Selected Scriptures from the Holy Bible

186 Pages·2011·0.89 MB·English

by  Walter Porter

Selected Scriptures
from the
Holy Bible
Readings
for the Young
Volume I:

The Pentateuch

Compiled by
Genelle H. Porter
Searcy, Arkansas
Copyright © 2005
by Genelle H. Porter
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 0-9755777-4-3
All scriptures are from the ACV:
A Conservative Version
Published by
Still Voices Publishing
Searcy, Arkansas
www.stillvoicespublishing.com
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Table of Contents
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Preface7
Genesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adam and Eve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The First Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cain and Abel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Noah and the Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Sign of the Rainbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Tower of Babel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
God Calls Abram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Abram in Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Abram and Lot Separate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
God's Promise to Abram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ishmael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
God's Covenant with Abram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Abraham’s Divine Visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Abraham Pleads for Sodom and Gomorrah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Birth of Isaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
God Tests Abraham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A Wife for Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Death of Abraham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Jacob and Esau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jacob Deceives his Father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jacob Departs to His Mother’s Homeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jacob's Dream and His Vow to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Jacob’s Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Jacob Works for Profit Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Jacob Departs for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Jacob and Esau Meet Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Death of Isaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Joseph's Dreams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Joseph Sold into Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Joseph Serves in the Captain's House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Joseph in Prison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Joseph Appointed Ruler of Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seven Years of Plenty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Seven Years of Famine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
They Return Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Their Second Trip to Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Their Second Meeting With Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Joseph Reveals Himself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Joseph Sends for Jacob and His Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
They All Move to Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Jacob's Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Joseph Forgives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exodus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
The Israelites Are Enslaved and Persecuted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Moses is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
He Defends an Israelite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
He Flees to Midian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
God Hears Israel’s Cry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Jehovah Shows His Power to Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Aaron Appointed Spokesman For Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Moses Returns to Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Pharaoh Afflicts More Severely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Moses and Aaron Meet Pharaoh Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The First Plague: Water to Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Second Plague: Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Third Plague: Lice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Fourth Plague: Flies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Fifth Plague: Pestilence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Sixth Plague: Boils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Seventh Plague: Hail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Eighth Plague: Locusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The Ninth Plague: Darkness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The Passover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Exodus From Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Pharaoh and His Army Pursue Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
The People Complain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
God Provides Manna and Quail For Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
The Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
The People Murmur Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Moses' Family Brought from Midian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
The Israelites Arrive At Mount Sinai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Ten Commandments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The People Respond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
More of Jehovah’s Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
God Will Fight for Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
God Shows Himself to the Elders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Instructions for the Tabernacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Instructions About The Priests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
More Things for the Tabernacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
The Golden Calf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
God Shows Moses Part of His Glory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Moses Returns onto the Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Building the Tabernacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Glory of God Fills The Tabernacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Leviticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Burnt, Meal, and Peace Offerings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Offerings for Unwitting Sins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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The Trespass Offering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Law of the Burnt and Meal Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
More Laws of Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Sanctifying the Tabernacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Sin of Nadab and Abihu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
The High Priest and Strong Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Laws About Eating Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Purification After Childbirth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Leprous Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
The Day of Atonement and the Scapegoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
The Law Against Eating Blood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Jehovah Warns Against Foreign Customs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
More of Jehovah's Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Laws Against Blemished Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The Set Feasts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
A Man Curses Jehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Seventh Year Sabbath and the Jubilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Promises for Obedience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Punishments for Disobedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Redeeming Holy Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Israelites Are Numbered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instructions About Camping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Levites Are Numbered and Set Apart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instructions About Moving The Tabernacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Led by the Divine Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The People Complain Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Moses Prays for Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Miriam and Aaron Speak Against Moses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Spies Sent into the Promised Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Spies Report Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
The People Become Fearful and Rebel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
God Threatens to Destroy Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
That Generation to Perish in the Wilderness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
They Rebel Against Their Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Korah's Rebellion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Their Terrifying Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The People Blame Moses and Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Aaron's Rod That Budded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
More About the Levites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Moses and Aaron Disobey and are Punished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
The Sons of Esau (Edom) Refuse Passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Aaron's Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
God Sends Fiery Serpents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
The Sons of Israel Defeat the Amorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Balaam Asked to Curse the Israelites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Balaam's Donkey Speaks to Him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Balaam Meets Balak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Balaam Blesses Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Balaam Blesses Israel the Second Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Balaam Blesses Israel the Third Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Balak Angrily Orders Balaam Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Balaam Blesses Israel the Fourth Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Sons of Israel Sin with Alien Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Numbering the New Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
The Daughters of Zelophehad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Joshua Appointed to Replace Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
More Commands About Offerings and Feasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vows That a Man Could Disallow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Israel Sent to Destroy a Sinful Nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sharing the Treasures of War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Some Ask For Land East of Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Instructions for Dividing the Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
The Cities of Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Who the Daughters of Zelophehad Could Marry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Deuteronomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Moses Reviews Their Wilderness Wanderings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
When the Spies Were Sent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
The People Were Afraid to Invade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
That Generation Condemned to Wander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
The Conquest Finally Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Israel Defeats Bashan East of the Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Moses Pleads with God About His Punishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Moses Again Exhorts Israel to Obey God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
The Mighty Voice From the Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Israel Warned Again to Keep God's Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
God's Love for His People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
God's Covenant and the Ten Commandments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
They Feared the Mighty Voice of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Commands for Loyalty to God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Seven Nations to Be Destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Remembering What God Had Done for Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
More Encouragement to Obey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Being Tempted Away From Jehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Generosity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
The Feast Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Judges, Officers, and Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Condemning the Occult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Laws About Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Peace or War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
More of God's Commandments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Building an Altar After Crossing Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Many Blessings or Curses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Moses Reminds Them of God's Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Jehovah Will Rejoice When They Repent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Israel Urged to Love and Obey God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
God Will Go Before Them into Canaan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Final Instructions to Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Moses' Last Words to the People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
The Death of Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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Preface
The purpose of this compilation is to provide children with actual
Bible text from some of the more interesting passages rather than
simplified paraphrases. When children read a Bible, or have it read to
them, it is important that the power and beauty of the word of God be
retained. Simplified wording is sometimes appropriate for explana-
tions about the scriptures, but not the Bible itself. Too often para-
phrases mislead, and even demean the sacred text.
I am a retired middle-school teacher with a Master’s degree. I know
how important it is that children develop early an interest in, and an
understanding of, the written word. Moreover, adults and children
alike are blessed by time spent reading together. That is especially
true when the time is spent sharing the Holy Bible. Also, by gaining
familiarity with the passages in this compilation children can more
easily begin reading the scriptures independently.
The text I used was from the ACV (A Conservative Version). You
can read more about that version in the appendix of this volume. I
tried to choose those events that are not only more familiar, but which
also teach us about the nature of God and his relationship with us. My
hopes and prayers are that these selections will help all readers learn
more about God, and come closer to him.
Now may God bless you parents as you strive to raise your chil-
dren wisely and righteously in accordance with his holy word. And
may God bless you children as you seek to learn more about that
greatest of all books, the Holy Bible. And may we all apply these
words of the prophet Moses about the old covenant to the commands
of our Lord Jesus Christ for God’s new covenant:
Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah. And
thou shall love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these
words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon
thy heart. And thou shall teach them diligently to thy
sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house,
and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lie
down, and when thou rise up. And thou shall bind them
for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets
between thine eyes. And thou shall write them upon
the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates
(Deuteronomy 6:4-9).
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Scriptures from

