Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 28

Laws for Offerings

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be careful to present to Me My offering, My ^(C1)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.'³ "^(C1)And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day.⁴ 'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer ^(F1)at twilight;⁵ also ^(C1)a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a ^(C2)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a ^(F1)hin of pure oil.⁶ 'It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained on Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.⁷ 'Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; ^(C1)in the Holy Place pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD.⁸ 'The other lamb you shall offer ^(F1)at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

⁹ 'Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ^(F1)ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering:¹⁰ 'This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath in addition to the ^(C1)continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

¹¹ 'Then ^(C1)at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two ^(F1)bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;^12 (C1)and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for the one ram;¹³ and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.¹⁴ 'Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year.¹⁵ 'And one male goat as a sin offering to the LORD; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the ^(C1)continual burnt offering.

¹⁶ '^(C1)The LORD'S Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month.¹⁷ '^(C1)On the fifteenth day of this month there shall be a ^(C2)feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.¹⁸ 'On the ^(C1)first day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work.¹⁹ 'But you shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the LORD: two ^(F1)bulls and one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have ^(C1)without defect.²⁰ 'For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths for the ram.²¹ 'A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for ^(F1)each of the seven lambs;²² and one male goat as a ^(C1)sin offering to make atonement for you.²³ 'You shall present these besides ^(C1)the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.²⁴ 'In this way you shall present daily, for seven days, ^(C1)the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the LORD; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the ^(C2)continual burnt offering.²⁵ 'On the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; ^(C1)you shall do no laborious work.

²⁶ 'Also on ^(C1)the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the LORD in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy assembly; ^(C2)you shall do no laborious work.²⁷ 'But you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old;²⁸ and as their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,²⁹ and a tenth for ^(F1)each of the seven lambs;³⁰ also one male goat to make atonement for you.³¹ '^(C1)Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without ^(F1)defect.

Chapter 8

⁵ "^(C1)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning on her beloved?"

The Bride

"Beneath the ^(C2)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother went into labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave birth to you.

⁶ "Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a ^(C1)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
^(F1)(C2)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flames are flames of fire,
^(F2)The flame of the LORD.

⁷ "Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers flood over it;
^(C1)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised."

The Chorus

⁸ "We have a little sister,
And she ^(C1)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?

⁹ "If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with ^(C1)planks of cedar."

The Bride

¹⁰ "I was a wall, and ^(C1)my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

¹¹ "Solomon had a ^(C1)vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He ^(C2)entrusted the vineyard to ^(C3)caretakers.
Each one was to bring a ^(C4)thousand shekels of silver for its ^(C5)fruit.

¹² "My very own vineyard is ^(F1)at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."

The Groom

¹³ "You who sit in the gardens:
My ^(C1)companions are listening for your voice—
^(C2)Let me hear it!"

The Bride

¹⁴ "^(F1)Hurry, my beloved,
And be ^(C1)like a gazelle or a young ^(F2)stag
On the ^(C2)mountains of balsam trees!"

Chapter 24

³² "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near;³³ so you too, when you see all these things, ^(F1)recognize that ^(F2)He is near, right ^(C1)at the ^(F3)door.³⁴ "Truly I say to you, ^(C1)this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.³⁵ "^(C1)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁶ "But ^(C1)about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.³⁷ "For ^(F1)the ^(C1)coming of the Son of Man will be ^(C2)just like the days of Noah.³⁸ "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(C1)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(C2)Noah entered the ark,³⁹ and they did not ^(F1)understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(C1)coming of the Son of Man be.⁴⁰ "At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^(F1)will be taken and one ^(F1)will be left.⁴¹ "^(C1)Two women will be grinding at the ^(F1)(C2)mill; one ^(F2)will be taken and one ^(F2)will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² "Therefore ^(C1)be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.⁴³ "But ^(F1)be sure of this, that ^(C1)if the head of the house had known ^(C2)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.⁴⁴ "For this reason ^(C1)you must be ready as well; for ^(C2)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

⁴⁵ "^(C1)Who then is the ^(C2)faithful and ^(C3)sensible slave whom his ^(F1)master ^(C4)put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time?⁴⁶ "Blessed is that slave whom his ^(F1)master finds so doing when he comes.⁴⁷ "Truly I say to you that ^(C1)he will put him in charge of all his possessions.⁴⁸ "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My ^(F1)master ^(F2)is not coming for a long time,'⁴⁹ and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk;⁵⁰ then the ^(F1)master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know,⁵¹ and he will ^(F1)cut him in two and assign ^(F2)him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(C1)weeping and gnashing of teeth.