The ribbon is thin but long enough to be functional.

There is only one ribbon, but I honestly can’t think of why you would need more than one in this Bible. The reading plan also appears in the back. January 1 st gives you Genesis 1, Matthew 1, Ezra 1, and Acts 1. It takes you through the entire Bible once and Psalms and the New Testament twice. The reading plan is that of Robert Murray M’Cheyne. This leaves a few blank sheets here and there that would serve for writing a few notes. Since the primary purpose of this Bible is daily reading I could make the argument that it doesn’t need verse numbers. The page header contains the date that page is to be read. Poetry is set to verse and OT quotes are offset. Footnotes appear at the bottom of the page and are keyed to the text with numbers. There are two columns per page in paragraph format. There is a list in the front that shows the starting date for each book of the Bible. Instead, it is presented according to date and what is to be read for that date.

The text is not presented in regular Biblical order. The print quality is consistent throughout. The font is 9.5-point and is black-letter. It’s usually not a distraction because the paper is opaque, but line-matching would have improved readability somewhat. It sounds weird to say that is lays flat somewhere in January. It feels a little awkward in the hand at first because it the inner pages stay flat against the spine.

It doesn’t want to lay flat like most Crossway’s do. Opening it feels stiff (not the cover, the binding). The tan looks good against the dark brown. It looks like real leather from a leather workshop. I love the brown with the darker stamped highlights. I’ve been very impressed with Crossway’s TruTone covers. Crossway’s ESV Daily Reading Bible does just that and it follows the M’Cheyne reading plan. New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB)ĭaily reading Bibles are a great resource for keeping you on track for reading the Bible through in a year.

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