Formation Journal Reading Plan

23:1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

23:2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

23:3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

23:4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; six thousand were officers and judges;

23:5 four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.”

23:6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

23:7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

23:8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

23:10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

23:11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

23:12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

23:13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

23:14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

23:15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

23:16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

23:17 The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

23:18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

23:19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

23:20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

23:21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

23:22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

23:23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

23:24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

23:25 For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

23:26 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

23:27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

23:29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;

23:30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;

23:31 and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;

23:32 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

6:1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

6:2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

6:3 My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long?

6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.

6:5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

6:7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

6:9 Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.

6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

14:9 He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

14:10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.

14:11 When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

14:12 They called Barnabas “Jupiter,” and Paul “Mercury,” because he was the chief speaker.

14:13 The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.

14:14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

14:16 who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

14:17 Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

14:18 Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

14:19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

14:20 But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.