This is a summary of the contents of the Bible. I have broken it into five chunks, as I've gone along. I've decided to construct it by doing Chapter 1 of every book first, then slotting in every chapter 2, then 3, and so on. Maybe I'll alternate between OT and NT—Genesis 1, Matthew 1, Exodus 1, Mark 1, and so on.
How to read the Bible
There is no single best way to go about reading the Bible. Books that are mainly narrative may be read in large blocks like novels. Books suited to this approach are Genesis, the first half of Exodus, parts of Numbers [and Deuteronomy?], all the books from Joshua to Esther (apart from 1 Chronicles 1 to 9), parts of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Daniel, Jonah and the Book of Acts. Others can be read a chapter or part of a chapter, or even a verse or two at a time. In some cases, you may want to apply two such approaches to a particular passage. For example, you may read all of the Beatitudes (Mt 5.2–11) together in a single reading, and then go through them again, one at a time.
The Bible in a year
This is a popular approach. Many programmes aimed at achieving this have an Old Testament and a New Testament reading each day. I believe a gospel passage should be read every day. For this purpose, Acts 1.1–14 should be counted as the end of Luke's gospel, giving a total of 90 gospel chapters, requiring about a quarter of a chapter a day to complete them in a year.
With the Old Testament prophetic books, I believe it is good to read them in conjunction with the historical books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, to which they are closely connected.
Psalms and the other poetical books can be spread out over the year, possibly alternating between Psalms and other books.
Genesis to Deuteronomy
Genesis 1–4: Beginnings
Genesis 5: Generations from Adam to Noah and his sons.
Genesis 6–9: Noah and the Great Flood
Genesis 10: Noah's descendants.
Genesis 11.1–9: The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11.10–26: Generations from Shem to Terah's sons.
Genesis 11.27–32: Terah and his family—from Ur to Haran.
Genesis 12–
Genesis 2: The seventh day. Man created. The Garden of Eden. Woman created.
Genesis 3: The Fall. Expulsion from Eden.
Genesis 4: Cain and Abel. Cain's descendants, Lamech. Seth, Enosh. The beginning of worship of the LORD?
Genesis 5: Adam’s descendants through Seth down to Noah and his sons.
Genesis 6: Corruption on the earth. The Nephilim. God determines to destroy all life on the earth. Noah finds favour with God. God instructs him to build the ark.
Genesis 7: Noah and his family enter the ark. The flood covers the earth over 40 days. Everything else dies. Flood prevails 150 days.
Genesis 8: The flood subsides. People and animals leave the ark. Noah’s burnt offerings. God’s covenant with Noah.
Genesis 9: God blesses Noah and his sons, and makes a covenant with them. Noah’s drunkenness and his curse on Canaan.
Genesis 10: Nations descended from Noah.
Genesis 11: Tower of Babel. Descendants of Shem. Terah's family, including Abram.
Genesis 12: The call of Abram. He moves to Canaan. Famine drives him to Egypt to sojourn. He says Sarai is his sister.
Genesis 13: Abram and Lot separate.
Genesis 14: Lot is captured, and Abram rescues him. Abram’s tithe to Melchizedek.
Genesis 15: God’s covenant with Abram. The bondage and later prosperity of his descendants foretold.
Genesis 11: Tower of Babel. Descendants of Shem. Terah's family, including Abram.
Genesis 12: The call of Abram. He moves to Canaan. Famine drives him to Egypt to sojourn. He says Sarai is his sister.
Genesis 13: Abram and Lot separate.
Genesis 14: Lot is captured, and Abram rescues him. Abram’s tithe to Melchizedek.
Genesis 15: God’s covenant with Abram. The bondage and later prosperity of his descendants foretold.
Genesis 16: Sarai and Hagar. Ishmael born.
Genesis 17: God appears to Abraham. Covenant of circumcision. Isaac’s birth promised. Abraham carries out the circumcisions.
