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  1. Introduction
  2. The Basic Purpose of the Reading Plan
  3. The Ultimate Purpose of the Reading Plan
  4. Master Reading Plan
  5. The 2012 Reading Plan

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The Master Reading Plan

Listed below is the master reading plan which goes through the entire Bible every 164 weeks. (3 years, 2 months) Although it is downloadable by year, this may be useful for implementing a reading schedule for yourself or an organization. It follows a loose chronological order except in the New Testament where the Gospels are purposely separated and covers an average of 11 chapters a week through the Old Testament (15 through the Psalms) and 4 chapters a week through the New Testament. The following table is organized in "week" order but also shows the current Walk with the Word schedule:

Old Testament ^ New Testament
Date Week Reading Date Week Reading
10/30/11 1 Genesis 1-11   9/15/13 99 Luke 1-6
11/6/11 2 Genesis 12-17   9/22/13 100 Luke 7-12
11/13/11 3 Genesis 18-26   9/29/13 101 Luke 13-18
11/20/11 4 Genesis 27-35   10/6/13 102 Luke 19-24
11/27/11 5 Genesis 36-41   10/13/13 103 Acts 1-7
12/4/11 6 Genesis 42-50   10/20/13 104 Acts 8-12
12/11/11 7 Job 1-7   10/27/13 105 Acts 13-20
12/18/11 8 Job 8-20   11/3/13 106 Acts 21-28
12/25/12 9 Job 21-31   11/10/13 107 James 1-2
1/1/12 10 Job 32-42   11/17/13 108 James 3-4
1/8/12 11 Exodus 1-6   11/24/13 109 Galatians 1-3
1/15/12 12 Exodus 7-12   12/1/13 110 Galatians 4-6
1/22/12 13 Exodus 13-18   12/8/13 111 Mark 1-5
1/29/12 14 Exodus 19-30   12/15/13 112 Mark 6-10
2/5/12 15 Exodus 31-40   12/22/13 113 Mark 11-13
2/12/12 16 Leviticus 1-7   12/29/13 114 Mark 14-16
2/19/12 17 Leviticus 8-17   1/5/14 115 1 Thess. 1-2
2/26/12 18 Leviticus 18-27   1/12/14 116 1 Thess. 3-5
3/4/12 19 Numbers 1-10:10   1/19/14 117 2 Thessalonians
3/11/12 20 Numbers 10:11-21   1/26/14 118 1 Cor. 1-3
3/18/12 21 Numbers 22-36   2/2/14 119 1 Cor. 4-6
3/25/12 22 Deuteronomy 1-11   2/9/14 120 1 Cor. 7-9
4/1/12 23 Deuteronomy 12-26   2/16/14 121 1 Cor. 10-12
4/8/12 24 Deuteronomy 27-34   1/2/11 122 1 Cor. 13-16
4/15/12 25 Joshua 1-12   1/9/11 123 2 Cor. 1-3
4/22/12 26 Joshua 13-24   1/16/11 124 2 Cor. 4-7
4/29/12 27 Judges 1-8   1/23/11 125 2 Cor. 8-10
5/6/12 28 Judges 9-16   1/30/11 126 2 Cor. 11-13
5/13/12 29 Judges 17-21   2/6/11 127 Ephesians 1-3
5/20/12 30 Ruth   2/13/11 128 Ephesians 4-6
5/27/12 31 1 Samuel 1-7   2/20/11 129 Mattihew 1-7
6/3/12 32 1 Samuel 8-15   2/27/11 130 Matt. 8-13:52
6/10/12 33 1 Samuel 16-31   3/6/11 131 Matt. 13:53-18
6/17/12 34 2 Samuel 1-6   3/13/11 132 Matthew 19-25
6/24/12 35 2 Samuel 7-12   3/20/11 133 Matthew 26-28
7/1/12 36 2 Samuel 13-24   3/27/11 134 Hebrews 1-4
