Formation Journal Reading Plan

26:1 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

26:2 And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

26:4 And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

26:7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

26:8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.

26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.

26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

26:12 Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.

26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

26:15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.

26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, watch against watch.

26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

26:18 For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

26:19 These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

26:21 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

26:22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.

26:23 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

26:24 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.

26:25 And his brethren: of Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

26:26 This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

26:27 Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah.

26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whosoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren.

26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

26:30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.

26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

26:32 And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers’ houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

8:1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

8:5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

8:6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

8:7 All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

8:9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

15:1 And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

15:2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

15:3 They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.

15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

15:6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

15:7 And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them,Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

15:8 And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

15:9 and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

15:10 Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

15:11 But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.

15:12 And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying,Brethren, hearken unto me:

15:14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

15:16 After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:

15:17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

15:18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

15:19 Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

15:20 but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

15:21 For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.