Bible Reading Plan
Bible in a Year — Interleaved.
Old Testament every day. New Testament five days a week. Both finish in a year.
How it works
Two streams. One year.
The interleaved plan runs two streams simultaneously. The Old Testament stream covers Genesis to Malachi at 2–3 chapters every day across all 365 days. The New Testament stream covers Matthew to Revelation at 1 chapter per day, but only on weekdays — 260 chapters across exactly 260 weekdays (5 days × 52 weeks). Both streams finish on the last day of December.
Psalm 119 is split into four readings across the OT stream, aligned with the 22 Hebrew alphabet sections: 119a (Aleph–Waw, v.1–48), 119b (Zayin–Kaph, v.49–96), 119c (Lamedh–Samekh, v.97–144), 119d (Ayin–Taw, v.145–176). All other chapters are read as written.
The total daily load stays consistent: 3–4 chapters on weekdays, 2–3 on weekends — roughly the same as the sequential plan. The key difference is that you are never more than a few days away from the New Testament. Genesis and Matthew run in parallel from day one.
First two weeks
What the first fourteen days look like.
Week 1
Week 2
Old Testament
Where you'll be in the OT, month by month.
Genesis 1 – Exodus 29
Exodus 30 – Numbers 34
Numbers 35 – Judges 19
Judges 20 – 1 Kings 16
1 Kings 17 – 2 Chronicles 19
2 Chronicles 20 – Job 27
Job 28 – Psalms 64
Psalms 65 – 140
Psalms 141 – Isaiah 16
Isaiah 17 – Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah 30 – Daniel 1
Daniel 2 – Malachi 4
New Testament
The NT unfolds in parallel.
Matthew
The life of Jesus — the longest Gospel
Mark · Luke begins
The shortest Gospel, then Luke's careful account
Luke · John
John's Gospel — the most theological of the four
Acts · Romans
The early church, then Paul's greatest letter
1–2 Cor · Galatians · Ephesians
Paul's letters to established churches
Philippians – Hebrews
The shorter epistles and Hebrews
James – Jude
The general letters
Revelation
The Apocalypse — the NT ends where the OT began
Prefer to read straight through?
→ Bible in a Year — Sequential