Contemplative Bible Reading

Leviticus 16:20-22 (New Living Translation) 20 “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat. 21 He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In […]

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Leviticus 18:3 (New Living Translation) 3 So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. God is speaking to the people through Moses. What follows is a list of basic, practical […]

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Leviticus 19:31 (New Living Translation) 31 “Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God. This is part of the law given to the people from God through Moses. It instructs people how to live. The instruction here is simple: […]

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Leviticus 20: 2b-5 (New Living Translation) “If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death. 3 I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and […]

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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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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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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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Leviticus 19:4 (New Living Translation) Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God. God the Creator or Jehovah (YHWH) is talking to Moses. Moses is to pass along these instructions to the people. This is one of many places in the Old […]

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Leviticus 16:29 (New Living Translation) “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you…” Here is part of the old law the God gave to the people. There […]

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