QUICK START GUIDEOptional 16-Week Reading Plan

3 ways to get the most out of your experience

Use Immerse: Beginnings instead of your regular chapter-and-verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book.

Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together for 8 weeks–more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open, honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures.

Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” (p. 329) to see how the books of the Bible work together to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse: Beginnings, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”

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4 Questions to get your conversations started:1. What stood out to you this week?2. Was there anything confusing or troubling?3. Did anything make you think differently about God?4. How might this change the way we live?

BEGINNINGS 16-WEEK READING PLANReading Plan Instructions: Always read to the largest break on the page where each reading ends. If there is more than one largest break, go to the last one. If no breaks appear on that page, read to the bottom of the page.

WEEK 1 GenesisDay 1 pp. A9-4Day 2 pp. 5-7Day 3 pp. 7-10Day 4 pp. 10-16Day 5 pp. 16-20

WEEK 2 GenesisDay 6 pp. 20-24Day 7 pp. 24-30Day 8 pp. 30-35Day 9 pp. 36-41Day 10 pp. 41-45

WEEK 3 GenesisDay 11 pp. 45-50Day 12 pp. 50-55Day 13 pp. 55-59Day 14 pp. 59-61Day 15 pp. 61-63

WEEK 4 GenesisDay 16 pp. 63-66Day 17 pp. 66-69Day 18 pp. 69-74Day 19 pp. 74-77Day 20 pp. 77-81

WEEK 5 ExodusDay 21 pp. 83-87Day 22 pp. 87-91Day 23 pp. 91-95Day 24 pp. 95-100Day 25 pp. 100-104

WEEK 6 ExodusDay 26 pp. 104-108Day 27 pp. 108-111Day 28 pp. 111-113Day 29 pp. 113-118Day 30 pp. 118-122

WEEK 7 ExodusDay 31 pp. 122-124Day 32 pp. 124-126Day 33 pp. 126-130Day 34 pp. 131-133Day 35 pp. 133-136

WEEK 8 ExodusDay 36 pp. 136-139Day 37 pp. 139-143Day 38 pp. 143-145Day 39 pp. 145-147Day 40 pp. 147-149

WEEK 9 LeviticusDay 41 pp. 151-155Day 42 pp. 155-159Day 43 pp. 159-164Day 44 pp. 164-169Day 45 pp. 169-175

WEEK 10 LeviticusDay 46 pp. 175-179Day 47 pp. 179-183Day 48 pp. 183-188Day 49 pp. 188-194Day 50 pp. 194-199

WEEK 11 NumbersDay 51 pp. 201-206Day 52 pp. 206-210Day 53 pp. 210-214Day 54 pp. 214-218Day 55 pp. 218-225

WEEK 12 NumbersDay 56 pp. 225-229Day 57 pp. 229-234Day 58 pp. 235-238Day 59 pp. 238-242Day 60 pp. 242-248

WEEK 13 NumbersDay 61 pp. 248-252Day 62 pp. 253-258Day 63 pp. 258-261Day 64 pp. 261-265Day 65 pp. 265-269

WEEK 14 DeuteronomyDay 66 pp. 271-275Day 67 pp. 275-279Day 68 pp. 279-281Day 69 pp. 281-284Day 70 pp. 284-288

WEEK 15 DeuteronomyDay 71 pp. 288-291Day 72 pp. 291-295Day 73 pp. 295-298Day 74 pp. 298-301Day 75 pp. 301-304

WEEK 16 DeuteronomyDay 76 pp. 304-310Day 77 pp. 310-315Day 78 pp. 315-319Day 79 pp. 320-323Day 80 pp. 324-327