Contemplative Bible Reading

Leviticus 18:2-3 (New Living Translation) 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. 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. […]

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Leviticus 26:36  (New Living Translation) And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall […]

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Leviticus 21:9  (New Living Translation) If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father’s holiness, and she must be burned to death. In the Old Testament with the Israelites, capital punishment was performed by stoning the guilty person. The community would encircle the person and throw rocks until the […]

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Leviticus 19:31 (New Living Translation) Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God. By this verse, I infer that there were people who could consult the spirits of the dead. I am glad that in our (post or whatever adjective […]

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Leviticus 7:21 (New Living Translation) If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community. Ever been cut off from a church? No big […]

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Leviticus 17:3-4 (New Living Translation) 3 “If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp 4 instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to present it as an offering to the Lord, that person will be as guilty as a murderer. Such […]

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Leviticus 26:21-22 (New Living Translation) 21 “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins. 22 I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads […]

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Leviticus 6:1-7 (New Living Translation) Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud, 3 or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the […]

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Leviticus 2:13 (New International Version) Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings. I read this verse recently and noticed the striking similarity to one of my favorite verses in the New Testament from […]

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Leviticus 25:23 (New International Version 2010) The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. The LORD is passing along through Moses His laws for the people. There is a group of laws about owning, selling, renting, and such for the land. […]

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