Genesis 18: God and two angels appear to Abraham. Sarah's son will be born in a year's time. Sarah laughs. God will punish Sodom. Abraham intercedes for the city.
Genesis 19: Lot commanded to leave Sodom. He flees to Zoar. God destroys Sodom. Lot’s daughters seduce him and become pregnant.
Genesis 20: Abraham, Sarah and Abimelech.
Genesis 21: Birth of Isaac. Hagar and Ishmael sent away. Abraham's treaty with Abimelech.
Genesis 22: The sacrifice of Isaac. God promises blessing to Abraham. Nahor's children.
Genesis 23: Sarah dies. Abraham negotiates with the Hittites and buys a burial site.
Genesis 24: Abraham commissions his oldest servant to go back to his (Abraham’s) home country to find a wife for Isaac. The servant goes. He asks God for a sign. He meets Rebekah, who fulfils the sign. Her brother Laban comes out and meets the servant, who explains to him and his father Bethuel what he has come for. Bethuel and Laban agree to let Rebekah go with the servant, and she agrees to go. On their return they see Isaac out in the field. He takes Rebekah as his wife.
Genesis 25: Abraham marries Keturah. Their children and grandchildren. Abraham dies. Ishmael’s descendants. The birth of Esau and Jacob. Esau sells his birthright to Isaac.
Genesis 21: Birth of Isaac. Hagar and Ishmael sent away. Abraham's treaty with Abimelech.
Genesis 22: The sacrifice of Isaac. God promises blessing to Abraham. Nahor's children.
Genesis 23: Sarah dies. Abraham negotiates with the Hittites and buys a burial site.
Genesis 24: Abraham commissions his oldest servant to go back to his (Abraham’s) home country to find a wife for Isaac. The servant goes. He asks God for a sign. He meets Rebekah, who fulfils the sign. Her brother Laban comes out and meets the servant, who explains to him and his father Bethuel what he has come for. Bethuel and Laban agree to let Rebekah go with the servant, and she agrees to go. On their return they see Isaac out in the field. He takes Rebekah as his wife.
Genesis 25: Abraham marries Keturah. Their children and grandchildren. Abraham dies. Ishmael’s descendants. The birth of Esau and Jacob. Esau sells his birthright to Isaac.
Genesis 26: God’s promise to Isaac. Isaac and Abimelech. Quarrels in Gerar. God appears to Isaac at Beersheba. Isaac’s covenant with Abimelech. Esau’s first two marriages.
Genesis 27: Jacob steals Esau’s blessing. Esau plans to kill Jacob. Rebekah tells Jacob to flee to her brother Laban in Haran. Rebekah distressed by Esau’s Canaanite wives.
Genesis 28: Isaac sends Jacob to Laban to find a wife. Esau marries Ishmael’s daughter. Jacob’s dream.
Genesis 29: Jacob marries Leah and Rachel. Leah’s first 4 sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. She ceases bearing.
Genesis 30: Rachel envies Leah her children. She gives Jacob Bilhah as a surrogate. Bilhah's sons, Dan and Napthali. Leah gives Jacob Zilpah. Zilpah's sons Gad and Asher. Rachel gets Reuben's mandrakes in exchange for letting Leah have sex with Jacob. Leah has Issachar and later Zebulun. At last Rachel has Joseph. Jacob seeks to return home, asks Laban for wages. Laban tries to cheat him, but Jacob outwits him.
Genesis 31: Jacob flees from Laban. Laban overtakes him. They make a covenant.
Genesis 32: Jacob sends a message to Esau, and hears that Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men. He divides his people and property, and sends large amounts of livestock ahead as a present to Esau. He wrestles with a man at Peniel. The man (an angel or a theophany) gives him the name Israel.
Genesis 33: Jacob's reunion with Esau.
Genesis 34: The defiling of Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. Simeon and Levi take vengeance.
Genesis 35: God calls Jacob to Bethel to build an altar, and blesses him there. Jacob’s name changed to Israel. God promises him the land given to Abraham and Isaac. Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and dies. Isaac dies.