7/8/12 37 Psalms 1-14 (Book I)   4/3/11 135 Hebrews 5-9
7/15/12 38 Psalms 15-28   4/10/11 136 Hebrews 10-13
7/22/12 39 Psalms 29-41   4/17/11 137 Romans 1-5
7/29/12 40 1 Kings 1-10   4/24/11 138 Romans 6-8
8/5/12 41 Proverbs 1-10   5/1/11 139 Romans 9-11
8/12/12 42 Proverbs 11-21   5/8/11 140 Romans 12-16
8/19/12 43 Proverbs 22-31   5/15/11 141 Philippians 1-2
8/26/12 44 Song of Solomon   5/22/11 142 Philippians 3-4
9/2/12 45 Psalms 42-56 (Book II)   5/29/11 143 Colossians 1-2
9/9/12 46 Psalms 57-72   6/5/11 144 Colossians 3-4
9/16/12 47 Ecclesiastes 1-8   6/12/11 145 1 Timothy 1-3
9/23/12 48 Ecclesiastes 9-12   6/19/11 146 1 Timothy 4-6
9/30/12 49 1 Kings 11-22   6/26/11 147 Titus
10/7/12 50 2 Kings 1 -10   7/3/11 148 Philemon & Jude
10/14/12 51 2 Ki. 11-14:20 & Joel   7/10/11 149 1 Peter
10/21/12 52 2 Ki. 14:21-25 & Jonah   7/17/11 150 2 Peter
10/28/12 53 2 Ki.14:26-29 & Amos   7/24/11 151 2 Timothy
11/4/12 54 2 Ki. 15-17 & Hosea   7/31/11 152 John 1-4
11/11/12 55 2 Ki.18-19 & Is. 1-12   8/7/11 153 John 5-6
11/18/12 56 Isaiah 13-27   8/14/11 154 John 7-10
11/25/12 57 Isaiah 28-39   8/21/11 155 John 11-12
12/2/12 58 Isaiah 40-48   8/28/11 156 John 13-14
12/9/12 59 Isaiah 49-57   9/4/11 157 John 15-17
12/16/12 60 Isaiah 58-66   9/11/11 158 John 18-21
12/23/12 61 Micah & Nahum   9/18/11 159 1 John
12/30/12 62 2 Ki. 20-21, Zeph., Hab.   9/25/11 160 2 & 3 John
1/6/13 63 2 Ki. 22-25 & Obadiah   10/2/11 161 Rev. 1-3
1/13/13 64 Jeremiah 1-12   10/9/11 162 Rev. 4-9
1/20/13 65 Jeremiah 13-25   10/16/11 163 Rev. 10-15
1/27/13 66 Jeremiah 26-35   10/23/11 164 Rev. 16-22
2/3/13 67 Jeremiah 36-45        
2/10/13 68 Jeremiah 46-52        
2/17/13 69 Lamentations        
2/24/13 70 1 Chornicles 1-9        
3/3/13 71 1 Chronicles 10-19        
3/10/13 72 1 Chronicles 20-29        
3/17/13 73 2 Chronicles 1-9        
3/24/13 74 Psalms 73-89 (Book III)        
3/31/13 75 2 Chronicles 10-20        
4/7/13 76 2 Chronicles 21-32        
4/14/13 77 Psalms 90-100 (Book IV)        
4/21/13 78 Ps. 101-106,2 Chr. 33-36        
4/28/13 79 Ezekiel 1-12        
5/5/13 80 Ezekiel 13-24        
5/12/13 81 Ezekiel 25-32        
5/19/13 82 Ezekiel 33-39        
5/2613 83 Ezekiel 40-48        
6/2/13 84 Daniel 1-3        
6/9/13 85 Daniel 4-6        
6/16/13 86 Daniel 7-9        
6/23/13 87 Daniel 10-12        
6/30/13 88 Ezra 1-4 & Haggai        
7/7/13 89 Zechariah 1-7        
7/14/13 90 Zechariah 8-14        
7/21/13 91 Ezra 5-10        
7/28/13 92 Nehemiah        
8/4/13 93 Psalms 107-118 (Book V)        
8/11/13 94 Psalm 119        
8/18/13 95 Psalms 120-135        
8/25/13 96 Psalms 136-150        
9/1/13 97 Esther        
9/8/13 98 Malachi        

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