Formation Journal Reading Plan

Numbers 34

34:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34:2 “Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),
34:3 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
34:4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
34:5 and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
34:6 “‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border: this shall be your west border.
34:7 “‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;
34:8 from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
34:9 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.
34:10 “‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;
34:11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
34:12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”
34:13 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
34:14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
34:15 the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”
34:16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34:17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
34:18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
34:19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
34:20 Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
34:22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
34:23 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
34:24 Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
34:25 Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
34:26 Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
34:27 Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
34:28 Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
34:29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Psalm 98

98:1 A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
98:2 Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
98:3 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
98:4 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
98:5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
98:6 With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.
98:7 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
98:9 Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Luke 4:31-44

4:31 He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
4:32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
4:33 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
4:34 saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”
4:35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
4:36 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
4:37 News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
4:38 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.
4:39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
4:40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
4:41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
4:42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.
4:43 But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”
4:44 He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.