Genesis 31: Jacob flees from Laban. Laban overtakes him. They make a covenant.
Genesis 32: Jacob sends a message to Esau, and hears that Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men. He divides his people and property, and sends large amounts of livestock ahead as a present to Esau. He wrestles with a man at Peniel. The man (an angel or a theophany) gives him the name Israel.
Genesis 33: Jacob's reunion with Esau.
Genesis 34: The defiling of Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. Simeon and Levi take vengeance.
Genesis 35: God calls Jacob to Bethel to build an altar, and blesses him there. Jacob’s name changed to Israel. God promises him the land given to Abraham and Isaac. Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and dies. Isaac dies.
Genesis 36: The descendants of Esau.
Genesis 37: Joseph’s dreams. Joseph sold by his brothers.
Genesis 38: Judah and his sons. The story of Tamar. Perez and Zerah born.
Genesis 39: Joseph and Potiphar’s wife.
Genesis 40: Joseph interprets two prisoners' dreams.
Genesis 41: Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams. His elevation to power. Years of plenty and famine, as he had predicted. Foreigners come to Egypt to buy grain.
Genesis 42: Joseph's brothers, apart from Benjamin, go to Egypt to buy grain. They meet Joseph, but do not recognise him. He accuses them of spying, orders one of them to be held, and the rest to return with Benjamin. He gives them grain and other provisions. On their return, they find their money in their sacks. Jacob won't let them return to Egypt with Benjamin.
Genesis 43: Joseph's brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin.
Genesis 44: Joseph tests his brothers.
Genesis 45: Joseph makes himself known to his brothers, and provides for his family.
Genesis 41: Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams. His elevation to power. Years of plenty and famine, as he had predicted. Foreigners come to Egypt to buy grain.
Genesis 42: Joseph's brothers, apart from Benjamin, go to Egypt to buy grain. They meet Joseph, but do not recognise him. He accuses them of spying, orders one of them to be held, and the rest to return with Benjamin. He gives them grain and other provisions. On their return, they find their money in their sacks. Jacob won't let them return to Egypt with Benjamin.
Genesis 43: Joseph's brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin.
Genesis 44: Joseph tests his brothers.
Genesis 45: Joseph makes himself known to his brothers, and provides for his family.
Genesis 46: Joseph brings his family to Egypt. He is reunited with his father Jacob.
Genesis 47: Jacob’s family settles in Goshen. The famine—Joseph buys all the land for Pharaoh.
Genesis 48: Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
Genesis 49: Jacob blesses his sons. Jacob dies and is buried.
Genesis 50: Jacob embalmed, mourned in Egypt, and buried.
Exodus 1: Israelites enslaved in Egypt.
Exodus 2: Birth and upbringing of Moses. He kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian. He lives with Jethro the priest and marries his daughter Zipporah, who bears him a son. God hears the Israelites groaning.
Exodus 3: The burning bush. God has seen the afflictions of the Israelites, and will send Moses to Pharaoh. God's name. God will strike Egypt.
Exodus 4: God gives Moses powerful signs—the serpent, the leprous hand, water to blood. Moses begs God to send someone else to speak; God angrily says Aaron will speak for Moses.
Exodus 5: The Israelites forced to make bricks without straw.
Exodus 6: God promises deliverance and reveals his name. The genealogy of Aaron and Moses.
Exodus 1: Israelites enslaved in Egypt.
Exodus 2: Birth and upbringing of Moses. He kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian. He lives with Jethro the priest and marries his daughter Zipporah, who bears him a son. God hears the Israelites groaning.
Exodus 3: The burning bush. God has seen the afflictions of the Israelites, and will send Moses to Pharaoh. God's name. God will strike Egypt.
Exodus 4: God gives Moses powerful signs—the serpent, the leprous hand, water to blood. Moses begs God to send someone else to speak; God angrily says Aaron will speak for Moses.
Exodus 5: The Israelites forced to make bricks without straw.
