Contemplative Bible Reading

Leviticus 8:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head, 15 and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He […]

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Leviticus 7:16-18 (New Living Translation) 16 “If you bring an offering to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering, the meat must be eaten on the same day the sacrifice is offered, but whatever is left over may be eaten on the second day. 17 Any meat left over until the third day must […]

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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. Here is another one of those “New Testament style” instructions found in the heart of the Old Testament law. God gave the people specific instructions about worshiping idols. God […]

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Leviticus 19:3 (New Living Translation) Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God. After chapters of specific commands to the people, the LORD now gives some “fuzzy” instructions. Here is one of the first. Respect […]

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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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