The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for September 30:

First, Numbers Chapter 22 verses 28 to 41. Follow that by reading from Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 49 to Chapter 52 verse 11. The third part is Psalm 119 verses 105 to 136; and lastly Galatians Chapter 4

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 22:28-41

14 verses

Numbers Chapter 22

28ForeverOne opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?" 29Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you." 30The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?" He said, "No." 31Then ForeverOne opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of ForeverOne standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

32The angel of ForeverOne said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me: 33and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive." 34Balaam said to the angel of ForeverOne, "I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again." 35The angel of ForeverOne said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

37Balak said to Balaam, "Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?" 38Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak." 39Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.

40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

41It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.

Section 2

Jeremiah 51:49-52:11

27 verses

Jeremiah Chapter 51

49As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

50You who have escaped the sword, go, don't stand still; remember ForeverOne from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of ForeverOne's house.

52Therefore, behold, the days come, says ForeverOne, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says ForeverOne.

54The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

55For ForeverOne lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: 56for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for ForeverOne is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

57I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is ForeverOne of Armies.

58Thus says ForeverOne of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.

60Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, 62and say, ForeverOne, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever.

63It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: 64and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah Chapter 52

1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2He did that which was evil in the sight of ForeverOne, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

3For through the anger of ForeverOne did it happen in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

5So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

6In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around;) and they went toward the Arabah.

8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

9Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.

10The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

11He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.

Section 3

Psalm 119:105-136

32 verses

Psalm 119

105[NUN] Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, ForeverOne, according to your word.

108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. ForeverOne, teach me your ordinances.

109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.

110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

113[SAMEKH] I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

121[AYIN] I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.

122Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

125I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

126It is time to act, ForeverOne, for they break your law.

127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

129[PEH] Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

135Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law.

Section 4

Galatians 4

31 verses

Galatians Chapter 4

1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is Lord of all, 2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

3So we also, when we were children, were held in slavery under the elemental principles of the world.

4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.

6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!" 7So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through the AnointedOne.

8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in slavery to those who by nature are not gods.

9But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in slavery all over again?

10You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong, 13but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

14That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as AnointedOne Jesus.

15What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

16So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

17They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

18But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

19My little children, of whom I am again in childbirth until the AnointedOne is formed in you - 20but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.

23However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

24These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Hagar.

25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.

26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that aren't in labor. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband." 28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

29But just as he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

30However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman." 31So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.

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(*).