Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 26:8 (English Standard Version) 8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great deeds of terror, with signs and wonders. There are times when God is terrifying. God appears in works of terror. Terror is a harsh word. I don’t recall times in my […]

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Deuteronomy 10: 18-19 (English Standard Version) 18 He (God) executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. In these verses, God is passing instructions to the people on how to treat sojourners. […]

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Deuteronomy 4:34 (New Living Translation) 34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes. […]

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Deuteronomy 1:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 “At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions 17 and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. […]

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Deuteronomy 13:5 (New Living Translation) The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death God is instructing the people with regards to prophets or visionaries—literally persons who predicted the future and the future came true. These were persons who had words from God that were relayed to the […]

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Deuteronomy 24:19 (New Living Translation) When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all you do. These sentences are the start of […]

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Deuteronomy 29:24-25 (New Living Translation) 24 And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’ 25 And the answer will be, ‘This happened because the people of the land abandoned the covenant that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, made with them […]

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Deuteronomy 28:30 (New Living Translation) You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her… This is one of the curses promised to the people if they did not obey God’s commandments. Some 36 years ago I became engaged to be married to the woman who has been my wife for […]

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Deuteronomy 1:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 “But you all came to me and said, ‘First, let’s send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.’ 23 “This seemed like a good idea to me… Moses is telling a new […]

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Deuteronomy 4:7 (New Living Translation) For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him? The nations who lived around God’s people had gods. Go to the capitol city, go to the high point in the city, and there you […]

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