Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 (New Living Translation) 47 If you do not serve the Lord your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received, 48 you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The Lord will put an […]

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Deuteronomy 26:5 (New Living Translation) 5 “You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation. God is speaking to the […]

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Deuteronomy 24:5 (New Living Translation) 5 “A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.” These are the regulations to people were to follow. From time to time, […]

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Deuteronomy 21:18-21 (New Living Translation) 18 “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him. 19 In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate. 20 The parents […]

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Deuteronomy 6:24 (New Living Translation) 24 And the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day. Moses is delivering the law from God to the people. (The prior chapter listed the […]

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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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Deuteronomy 10:11 (New Living Translation) 11 Then the Lord said to me, “Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.” Moses is reminding the people of the history of their passage from Egypt to the Promised […]

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Deuteronomy 2:25 (New Living Translation) 25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear. God is speaking to the people through Moses. God made the peoples who were in the way of God’s people terrified. Those poor […]

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Deuteronomy 28:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 “If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do. 10 Then all the nations of the world will see that you are a people claimed by the Lord, […]

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