Latter-day Scriptures in a Year

Exodus 31-34 ● Exodus 31 Artisans are inspired in building and furnishing the tabernacle—Israel is commanded to keep the Lord’s Sabbaths—The death penalty is decreed for Sabbath desecration—Moses receives the stone tablets. ● Exodus 32 Aaron makes a golden calf, which Israel worships—Moses serves as a mediator between God and rebellious Israel—Moses breaks the tablets of stone—The Levites slay abo...

Exodus 28-30 ●Exodus 28 Aaron and his sons are to be consecrated and anointed to minister in the priest’s office—Aaron’s garments are to include a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a coat, a miter, and a girdle—The breastplate of judgment is to contain twelve precious stones with the names of the tribes of Israel thereon—The Urim and Thummim are to be carried in the breastplate. ●Exodus 29 Aaron and...

Exodus 24-27 ● Exodus 24 Israel accepts the word of the Lord by covenant—Moses sprinkles the blood of the covenant—He, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel see God—The Lord calls Moses on to the mount to receive the tables of stone and commandments. ● Exodus 25 Israel is commanded to donate property and build a tabernacle, the ark of testimony (with the mercy seat and cherubims...

Exodus 20-23 ● Exodus 20 The Lord reveals the Ten Commandments—Israel is to bear witness that the Lord has spoken from heaven—The children of Israel are forbidden to make gods of silver or gold—They are to make altars of unhewn stones and sacrifice to the Lord thereon. ● Exodus 21 The Lord reveals His laws pertaining to servants, marriage, the death penalty for various offenses, the giving of an e...

Exodus 15-19 ● Exodus 15 The children of Israel sing the song of Moses—They extol the Lord as a man of war and rejoice in their deliverance from Egypt—The waters of Marah are healed—The Lord promises to free Israel from the diseases of Egypt. ● Exodus 16 Israel murmurs for want of bread and lusts for the fleshpots of Egypt—The Lord rains bread from heaven and sends quail for meat—Israel is given m...

Exodus 12-14 ● Exodus 12 The Lord institutes the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread—Lambs without blemish are slain—Israel is saved by their blood—The firstborn of all Egyptians are slain—Israel is thrust out of Egypt after 430 years—No bones of the paschal lambs are to be broken. ● Exodus 13 The firstborn of man and of beasts are to be sanctified unto the Lord—The Feast of Unleavened Brea...

Exodus 8-11  ● Exodus 8  The Lord sends plagues of frogs, lice, and flies upon Egypt—Pharaoh hardens his heart.  ● Exodus 9  The Lord destroys the cattle of the Egyptians, but not of the Israelites—Boils and blains are sent upon the Egyptians—The Lord sends hail and fire upon the people of Pharaoh, but not upon the people of Israel.  ●Exodus 10  The Lord sends a plague of locusts—This is followed ...

Exodus 4-7  ● Exodus 4  The Lord gives signs to Moses—Aaron is chosen as a spokesman—Israel is the Lord’s firstborn and must be released to serve Him—Moses’ son is circumcised—Moses and Aaron lead Israel in worship.  ● Exodus 5  Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to free Israel—Pharaoh responds, Who is the Lord?—He places greater burdens upon the children of Israel.  ● Exodus 6  The Lord identifies Himse...

Ex. 1-3; Ps. 88; Moses 1   ● Exodus 1  The children of Israel multiply—They are placed in bondage by the Egyptians—Pharaoh seeks to destroy the sons born to Hebrew women.  ● Exodus 2  Moses is born to Levite parents, is raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, slays an Egyptian in defense of an Israelite, flees to Midian, and marries Zipporah—Israel in bondage cries to the Lord.  ● Psalm 88  A prayer of one ...

Genesis 47-50 ● Genesis 47 The Israelites settle in Goshen—Jacob blesses Pharaoh—Joseph sells grain to the Egyptians—Pharaoh receives the Egyptians’ cattle and lands—Jacob desires to be buried with his fathers in Canaan. ● Genesis 48 Jacob tells of the appearance of God to him in Luz—He adopts Ephraim and Manasseh as his own children—Jacob blesses Joseph—He puts Ephraim before Manasseh—The seed of...

Genesis 43-46 ●Genesis 43 Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin to Egypt—Joseph’s brothers show respect to him—They all eat and drink together. ● Genesis 44 Joseph arranges to stop the return of his brothers to Canaan—Judah offers himself in place of Benjamin for their father’s sake.   ● Genesis 45 Joseph makes himself known to his brothers—They rejoice together—Pharaoh invites Jacob and his family...

Genesis 40-42 ● Genesis 40 Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh’s chief butler and chief baker—The butler fails to tell Pharaoh about Joseph. ● Genesis 41 Pharaoh dreams of the cattle and the ears of grain—Joseph interprets the dreams as seven years of plenty and seven of famine—He proposes a grain storage program—Pharaoh makes him ruler of all Egypt—Joseph marries Asenath—He gathers grain as t...