Exodus 6: God promises deliverance and reveals his name. The genealogy of Aaron and Moses.
Exodus 7: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. Staffs become serpents on both sides. Pharaoh’s heart hardened. First plague—Nile turns to blood. Magicians reduplicate the trick.
Exodus 8: Second plague—frogs. Third plague—gnats. Fourth plague—flies.
Exodus 9: Fifth plague—Egyptian livestock die. Sixth plague—boils. Seventh plague—hail.
Exodus 10: Eighth plague—locusts. Ninth plague—darkness.
Exodus 11: God has people get jewellery from Egyptians. Moses warns Pharaoh of the last plague—death of the firstborn.
Exodus 12: The Passover. The tenth plague strikes—death of the firstborn. The Israelites leave. Institution of the Passover.
Exodus 13: Consecration of the firstborn. Feast of Unleavened Bread. God leads the Israelites by pillars of cloud and fire.
Exodus 14: Crossing the Red Sea.
Exodus 15: Moses song of triumph after crossing the Red Sea. Bitter water made sweet. The people come to Elim.
Exodus 11: God has people get jewellery from Egyptians. Moses warns Pharaoh of the last plague—death of the firstborn.
Exodus 12: The Passover. The tenth plague strikes—death of the firstborn. The Israelites leave. Institution of the Passover.
Exodus 13: Consecration of the firstborn. Feast of Unleavened Bread. God leads the Israelites by pillars of cloud and fire.
Exodus 14: Crossing the Red Sea.
Exodus 15: Moses song of triumph after crossing the Red Sea. Bitter water made sweet. The people come to Elim.
Exodus 16: Quails and manna.
Exodus 17: Water from the rock. Israel defeats Amalek.
Exodus 18: Jethro comes to meet Moses, bringing Zipporah and her and Moses’ two sons. Jethro advises Moses to assign small judgment cases to trusted men. Moses does so.
Exodus 19: Israel at Sinai.
Exodus 20: Ten commandments. Law of altars.
Exodus 21: Laws about slavery. Laws concerning injury and death caused by humans or cattle.
Exodus 22: Stolen property, property damaged in a neighbour's care. Laws on social justice and other matters.
Exodus 23: More on social justice. Laws on the sabbath, festivals—Unleavened Bread, Harvest, Ingathering. Conquest of Canaan promised.
Exodus 24: God calls Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu to himself. Moses writes down God’s words. Sacrifices made. The blood of the Covenant. The four leaders and 70 elders see God (!). God calls Moses up the mountain, where he remains 40 days and nights.
Exodus 25: Contributions for the sanctuary. The Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat. The table for the Bread of the Presence. The golden lampstand.
Exodus 21: Laws about slavery. Laws concerning injury and death caused by humans or cattle.
Exodus 22: Stolen property, property damaged in a neighbour's care. Laws on social justice and other matters.
Exodus 23: More on social justice. Laws on the sabbath, festivals—Unleavened Bread, Harvest, Ingathering. Conquest of Canaan promised.
Exodus 24: God calls Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu to himself. Moses writes down God’s words. Sacrifices made. The blood of the Covenant. The four leaders and 70 elders see God (!). God calls Moses up the mountain, where he remains 40 days and nights.
Exodus 25: Contributions for the sanctuary. The Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat. The table for the Bread of the Presence. The golden lampstand.
Exodus 26: The Tabernacle.
Exodus 27: The bronze altar. The court of the Tabernacle. Oil for the lamp.
Exodus 28: Priestly garments.
Exodus 29: Instructions for consecrating Aaron and his sons to the priesthood.
Exodus 30: The altar of incense. Census tax. Bronze basin. Anointing oil and incense.
Exodus 31: God appoints craftsmen to make the tabernacle, the Ark of the Testimony, and all the furnishings and fittings. Command on the Sabbath.
Exodus 32: The golden calf.
Exodus 33: The command to leave Sinai. The tent of meeting. Moses intercedes, and asks to see God's glory.
