M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
20 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 Likewise, thou shalt say to the sons of Israel, Any man of the sons of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel that gives any of his seed unto Molech shall surely die; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3 And I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed unto Molech, contaminating my sanctuary and defiling my holy name.
4 And if the people of the land should hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his seed unto Molech, to not kill him,
5 then I will set my face against that man and against his family and will cut him off with all those that fornicated after him, prostituting themselves after Molech.
6 And the person that turns after spiritists or after diviners to prostitute themselves after them, I will even set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
7 Sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be ye holy, for I am the LORD your God.
8 And keep my statutes and do them. I AM he who sanctifies you.
9 For any man that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10 ¶ And the man that commits adultery with another man’s wife, he that commits adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely die.
11 And the man that lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely die; their blood shall be upon them.
12 And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought mixture; their blood shall be upon them.
13 If a man shall join himself with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness; they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man copulates with a beast, he shall surely be put to death, and ye shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approaches any animal, to join herself with it, thou shalt kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon themselves.
17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be killed in the sight of the sons of their people; he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her menstruation and shall uncover her nakedness, he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister; for he uncovers his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
22 ¶ Keep, therefore, all my statutes and all my rights and do them, and the land where I bring you to dwell therein will not vomit you out.
23 And ye shall not walk in the practices of the Gentiles which I shall cast out before you; for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall possess their land, and I will give it unto you in possession of inheritance, a land that flows with milk and honey. I AM your God, who have separated you from the other peoples.
25 Therefore, ye shall differentiate between clean animals and unclean and between unclean fowls and clean; and ye shall not defile your persons by animals or by fowl or by any manner of living thing that moves on the ground which I have separated from you as unclean.
26 Ye must, therefore, be holy unto me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the other peoples, that ye should be mine.
27 And the man or the woman that consults with spiritists, or that is a diviner, shall surely die; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
A Psalm of David.
Aleph
1 ¶ Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Beth
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
Gimel
3 Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed.
Daleth
4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
He
5 Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day.
Vau
6 Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old.
Zain
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Cheth
8 ¶ Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.
Teth
9 He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way.
Jod
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Caph
11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.
Lamed
12 Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Mem
13 His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Nun
14 The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Samech
15 ¶ Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Ain
16 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
Tzaddi
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Resh
18 Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Schin
20 O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.
Tau
21 Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me, for I have waited for thee.
Pe
22 Ransom Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
3 ¶ For all things there is a season, and every will under the heaven has its time determined.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit does the one that works have in that in which he labours?
10 I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men that they may be occupied in it.
11 ¶ He has made every thing beautiful in his time: even the world he has given over to their will, in such a way that no man can attain to this work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
12 I have learned that there is nothing better for them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour; it is the gift of God.
14 I have understood that whatever God does, it shall be for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it because God does it that men should fear before him.
15 That which has been is now, and that which is to be has already been and God shall seek that which is past.
16 ¶ And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time determined to judge every will and regarding everything that is done.
18 I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves are beasts one to another.
19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; so that a man has no more breath than a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all shall turn to dust again.
21 Who knows that the spirit of the sons of men goes upward and that the spirit of the beast goes downward to the earth?
22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
5 ¶ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,
2 the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 ¶ Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let those learn first to govern their house in piety and to recompense their parents, for this is honest and pleasing before God.
5 Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusts in God, and is diligent in supplications and prayers night and day,
6 but she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
7 Therefore command these things, that they may be blameless.
8 But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Let a widow be placed on the list being not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
10 having a good testimony of good works, if she has brought up well her children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
11 But the younger widows refuse, for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
12 having condemnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 And reject also the idle, who have learned to wander about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 I desire therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, govern the house, giving no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 For some are already turned back after Satan.
16 If any faithful man or woman has widows, let them maintain them and let not the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} be charged, that it may relieve those that are widows indeed.
17 ¶ Let the elders that govern well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and doctrine.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
19 Against an elder do not receive an accusation, unless there are two or three witnesses.
20 Those that persist in sin rebuke before all, that the others may also fear.
21 I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Lay hands suddenly on no one, neither be partaker of the sins of others; keep thyself pure.
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
24 Some men’s sins are manifest beforehand, before they come unto judgment, but to others they follow after.
25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise cannot be hid.
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