Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 13:30 (New Living Translation) 30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” This is part of the (hi)story of the people leaving slavery in Egypt and going to the land that God promised them. […]

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Deuteronomy 6:25 (New Living Translation) 25 For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the Lord our God has given us. This is from Deuteronomy or the second telling of the law to the people. Their ancestors died in the wilderness due to disobeying the commands of Jehovah their God. […]

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Deuteronomy 20:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house. 6 Has anyone here […]

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Leviticus 26:6 (New Living Translation) 6 “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land. This is a promise from God to the people if they “follow my […]

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Leviticus 17:7 (Christian Standard Bible) 7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations. And now we have the goat-demons. It appears that God’s people had been offering sacrifices to these goat-demons. The people had done […]

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Exodus 2:11-12 (New Living Translation) 11 Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. 12 After looking in all directions to make […]

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Leviticus 20:8 (Christian Standard Bible) 8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart. The people of God are different. They were different in the Old Testament times and, I believe we are different from the rest of the people in the world today. Note, I am not writing […]

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Genesis 21:17 (New Living Translation) 17 But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. This is part of the (hi)story of Hagar fleeing the household of Abraham with her son […]

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Leviticus 7:12 (New English Translation) 12 If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank-offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well-soaked, ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil. I was reading the New English Translation when […]

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Exodus 7:22 (New Living Translation) 22 But again the magicians of Egypt used their magic, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted. This is part of the (hi)story of Moses’ negotiations with Pharaoh and the attempts […]

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