M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

30 `And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;

² a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns [are] of the same.

³ `And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;

⁴ and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make [them], on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

⁵ `And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;

⁶ and thou hast put it before the vail, which [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which [is] over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.

⁷ `And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

⁸ and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.

⁹ `Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;

¹⁰ and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it [is] most holy to Jehovah.'

¹¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹² `When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement [for] his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.

¹³ `This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs); half a shekel [is] the heave-offering to Jehovah;

¹⁴ every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;

¹⁵ the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

¹⁶ `And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.'

¹⁷ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹⁸ `And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;

¹⁹ and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,

²⁰ in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash [with] water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,

²¹ then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.'

²² And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²³ `And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred [shekels]; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;

²⁴ and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;

²⁵ and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

²⁶ `And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

²⁷ and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,

²⁸ and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;

²⁹ and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

³⁰ and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.

³¹ `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;

³² on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it [is] holy; it is holy to you;

³³ a man who compoundeth [any] like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been cut off from his people.'

³⁴ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;

³⁵ and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

³⁶ and thou hast beaten [some] of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.

³⁷ `As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;

³⁸ a man who maketh [any] like it -- to be refreshed by it -- hath even been cut off from his people.'

9 And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,

² and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'

³ Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

⁴ it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

⁵ when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'

⁶ These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,

⁷ `Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;

⁸ the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, `Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'

⁹ others said -- `This is he;' and others -- `He is like to him;' he himself said, -- `I am [he].'

¹⁰ They said, therefore, to him, `How were thine eyes opened?'

¹¹ he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;'

¹² they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?' he saith, `I have not known.'

¹³ They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind,

¹⁴ and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

¹⁵ Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, `Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash -- and I see.'

¹⁶ Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, `This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, `How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, `Thou -- what dost thou say of him -- that he opened thine eyes?'

¹⁸ and he said -- `He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

¹⁹ and they asked them, saying, `Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'

²⁰ His parents answered them and said, `We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

²¹ and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'

²² These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

²³ because of this his parents said -- `He is of age, ask him.'

²⁴ They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, `Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'

²⁵ he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner -- I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'

²⁶ And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'

²⁷ He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?'

²⁸ They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;

²⁹ we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.'

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

³¹ and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

³² from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;

³³ if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'

³⁴ They answered and said to him, `In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, `Dost thou believe in the Son of God?'

³⁶ he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'

³⁷ And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;'

³⁸ and he said, `I believe, sir,' and bowed before him.

³⁹ And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?'

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

6 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

² Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

³ Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

⁵ Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

⁷ Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,

⁸ She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

⁹ Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

¹¹ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

¹² A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,

¹³ Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,

¹⁴ Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

¹⁵ Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.

¹⁶ These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.

¹⁷ Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

¹⁸ A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

¹⁹ A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

²² In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh [with] thee.

²³ For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

²⁴ To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

²⁵ Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

²⁶ For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

²⁷ Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

²⁸ Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

²⁹ So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

³⁰ They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

³¹ And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.

³² He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

³³ A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

³⁴ For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

³⁵ He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

5 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

² lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

³ and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

⁴ ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

⁵ for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

⁶ for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

⁷ Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

⁸ the obedience [is] not of him who is calling you!

⁹ a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

¹⁰ I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

¹¹ And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

¹² O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

¹³ For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

¹⁴ for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

¹⁵ and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

¹⁶ And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

¹⁷ for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;

¹⁸ and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.

¹⁹ And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

²² And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

²³ meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

²⁴ and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

²⁵ if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

²⁶ let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!