M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
35 And the LORD spoke to Moses on the plain of Moab, by Jordan, toward Jericho, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites cities in which to dwell from the inheritance of their possession. You shall also give to the Levites the suburbs surrounding the cities.
3 “So they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
4 “And the suburbs of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall surround them for a thousand cubits outward from the walls of the cities.
5 “You shall measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east side, two thousand cubits on the south side, two thousand cubits on the west side, and two thousand cubits on the north side. And the city shall be in the center. This shall be the measure of the suburbs of their cities.
6 “And of the cities which you shall give to the Levites, there shall be six cities for refuge which you shall appoint, to which he who kills may flee. And to them you shall add forty-two more cities.
7 “All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, along with their suburbs.
8 “And concerning the cities which you shall give from the possessions of the children of Israel: from many you shall take more, and from few you shall take less. Everyone shall give to the Levites from his cities, according to his inheritance which he inherits.”
9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come over Jordan, into the land of Canaan,
11 ‘you shall appoint yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the killer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.
12 ‘And these cities shall be for you a refuge from your avenger, so that he who kills does not die until he stand before the Congregation in judgment.
13 ‘And of the cities which you shall give, six cities shall you have for refuge.
14 ‘You shall appoint three on this side of Jordan. And you shall appoint three cities in the land of Canaan which shall be cities of refuge.
15 ‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for he who dwells among you, so that everyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.
16 ‘If one strikes another with an instrument of iron so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall die the death.
17 ‘Also, if he strikes him by casting a stone with which he may be killed, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall die the death.
18 ‘Or, if he strikes him with a hand weapon of wood with which he may be killed, if he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall die the death.
19 ‘The avenger of the blood himself shall kill the murderer. When he meets him, he shall kill him.
20 ‘But if he stabs him out of hate, or ambushes him by lying in wait, so that he dies,
21 ‘or strikes him through enmity with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall die the death. He is a murderer. The avenger of the blood shall kill the murderer when he meets him.
22 ‘But, if he pushed him accidentally (and not out of hatred) or cast upon him anything without lying in wait,
23 ‘or any stone whereby he might be killed (and he did not see him) or caused it to fall upon him, and he dies (and he was not his enemy nor did he seek him any harm),
24 ‘then the Congregation shall judge between the killer and the avenger of blood, according to these Laws.
25 ‘And the Congregation shall deliver the killer out of the hand of the avenger of blood. And the Congregation shall return him to the city of his refuge from which he fled. And he shall stay there until the death of the High Priest, who is anointed with the holy oil.
26 ‘But, if the killer comes outside the borders of the city of his refuge, to which he fled.
27 ‘And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge. And the avenger of blood kills the murderer, he shall be guiltless,
28 ‘because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the High Priest. But after the death of the High Priest, the killer shall return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘So these things shall be a Law of Judgment to you, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.
30 ‘Whoever kills any person shall be killed through witnesses. But one witness’s testimony against a person shall not cause him to die.
31 ‘Moreover, you shall take no ransom for the life of the murderer who is worthy to die. But he shall be put to death.
32 ‘Also, you shall take no ransom for he who has fled to the city of his refuge, so that he should return and dwell in the land before the death of the High Priest.
33 ‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you shall dwell. For blood defiles the land. And the land can only be cleansed of the blood that is shed upon it but by the blood of he who shed it.
34 ‘Therefore, do not defile the land which you shall inhabit. For I dwell in its midst. For I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’”
79 O God, the heathen have come into Your inheritance. They have defiled Your Holy Temple and made Jerusalem heaps of stones.
2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to be food to birds of the heaven, and the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the Earth.
3 They have shed their blood like waters, all around Jerusalem; and there was no one to bury them.
4 We are a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 LORD, how long will You be angry? Forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out Your wrath upon the heathen who have not known You, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon Your Name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob and made His dwelling place desolate.
8 Do not remember our former iniquities against us, but let Your tender mercies come quickly to meet us; for we are in great misery.
9 Help us, O God of Our Salvation, for the Glory of Your Name; and deliver us and be merciful to our sins for Your Name’s sake.
10 Why should the heathen say, “Where is their God?” Let them be known among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of Your servants that is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoners come before You. Preserve the children of death according to Your mighty arm
12 and render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached You, O LORD.
13 So we, Your people, and sheep of Your pasture, shall praise You forever; and from generation to generation we will set forth Your praise. To him who excels on Shoshannim Eduth: A Psalm committed to Asaph
27 On that day, the LORD, with His severe and great and mighty sword shall visit Leviathan, that piercing serpent, even Leviathan, that crooked serpent. And He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 “On that day, sing of the vineyard of red wine!
3 “I, the LORD, keep it. I will water it every moment, lest anyone hurt it. I will keep it night and day.
4 “Anger is not in Me. Who would set the briers and the thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them. I would burn them, together.
5 “Or will he feel My strength, so that he may make peace with Me, be at one with Me?”
6 Hereafter, Jacob shall take root. Israel shall flourish and grow. And the world shall be filled with fruit.
7 Has he struck him, as he struck those who struck him? Or is he killed according to the slaughter of those who were killed by him?
8 In measure, when it stretches forth, you will contend with it. He blows, with his rough wind, on the day of the east wind.
9 By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged. And this is all the fruit, the taking away of his sin, when he shall make all the stones of the altars as chalk stones broken in pieces. The groves and images shall not stand up.
10 Yet, the defensed city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness. There shall the calf feed. And there shall he lie and consume its branches.
11 When the boughs of it are dry, they shall be broken. The women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore, He Who made them shall not have compassion on them. And He Who formed them shall have no mercy on them.
12 And on that day shall the LORD thresh from the channel of the river to the river of Egypt. And you shall be gathered, one by one, O children of Israel.
13 Also on that day shall the great trumpet be blown. And those who perished in the land of Assyria shall come, and those who were chased into the land of Egypt. And they shall worship the LORD on the Holy Mount at Jerusalem.
5 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves Him Who begat, also loves him who is begotten of Him.
2 In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His Commandments.
3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His Commandments. And His Commandments are not burdensome.
4 For all that is born of God overcomes this world. And this is that victory that has overcome this world: our faith.
5 Who is it that overcomes this world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is that Jesus Christ Who came by water and blood - not by water only, but by water and blood - and it is that Spirit that bears witness. For that Spirit is Truth.
7 For there are Three Who bear record in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these Three are One.
8 And there are Three Who bear record on the Earth: the Spirit and the Water and the Blood. And these Three agree in One.
9 If we receive the witness of man, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which He testified about His Son:
10 The one who believes in that Son of God, has the witness in himself. The one who does not believe God, has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the record that God witnessed of His Son.
11 And this is that record: that God has given us eternal life. And this life is in His Son.
12 The one who has that Son, has that life. And the one who does not have that Son of God, does not have that life.
13 These things I have written to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life (and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God).
14 And this is that assurance that we have in Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have the petitions that we have desired from Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sin a sin that does not lead to death, let him ask, and He shall give him life for those whose sin does not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death. I do not say that you should pray for that.
17 All unrighteousness is sin. But there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin. But the one who is begotten of God guards himself. And the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and this whole world lies in wickedness.
20 But we know that the Son of God has come and has given us a mind to know Him Who is true. And we are in Him Who is true; in His Son Jesus Christ. The same is that very God and that Eternal Life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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