Genesis 36-39 ● Genesis 36 The descendants of Esau, who is Edom, are listed. ● Genesis 37 Jacob loves and favors Joseph, who is hated by his brothers—Joseph dreams that his parents and brothers make obeisance to him—His brothers sell him into Egypt. ● Genesis 38 Judah has three sons by a Canaanite woman—Er and Onan are slain by the Lord—Tamar, disguised as a harlot, bears twins by Judah. ● Genesis...

Genesis 32-35 ● Genesis 32 Jacob sees angels—He asks God to preserve him from Esau, for whom he prepares presents—He wrestles all night with a messenger of God—Jacob’s name is changed to Israel—He sees God face to face. ● Genesis 33 Jacob and Esau meet and are reconciled—Esau receives Jacob’s presents—Jacob settles in Canaan, where he builds an altar. ● Genesis 34 Shechem defiles Dinah—The Hivites...

Genesis 29-31 ● Genesis 29 Jacob meets Rachel at the well—He serves Laban seven years for her—Laban gives to Jacob first Leah then Rachel in marriage—Jacob serves another seven years—Leah bears Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. ●Genesis 30 Jacob marries Bilhah, and she bears Dan and Naphtali—He marries Zilpah, and she bears Gad and Asher—Leah bears Issachar and Zebulun and a daughter, Dinah—Then Ra...

Genesis 25-28 ● Gen 25 Abraham marries, has descendants, dies, and is buried in the cave of Machpelah—His descendants through Ishmael are listed—Rebekah conceives, and Jacob and Esau struggle in her womb—The Lord reveals their destiny to Rebekah—Esau sells his birthright for a mess of pottage. ●Gen 26 The Lord promises Isaac posterity as the stars of heaven in number—In his seed, all nations will...

Genesis 22-24 ● Genesis 22 Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac, his son—Both father and son yield to the will of God—Abraham’s seed will be as the stars and the sand in number—In his seed, all nations will be blessed—Rebekah is born to Bethuel.   ● Genesis 23 Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham buys from Ephron the Hittite. ● Genesis 24 Abraham commands that Isaac...

Genesis 18-21 ● Genesis 18 Abraham entertains three holy men—They promise that Sarah will have a son—Abraham will command his children to be just—The Lord appears to him—They discuss the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. ● Genesis 19 Lot entertains holy men—The men of Sodom seek to abuse Lot’s guests and are smitten with blindness—Lot is sent out of Sodom—The Lord rains brimstone and fire upon So...

Genesis 12-17   ●Genesis 12  Abram will become a great nation—He and his seed will bless all the families of the earth—He travels from Haran to the land of Canaan—Because of famine, he goes down into Egypt—Abram and Sarai are tested in Pharaoh’s court. ● Genesis 13  Abram returns from Egypt—He and Lot part—The Lord will make Abram’s seed as the dust of the earth in number—Abram settles in Hebron....

Abraham 1-3 ● Abraham 1 Abraham seeks the blessings of the patriarchal order—He is persecuted by false priests in Chaldea—Jehovah saves him—The origins and government of Egypt are reviewed.   ● Abraham Facsimile 1  Abraham as a sacrifice. ● Abraham 2 Abraham leaves Ur to go to Canaan—Jehovah appears to him at Haran—All gospel blessings are promised to his seed and through his seed to all—He goes t...

Ether 6-9 ● Ether 6  The Jaredite barges are driven by the winds to the promised land—The people praise the Lord for His goodness—Orihah is appointed king over them—Jared and his brother die. ● Ether 7 Orihah reigns in righteousness—Amid usurpation and strife, the rival kingdoms of Shule and Cohor are set up—Prophets condemn the wickedness and idolatry of the people, who then repent. ● Ether 8 The...

Genesis 11; and Ether 1-3   ● Genesis 11  All men speak the same language—They build the Tower of Babel—The Lord confounds their language and scatters them over all the earth—The generations of Shem include Abram, whose wife is Sarai—Abram leaves Ur and settles in Haran. ● Ether 1  Moroni abridges the writings of Ether—Ether’s genealogy is set forth—The language of the Jaredites is not confounded...

Job 39-42 ● Job 39 Man’s weakness and ignorance are compared with God’s mighty works—Does man even know how the laws of nature operate? ● Job 40 The Lord challenges Job, and Job replies humbly—The Lord speaks of His power to Job—He asks, Hast thou an arm like God?—He points to His power in the behemoth. ● Job 41 The Lord points to His power in the leviathan—All things under the whole heaven are th...

Job 35-38 ● Job 35  Elihu contrasts the weakness of man and the power of God—Our wickedness hurts other men, and our righteousness helps them—Man should trust in the Lord. ● Job 36  Elihu says, Those who are righteous are prospered—The wicked perish and die without knowledge—Elihu praises the greatness of God. ● Job 37  Elihu concludes, saying, The Lord controls the laws of nature—God reigns in te...

Job 32-24 ● Job 32  Elihu, in anger, answers Job and his three friends—Elihu says, There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding—He also says, Great men are not always wise. ● Job 33  Elihu says, God is greater than man, He speaks to man in dreams and visions, He ransoms those cast into the pit, and He delivers their souls and gives them life. ● Job 34  Elihu te...