M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

32 And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.'

² And Aaron saith unto them, `Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;'

³ and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which [are] in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron,

⁴ and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

⁵ And Aaron seeth, and buildeth an altar before it, and Aaron calleth, and saith, `A festival to Jehovah -- to-morrow;'

⁶ and they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.

⁷ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,

⁸ they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

⁹ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people;

¹⁰ and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'

¹¹ And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

¹² why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people.

¹³ `Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'

¹⁴ and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.

¹⁵ And Moses turneth, and goeth down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [are] in his hand, tables written on both their sides, on this and on that [are] they written;

¹⁶ and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.

¹⁷ And Joshua heareth the voice of the people in their shouting, and saith unto Moses, `A noise of battle in the camp!'

¹⁸ and he saith, `It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness -- a voice of singing I am hearing.'

¹⁹ And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;

²⁰ and he taketh the calf which they have made, and burneth [it] with fire, and grindeth until [it is] small, and scattereth on the face of the waters, and causeth the sons of Israel to drink.

²¹ And Moses saith unto Aaron, `What hath this people done to thee, that thou hast brought in upon it a great sin?'

²² and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it [is] in evil;

²³ and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him;

²⁴ and I say to them, Whoso hath gold, let them break [it] off, and they give to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf cometh out.'

²⁵ And Moses seeth the people that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

²⁶ and Moses standeth in the gate of the camp, and saith, `Who [is] for Jehovah? -- unto me!' and all the sons of Levi are gathered unto him;

²⁷ and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.'

²⁸ And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,

²⁹ and Moses saith, `Consecrate your hand to-day to Jehovah, for a man [is] against his son, and against his brother, so as to bring on you to-day a blessing.'

³⁰ And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses saith unto the people, `Ye -- ye have sinned a great sin, and now I go up unto Jehovah, if so be I atone for your sin.'

³¹ And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Oh this people hath sinned a great sin, that they make to themselves a god of gold;

³² and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'

³³ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Whoso hath sinned against Me -- I blot him out of My book;

³⁴ and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging -- then I have charged upon them their sin.'

³⁵ And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

11 And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

² and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

³ therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

⁴ and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

⁵ And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

⁶ when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

⁷ then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again;'

⁸ the disciples say to him, `Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'

⁹ Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

¹⁰ and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

¹¹ These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

¹² therefore said his disciples, `Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

¹³ but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

¹⁴ Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;

¹⁵ and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

¹⁶ therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, `We may go -- we also, that we may die with him,'

¹⁷ Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

¹⁸ And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

¹⁹ and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

²⁰ Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

²¹ Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

²² but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'

²³ Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'

²⁴ Martha saith to him, `I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'

²⁵ Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

²⁶ and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;

²⁷ believest thou this?' she saith to him, `Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

²⁸ And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, `The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

²⁹ she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

³⁰ and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

³¹ the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- `She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

³² Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'

³³ Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

³⁴ `Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, `Sir, come and see;'

³⁵ Jesus wept.

³⁶ The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!'

³⁷ and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

³⁸ Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

³⁹ Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

⁴⁰ Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

⁴¹ They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, `Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

⁴² and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

⁴³ And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, `Lazarus, come forth;'

⁴⁴ and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, `Loose him, and suffer to go.'

⁴⁵ Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;

⁴⁶ but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

⁴⁹ and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, `Ye have not known anything,

⁵⁰ nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'

⁵¹ And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

⁵² and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.

⁵³ From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

⁵⁴ Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

⁵⁶ they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast?'

⁵⁷ and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew [it], so that they may seize him.

8 Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

² At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

³ At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

⁴ `Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.

⁵ Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

⁶ Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.

⁷ For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.

⁸ In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

⁹ All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

¹¹ For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

¹² I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

¹³ The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

¹⁴ Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.

¹⁵ By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

¹⁶ By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

¹⁷ I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

¹⁸ Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

¹⁹ Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

²⁰ In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

²¹ To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

²² Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

²³ From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

²⁴ In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,

²⁵ Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.

²⁶ While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.

²⁷ In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

²⁸ In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

²⁹ In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

³⁰ Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

³¹ Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.

³² And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

³⁴ O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

³⁵ For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

³⁶ And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

² Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

³ Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

⁴ according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

⁵ having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

⁷ in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

⁸ in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁹ having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

¹⁰ in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

¹¹ in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

¹² for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

¹³ in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth -- the good news of your salvation -- in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

¹⁴ which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

¹⁵ Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,

¹⁶ do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

¹⁸ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

²⁰ which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set [him] at His right hand in the heavenly [places],

²¹ far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

²² and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

²³ which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,