Genesis
The Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there
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was light. And God saw the light, that it was good. And God
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divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light
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Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening
and there was morning, one day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
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waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God
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made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
And it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And
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there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gath-
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ered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it
was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the
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gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was
good. And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs
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yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind
(in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so.
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And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according
to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it,
according to their kind. And God saw that it was good. And
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there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of
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heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. And let them
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be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the
earth. And it was so. And God made the two great lights, the
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greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,
also the stars. And God set them in the firmament of heaven
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to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over
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the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God
saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was
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morning, a fourth day.
10 Scriptures from Genesis
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living
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creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firma-
ment of heaven. And God created the great sea creatures,
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and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought
forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God
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blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. And there was
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evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures
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according to their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of
the earth according to their kind. And it was so. And God
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made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cat-
tle according to their kind, and everything that creeps upon the
ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let us make man in our image—after our
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likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over
all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth. And God created man in his own image, in the image
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of God he created him, male and female he created them.
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And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and
multiply and fill the earth, and have power over it, and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heav-
ens, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in
which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for
food, and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the
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heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which
there is life, for food—every green herb. And it was so.
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it
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was very good. And there was evening and there was morning,
the sixth day. And the heavens and the earth were finished,
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and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had
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made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hal-
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lowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had
created and made.