Formation Journal Reading Plan

11:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

11:6 And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

11:7 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

11:8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

11:9 These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

11:11 and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

11:13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

11:14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

11:15 every raven after its kind,

11:16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

11:17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

11:18 and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,

11:19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

11:20 All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

11:21 Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.

11:22 Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

11:23 But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

11:24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

11:25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

11:26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.

11:28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

11:29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

11:30 and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.

11:31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

11:34 All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

11:37 And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

11:38 But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

11:40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

11:44 For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.

11:45 For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

11:46 This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

11:47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

12:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.

12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

12:4 And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

12:5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest:

12:7 and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female.

12:8 And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

73:15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

73:16 When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

73:18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

73:19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

73:20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

73:21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

73:22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

73:24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

73:28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

7:1 And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

7:2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

7:4 and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

7:5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

7:6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

7:7 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

7:8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

7:9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

7:10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

7:11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God;

7:12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

7:13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

7:14 And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

7:15 there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

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7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him;

7:19 because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.

7:20 And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.

7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

7:22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

7:23 all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.