Contemplative Bible Reading

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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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 16:17 (New Living Translation) 17 No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the Lord. The words […]

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Leviticus 18 (New Living Translation) This post is a bit different as I am considering an entire chapter instead of one sentence. There are many criticisms of the Bible by some women. Women are not worth as much as men in transactions. Women obey their father, then obey their husband. They don’t have a “mind […]

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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 talking to the people. God tells them that they are different. They don’t act […]

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Leviticus 25:23 (New Living Translation) 23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me. This is The Law being passed from God to God’s people. Let’s talk about personal property and such. Oh wait, there doesn’t seem […]

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Leviticus 17:7 (New Living Translation) 7 The people must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by offering sacrifices to the goat idols. This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from generation to generation. People used to worship goats. Goats? Yes, goats. Goats were common livestock that provided milk and meat and […]

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Leviticus 6:4-5 (New Living Translation) 4 If you have sinned in any of these ways, you are guilty. You must give back whatever you stole, or the money you took by extortion, or the security deposit, or the lost property you found, 5 or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying […]

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Leviticus 26:13 (English Standard Version) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. God is talking to His people. God reminds them of their recent past as […]

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Leviticus 10:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 2 So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and […]

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