Exodus 34: Moses makes new tablets. God will drive out the people of the land, and their places of worship are to be torn down. Idolatry to be avoided.
Exodus 35: Sabbath to be strictly observed. Contributions for the tabernacle. God calls Bezalel and Oholiab to oversee and give instructions on constructing the Tabernacle.
Exodus 31: God appoints craftsmen to make the tabernacle, the Ark of the Testimony, and all the furnishings and fittings. Command on the Sabbath.
Exodus 32: The golden calf.
Exodus 33: The command to leave Sinai. The tent of meeting. Moses intercedes, and asks to see God's glory.
Exodus 34: Moses makes new tablets. God will drive out the people of the land, and their places of worship are to be torn down. Idolatry to be avoided.
Exodus 35: Sabbath to be strictly observed. Contributions for the tabernacle. God calls Bezalel and Oholiab to oversee and give instructions on constructing the Tabernacle.
Exodus 36: Bezalel and Oholiab and the other craftsmen build the Tabernacle and its fittings.
Exodus 37: The Ark of the Covenant made. The table. The lampstand. The altar of incense.
Exodus 38: Bezalel makes the altar of burnt offering, the bronze basin, and the court. Materials for the tabernacle.
Exodus 39: Making the priestly garments.
Exodus 40: The Tabernacle erected. The glory of the LORD fills it.
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Leviticus 1: Law of burnt offerings.
Leviticus 2: Law of grain offerings.
Leviticus 3: Law of peace offerings.
Leviticus 4: Sin offerings for unintentional sins.
Leviticus 5: Law for sin offerings continued. Guilt offerings.
Leviticus 6: Guilt offerings continued. Priests and the various offerings.
Leviticus 1: Law of burnt offerings.
Leviticus 2: Law of grain offerings.
Leviticus 3: Law of peace offerings.
Leviticus 4: Sin offerings for unintentional sins.
Leviticus 5: Law for sin offerings continued. Guilt offerings.
Leviticus 6: Guilt offerings continued. Priests and the various offerings.
Leviticus 7: Guilt offering. Peace offerings. Contact with unclean things. Eat no fat or blood. Portions of peace offerings for priests.
Leviticus 8: Consecration of Aaron and his sons.
Leviticus 9: Aaron’s offering.
Leviticus 10: Death of Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu.
Leviticus 11: Clean and unclean animals.
Leviticus 12: Purification after childbirth.
Leviticus 13: Law of leprosy.
Leviticus 14: Laws for cleansing lepers.
Leviticus 15: Law of discharges—general, seminal emissions, menstruation.
Leviticus 11: Clean and unclean animals.
Leviticus 12: Purification after childbirth.
Leviticus 13: Law of leprosy.
Leviticus 14: Laws for cleansing lepers.
Leviticus 15: Law of discharges—general, seminal emissions, menstruation.
Leviticus 16: The Day of Atonement.
Leviticus 17: Sacrifices to be brought to the tent of meeting. Eating of blood forbidden.
Leviticus 18: Laws concerning sexual relationships.
Leviticus 19: Keep the commandments. Eat the sacrifices quickly. Love your neighbour. Various laws.
Leviticus 20: Punishment for child sacrifice. Punishment for sexual sins. Do not do act like the people whose lands you have taken.
Leviticus 21: Laws of the priesthood.
Leviticus 22: Laws concerning uncleanness, handling holy things, eating holy food, acceptable sacrifices.
Leviticus 23: Feasts of the LORD. Sabbath, Passover, Firstfruits, Weeks, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Booths
Leviticus 24: Lamps, bread for the Tabernacle. A man put to death for blasphemy. Eye for an eye.
Leviticus 25: The sabbatical year. The Year of Jubilee. Redemption of property. Kindness to poor brothers. Redeeming a poor man.
Leviticus 21: Laws of the priesthood.
Leviticus 22: Laws concerning uncleanness, handling holy things, eating holy food, acceptable sacrifices.
