Formation Journal Reading Plan

21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

21:2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

21:3 And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

21:4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

21:9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

21:13 And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.

21:14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

21:19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

21:20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

21:21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

136:1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

136:2 Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

136:3 Oh give thanks unto the Lord of lords; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

136:5 To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

136:6 To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

136:7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

136:8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

24:13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem.

24:14 And they communed with each other of all these things which had happened.

24:15 And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

24:17 And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.

24:18 And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said unto him, Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and not know the things which are come to pass there in these days?

24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

24:20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

24:21 But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.

24:22 Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;

24:23 and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

24:24 And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

24:25 And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

24:26 Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

24:27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.

24:29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.

24:30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

24:32 And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

24:33 And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

24:34 saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

24:35 And they rehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the breaking of the bread.