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Torah · The vision

Genesis through Deuteronomy. Where the story begins.

Days 1–50 50 days

The first five books of the Bible — the foundation under everything that follows. Creation, fall, the call of Abram, the exodus, the covenant at Sinai, the long walk to the edge of the promised land.

How we'll read it
  • Full read, slow.
  • Genesis (16 days) · Exodus (12) · Leviticus (6 selective) · Numbers (8) · Deuteronomy (8).
  • Selective on Leviticus — sacrificial system, Day of Atonement, the Holiness Code, the feasts, jubilee.

The days

50 of 50 days available so far. New days added weekly as the plan rolls out.

  1. 1
    In the beginning — a good world on purpose
    Genesis 1:1 – 2:3
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  2. 2
    The garden — vocation, partnership, naming
    Genesis 2:4–25
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  3. 3
    The fall — shame, hiding, and the first promise
    Genesis 3
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  4. 4
    Cain, Abel, and the line of Seth
    Genesis 4 – 5
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  5. 5
    Noah and the rainbow covenant
    Genesis 6:1 – 9:17
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  6. 6
    Babel — name, scattering, and a counter-call
    Genesis 11:1–9
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  7. 7
    The call of Abram
    Genesis 12:1–9
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  8. 8
    The covenant cut
    Genesis 15
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  9. 9
    Circumcision and the visit at Mamre
    Genesis 17 + 18:1–15
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  10. 10
    The binding of Isaac
    Genesis 22
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  11. 11
    Jacob and Esau — blessing and family wounds
    Genesis 25:19–34 + 27
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  12. 12
    Jacob's ladder
    Genesis 28:10–22
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  13. 13
    Wrestling with God
    Genesis 32:22–32
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  14. 14
    Joseph sold by his brothers
    Genesis 37
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  15. 15
    Joseph in Egypt — faithful in the dark
    Genesis 39 – 41
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  16. 16
    Joseph forgives — the Torah closes
    Genesis 45 – 50
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  17. 17
    Israel in Egypt and the birth of Moses
    Exodus 1 – 2
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  18. 18
    The burning bush
    Exodus 3 – 4
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  19. 19
    The plagues — God versus the gods of Egypt
    Exodus 5 – 11 (selective)
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  20. 20
    Passover — blood, deliverance, memory
    Exodus 12 – 13
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  21. 21
    The Red Sea and the Song of the Sea
    Exodus 14 – 15
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  22. 22
    Manna and water from the rock
    Exodus 16 – 17
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  23. 23
    Sinai and the Ten Commandments
    Exodus 19 – 20
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  24. 24
    The covenant ceremony — blood and vision
    Exodus 24
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  25. 25
    Tabernacle — a portable Eden
    Exodus 25 – 31 (overview)
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  26. 26
    The golden calf and Moses' intercession
    Exodus 32 – 33
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  27. 27
    The new tablets — mercy, glory, the name
    Exodus 34
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  28. 28
    Glory fills the tabernacle
    Exodus 40
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  29. 29
    The sacrificial system — how to approach
    Leviticus 1 – 7 (overview)
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  30. 30
    Aaron's ordination and Nadab and Abihu
    Leviticus 8 – 10
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  31. 31
    The Day of Atonement — scapegoat and the holy place
    Leviticus 16
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  32. 32
    The Holiness Code — love your neighbor
    Leviticus 19
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  33. 33
    The feasts — sacred time
    Leviticus 23
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  34. 34
    The Year of Jubilee — rest, release, restoration
    Leviticus 25
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  35. 35
    The census and the camp
    Numbers 1 – 4 (overview)
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  36. 36
    The cloud and the trumpets — God's leading
    Numbers 9 – 10
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  37. 37
    Manna and complaint
    Numbers 11
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  38. 38
    Miriam, Aaron, and the humility of Moses
    Numbers 12
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  39. 39
    The twelve spies — fear and a generation lost
    Numbers 13 – 14
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  40. 40
    Korah's rebellion
    Numbers 16
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  41. 41
    The bronze serpent — looking and living
    Numbers 21:4–9
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  42. 42
    Balaam — the donkey and the unwilling blessing
    Numbers 22 – 24
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  43. 43
    The wilderness summarized
    Deuteronomy 1 – 3 (overview)
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  44. 44
    The Shema — love the LORD with all
    Deuteronomy 5 – 6
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  45. 45
    Remember — manna and what humbles you
    Deuteronomy 8
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  46. 46
    A prophet like Moses
    Deuteronomy 18:15–22
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  47. 47
    Blessings and curses — the shape of covenant
    Deuteronomy 28
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  48. 48
    Choose life — the heart circumcised
    Deuteronomy 30
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  49. 49
    Moses' song — and a Moses psalm to read with it
    Deuteronomy 32 + Psalm 90
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  50. 50
    Moses' blessing and death — a vista, not an arrival
    Deuteronomy 33 – 34
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