Leviticus 23: Feasts of the LORD. Sabbath, Passover, Firstfruits, Weeks, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Booths
Leviticus 24: Lamps, bread for the Tabernacle. A man put to death for blasphemy. Eye for an eye.
Leviticus 25: The sabbatical year. The Year of Jubilee. Redemption of property. Kindness to poor brothers. Redeeming a poor man.
Leviticus 26: Blessings for obedience. Punishment for disobedience.
Leviticus 27: Laws concerning things devoted to the LORD—people, animals, possessions.
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Numbers 1: Census of Israel; Levites exempted; Levites given charge over the tabernacle.
Numbers 2: Arrangement of the twelve tribes in the camp.
Numbers 3: Sons of Aaron. Duties of the Levites clans. Redemption of firstborn.
Numbers 4: Levitical duties of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites.
Numbers 5: Unclean people. Confession and restitution. A (strange) test for adultery.
Numbers 6: Nazarite vow. Aaron’s blessing: The LORD bless you and keep you.
Numbers 1: Census of Israel; Levites exempted; Levites given charge over the tabernacle.
Numbers 2: Arrangement of the twelve tribes in the camp.
Numbers 3: Sons of Aaron. Duties of the Levites clans. Redemption of firstborn.
Numbers 4: Levitical duties of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites.
Numbers 5: Unclean people. Confession and restitution. A (strange) test for adultery.
Numbers 6: Nazarite vow. Aaron’s blessing: The LORD bless you and keep you.
Numbers 7: Offerings at the dedication of the Tabernacle, by tribe.
Numbers 8: The seven lamps. Cleansing of the Levites. Retirement of Levites.
Numbers 9: The Passover celebrated. Cloud and fire over the Tabernacle.
Numbers 10: The silver trumpets. Israel leaves Sinai.
Numbers 11: The people crave meat. Windblown quail. God's wrath brings a plague.
Numbers 12: Miriam and Aaron oppose Moses. Miriam punished with temporary leprosy.
Numbers 13: Moses sends spies into Canaan. They report back—rich land, but people are too strong. Caleb alone is positive.
Numbers 14: The people rebel. Moses intercedes for them. God declares judgment—apart from Caleb and Joshua, only those under 20 at departure will see the promised land. The people mount an attack on the Amalekites and Canaanites, against Moses’ instructions, but are defeated.
Numbers 15: Laws of sacrifices. Laws concerning unintentional sin. A sabbath-breaker executed. Tassels on garments as a reminder of the commandments.
Numbers 11: The people crave meat. Windblown quail. God's wrath brings a plague.
Numbers 12: Miriam and Aaron oppose Moses. Miriam punished with temporary leprosy.
Numbers 13: Moses sends spies into Canaan. They report back—rich land, but people are too strong. Caleb alone is positive.
Numbers 14: The people rebel. Moses intercedes for them. God declares judgment—apart from Caleb and Joshua, only those under 20 at departure will see the promised land. The people mount an attack on the Amalekites and Canaanites, against Moses’ instructions, but are defeated.
Numbers 15: Laws of sacrifices. Laws concerning unintentional sin. A sabbath-breaker executed. Tassels on garments as a reminder of the commandments.
Numbers 16: Korah’s rebellion.
Numbers 17: Aaron’s staff buds.
Numbers 18: Duties and privileges of the Levites.
Numbers 19: Laws for purification.
Numbers 20: Miriam dies. Water at Meribah. Moses strikes the rock instead of speaking to it, and the people drink. Moses (and Aaron?) will not take the people into the promised land. Edom refuses passage. Aaron dies.
Numbers 21: The destruction of Arad. The bronze serpent. More journeying (detail?). Kings Sihon and Og defeated.
Numbers 22: Balak summons Balaam. Balaam's donkey and the angel. Balaam comes to Balak.
Numbers 23: Balaam's first and second oracles.
Numbers 24: Balaam’s third and fourth oracles.
