Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 23:33 (New Living Translation) 33 They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be trapped by the contemptible customs of their worship. God is speaking to the people. When the people enter the land promised to them by God, […]

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Exodus 14:16 (New Living Translation) 16 Pick up your staff and raise it over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground. This is part of the (hi)story of Moses leading the people out of Egypt on a 40-year journey to the land promised […]

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Exodus 1:11-12 (New Living Translation) 11 So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king. 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the […]

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Exodus 32:35 (New Living Translation) 35 Then the Lord sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made. This is part of the (hi)story of the people’s journey from Egypt to the land promised them by God. Moses had gone up the mountain to receive the agreement and […]

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Exodus 34:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 “You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them. 16 Then you will accept their daughters, […]

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Genesis 5:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 Then Moses went back to the Lord and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me? 23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done […]

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Exodus 34:28 (New Living Translation) 28 Moses remained there on the mountain with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the Lord wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets. Moses is on Mt Sinai with Jehovah God. Jehovah […]

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Exodus 32:27-28 (New Living Translation) 27 Moses told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.” 28 The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 […]

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Exodus 32:20 (New Living Translation) 25 Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get completely out of control, much to the amusement of their enemies. This is part of the (hi)story of Moses, God, the Ten Commandments and all those things. Moses came down from the mountain where God gave the law. Moses finds […]

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Exodus 28:1-3 (New Living Translation) 1 Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests. 2 Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful. 3 Instruct all the […]

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