A devotional that starts in the text
One short reading a day, tied to a story you can watch. The verse comes first, word for word from the King James, then a few minutes of plain-spoken reflection and a prayer.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
6 times, “the evening and the morning.” Then a seventh day with none. Eighteen Bible stories, counted verse by verse in the King James, and a devotional every morning.
Each story is told from the King James text, and every number in it is counted straight from the verses. Tap a story to open its ledger.
Read the two verses, then walk the city with them. Tap once for each time around.
3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.Joshua 6:3
15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.Joshua 6:15
20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat…Joshua 6:20
The text never says thirteen. It gives you once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh. The sum is yours to make.
Day one
One short reading a day, tied to a story you can watch. The verse comes first, word for word from the King James, then a few minutes of plain-spoken reflection and a prayer.
Each day you finish gets a tally mark in your ledger. Miss one day in a week and your count still holds, because even creation had a day of rest. A morning reminder lets you know when today's reading is ready.
Illuminated-ledger and stained-glass films, from Creation to the thirty pieces of silver. Every story opens with its ledger: the numbers, and the verse each one comes from.
Verse numbers in red ink, chapter numerals in gold, and highlights that stay on your phone. Read in Garamond, Cardo or IM Fell, at four sizes, so it's easy on any eyes.
Podcast companions for every story, the In the Volume series, lesson plans for groups and printable ledgers for kids. Free stays free.
Popular sayings, checked against the King James word for word. Counting is the fastest way to find out.
“Fear not” is in the Bible 365 times, once for every day.
The phrase “fear not” appears 63 times in the KJV. Add “be not afraid,” “fear ye not” and “fear thou not,” and it still comes nowhere near 365.
Three wise men came to see Jesus.
Matthew never says how many came. He names three gifts: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Eve ate an apple in the garden.
Genesis never says apple. It calls it the fruit
, and the word “apple” doesn't appear anywhere in Genesis.
“Money is the root of all evil.”
The verse says the love of money is the root of all evil.
Leave out three words and it says something else.
“And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”Jonah 3:1–2
The first time, Jonah ran. God said go east to Nineveh, and Jonah “rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.” He paid his own fare to get away. Then comes a verse that is easy to read past: the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time. Same man. Same city. Same call.
“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”Hebrews 10:7
Every place the scriptures speak of Jesus, from Genesis to Revelation. Each link is labelled honestly: what the New Testament itself says, what was prophesied, and what teachers see as a picture. Every verse is checked word for word, and more than 180 connections are verified so far.
Moses struck the rock and water came out. Paul says, “that Rock was Christ.”
Exodus 17:6 · 1 Corinthians 10:4Six times in the KJV. Five are about Jesus. The sixth is Isaac, on his way up the mountain.
Hebrews 11:17 · John 3:16“In my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink,” and at the cross he said, “I thirst,” that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Psalm 69:21 · John 19:28“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts.” Psalm 42:7
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