Numbers 25: Baal worship with Moabite women. Phinehas kills an Israelite with a Midianite woman, and is blessed as a result. God orders an attack on the Midianites.
Numbers 21: The destruction of Arad. The bronze serpent. More journeying (detail?). Kings Sihon and Og defeated.
Numbers 22: Balak summons Balaam. Balaam's donkey and the angel. Balaam comes to Balak.
Numbers 23: Balaam's first and second oracles.
Numbers 24: Balaam’s third and fourth oracles.
Numbers 25: Baal worship with Moabite women. Phinehas kills an Israelite with a Midianite woman, and is blessed as a result. God orders an attack on the Midianites.
Numbers 26: Census of the new generation.
Numbers 27: The daughters of Zelophehad and the inheritance of women with no brothers. Moses to go up onto the mountain of Abarim and see the promised land. Joshua to succeed him as leader of Israel.
Numbers 28: Daily offerings. Sabbath offerings. New moon offerings. Passover offerings. Offerings for the Feast of Weeks.
Numbers 29: Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Booths.
Numbers 30: Vows, by men and women.
Numbers 31: Vengeance on Midian.
Numbers 32: The people of Reuben and Gad settle in Gilead.
Numbers 33: Israel's journey recounted. God commands to drive out inhabitants of land.
Numbers 34: The borders of the land. List of tribal chiefs.
Numbers 35: Cities for the Levites. Cities of refuge.
Numbers 31: Vengeance on Midian.
Numbers 32: The people of Reuben and Gad settle in Gilead.
Numbers 33: Israel's journey recounted. God commands to drive out inhabitants of land.
Numbers 34: The borders of the land. List of tribal chiefs.
Numbers 35: Cities for the Levites. Cities of refuge.
Numbers 36: Female heirs to marry within their own tribe.
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Deuteronomy 1: Moses begins a recap of the Israelites' wanderings, including appointment of leaders, and refusal to enter the land, with resulting defeat when they made a second attempt.
Deuteronomy 2: Moses recalls the journey in the wilderness. The prohibitions on attacking Edom, Moab or the Ammonites, Defeat of Sihon the Amorite, King of Heshbon.
Deuteronomy 3: Moses recalls the defeat of Og, king of Bashan. Territory given to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, before they cross over to help the other tribes win their territory. Moses forbidden to enter the Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 4: Moses commands obedience to the LORD, with reminders of things the Israelites have seen. Warning against idolatry. The LORD alone is God. Cities of refuge. Preamble to the Law.
Deuteronomy 5: The Ten Commandments. Moses to tell a fearful people to keep the commandments.
Deuteronomy 6: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart. Keep the commandments. Teach your children.
Deuteronomy 1: Moses begins a recap of the Israelites' wanderings, including appointment of leaders, and refusal to enter the land, with resulting defeat when they made a second attempt.
Deuteronomy 2: Moses recalls the journey in the wilderness. The prohibitions on attacking Edom, Moab or the Ammonites, Defeat of Sihon the Amorite, King of Heshbon.
Deuteronomy 3: Moses recalls the defeat of Og, king of Bashan. Territory given to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, before they cross over to help the other tribes win their territory. Moses forbidden to enter the Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 4: Moses commands obedience to the LORD, with reminders of things the Israelites have seen. Warning against idolatry. The LORD alone is God. Cities of refuge. Preamble to the Law.
Deuteronomy 5: The Ten Commandments. Moses to tell a fearful people to keep the commandments.
Deuteronomy 6: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart. Keep the commandments. Teach your children.
Deuteronomy 7: No covenant to be made with dispossessed nations: they and their gods must be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 8: Remember the LORD, and keep his commandments.
Deuteronomy 9: God’s goodness to Israel not because of their righteousness. The golden calf and other sins recalled.
Deuteronomy 10: New stone tablets. Circumcise your hearts.
Deuteronomy 11: Exhortation to love and serve the LORD, and keep the commandments.
Deuteronomy 12: God's chosen place of worship. Warning against idolatry.
