, 38and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

44All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

Section 4

Luke 18:24-43

20 verses

Luke Chapter 18

24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God's Kingdom!

25For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into God's Kingdom." 26Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" 27But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." 28Peter said, "Look, we have left everything and followed you." 29He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom, 30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life." 31He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

32For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

33They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again." 34They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

35As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

36Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

37They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

38He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" 39Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!" 40Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him, 41"What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again." 42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you." 43Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

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