Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 28:10 (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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Deuteronomy 7:5 (New Living Translation) This is what you must do. You must break down their pagan altars and shatter their sacred pillars. Cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols. The “God of the Old Testament” is often criticized as inventing the concept of pillage and burn and such (sort of silly that […]

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Deuteronomy 4:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 “But be very careful! You did not see the Lord’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai. 16 So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form… Jehovah God gives a strict warning to His people. […]

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Deuteronomy 1:42 (New Living Translation) “But the Lord told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.’ This was a warning from Jehovah to His people. This is a warning to all of us today. If […]

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Deuteronomy 34:12 (New Living Translation) With mighty power, Moses performed terrifying acts in the sight of all Israel. I like the words used in this translation. Moses terrified the people. Moses had a difficult job. That is an understatement as Moses had a job that, without the help of Jehovah God, was impossible. He was […]

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Deuteronomy 23:1-2 (New English Translation) 23:1 A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the LORD. 23:2 A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. This is harsh. Certain people with physical differences […]

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Deuteronomy 12:1-3 (New English Translation) 12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess. 12:2 You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to […]

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Deuteronomy 7:1 (New Living Translation) When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you. Some military concepts: The defender […]

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Deuteronomy 6:20, 24 (New Living Translation) 20 “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey?’ … 24 And the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he […]

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Deuteronomy 4:34 (New Living Translation) 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. Jehovah […]

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