Deuteronomy 13: Idolatry a capital crime.
Deuteronomy 14: No cutting or balding for the dead. Clean and unclean food. Tithes.
Deuteronomy 15: The sabbatical year. Law of Hebrew slaves. Firstborn male animals.
Deuteronomy 11: Exhortation to love and serve the LORD, and keep the commandments.
Deuteronomy 12: God's chosen place of worship. Warning against idolatry.
Deuteronomy 13: Idolatry a capital crime.
Deuteronomy 14: No cutting or balding for the dead. Clean and unclean food. Tithes.
Deuteronomy 15: The sabbatical year. Law of Hebrew slaves. Firstborn male animals.
Deuteronomy 16: Passover. Feast of Weeks. Feast of Booths. Forbidden forms of worship.
Deuteronomy 17: No blemished sacrifices. Worship of other gods a capital offence. Legal decisions by priests and judges. Rules concerning future kings.
Deuteronomy 18: Provision for priests and Levites. Law against human sacrifice and divination. A future prophet.
Deuteronomy 19: Cities of refuge. Landmarks. Witnesses to crimes.
Deuteronomy 20: Laws of warfare.
Deuteronomy 21: Atonement for unsolved murders. Marrying female captives. Inheritance rights of firstborn, regardless of who his mother is. A rebellious son. Hanged man to be buried on same day. Hanged man is cursed.
Deuteronomy 22: Law concerning lost property. Various laws. Bridal virginity. Extramarital and forced sex.
Deuteronomy 23: Those excluded from the assembly. Uncleanness in the camp. Miscellaneous laws
Deuteronomy 24: Do not remarry the wife you divorced. Laws on social justice.
Deuteronomy 25: Resolving disputes. Limitation on beating as punishment. Levirate marriage. Woman who grabs privates of man beating her husband to have her hand cut off. Honest weights. Amalekites to be obliterated once land is settled.
Deuteronomy 21: Atonement for unsolved murders. Marrying female captives. Inheritance rights of firstborn, regardless of who his mother is. A rebellious son. Hanged man to be buried on same day. Hanged man is cursed.
Deuteronomy 22: Law concerning lost property. Various laws. Bridal virginity. Extramarital and forced sex.
Deuteronomy 23: Those excluded from the assembly. Uncleanness in the camp. Miscellaneous laws
Deuteronomy 24: Do not remarry the wife you divorced. Laws on social justice.
Deuteronomy 25: Resolving disputes. Limitation on beating as punishment. Levirate marriage. Woman who grabs privates of man beating her husband to have her hand cut off. Honest weights. Amalekites to be obliterated once land is settled.
Deuteronomy 27: Altar on Mount Ebal. The curses on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 28: Blessings of obedience—prosperity, security. Curses for disobedience—loss, defeat, scattering.
Deuteronomy 29: The covenant renewed in Moab.
Deuteronomy 30: Repentance will restore and reunite a scattered people. Choice of life and death—warning against idolatry.
Deuteronomy 31: Joshua to succeed Moses as leader of Israel. The reading of the Law every seven years. Joshua commissioned. Moses about to die. People will commit idolatry. Moses is to write song. Instructions concerning Book of Law and Ark of the Covenant. Moses warns of future corruption.
Deuteronomy 32: The song of Moses—God and his people. Moses warns the people to heed his words. Moses' death foretold—he will see the land, but not enter it.
Deuteronomy 33: Moses blesses each of the tribes of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34: The death of Moses.
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Deuteronomy 31: Joshua to succeed Moses as leader of Israel. The reading of the Law every seven years. Joshua commissioned. Moses about to die. People will commit idolatry. Moses is to write song. Instructions concerning Book of Law and Ark of the Covenant. Moses warns of future corruption.
Deuteronomy 32: The song of Moses—God and his people. Moses warns the people to heed his words. Moses' death foretold—he will see the land, but not enter it.
Deuteronomy 33: Moses blesses each of the tribes of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34: The death of Moses.
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