Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 7:25-26 (New Living Translation) 25 “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring any detestable objects into […]

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Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (New Living Translation) 4 “You are about to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think, ‘We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.’ 15 If this happens, be sure to select as king the man […]

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Deuteronomy 1:1-3 (New Living Translation) 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other. 2 Normally it […]

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Deuteronomy 31:12 New International Version – Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. New Living Translation – Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they […]

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Deuteronomy 8:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed. 20 Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to […]

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Deuteronomy 28:20 (New International Version 2011) The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. I work as an engineer and a manager of engineering projects. In these […]

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Deuteronomy 4:15-18 (New International Version 2011) 15 Since the Lord spoke to you from the fire at Mount Sinai, but you did not see him, watch yourselves carefully!16 Don’t sin by making idols of any kind, and don’t make statues—of men or women,17 of animals on earth or birds that fly in the air,18 of […]

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Deuteronomy 32:28-29 (New English Translation) 28 They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them. 29 I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.” God’s people are about to enter the Promised Land. Moses will not enter with […]

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Deuteronomy 18:9-11 (New International Version) 9 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages […]

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Deuteronomy 34:5-8 (New International Version) 5 And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said. 6 He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when […]

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