Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 2:18 (New Living Translation) “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and watered our flocks.” This is Moses’ future wife talking. Moses had rescued her from some thugs and then watered her flocks for her. Moses must have taken to her deeply and quickly. Moses […]

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Exodus 2:11 and 2:19 (New Living Translation 11 Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. 19 “An Egyptian rescued us from […]

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Exodus 9:16 (New Living Translation) But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth. God is talking to Moses. God is talking about Pharoah. God was going to bring His people out of Egypt. There were many ways to do this. One simple way […]

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Exodus 6:9 (English Standard Version) Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. Moses is speaking to his relatives, the Israelites who are slaves in Egypt. They have been in Egypt 400 years. For the most recent few generations, they […]

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Exodus 1:8-10 (New Living Translation) 8 Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done. 9 He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are. 10 We must make a plan to keep them from […]

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Exodus 14:13-14 (New Living Translation) 13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. 14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” Apologies to those who love or hate that t-shirt about “stay calm […]

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Exodus 12:30 (New Living Translation) Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died. What a horrible night. Try to imagine this. Growing up in Sunday school […]

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Exodus 15:11 (New Living Translation) “Who is like you among the gods, O Lord— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders? Set the scene: the people have just walked out of Egypt with lots of goodies. The charioteers—the elite of the Egyptian army—was destroyed in the Red Sea. Time to sing and dance […]

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Exodus 31:14 (New Living Translation) You must keep the Sabbath day, for it is a holy day for you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community. Let’s correct a common fallacy. The Sabbath day was NOT a day that the […]

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Exodus 14:14 (New Living Translation) The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm. Everyone has their own version of the “Stay Calm and…” saying these days. Here is one from when the people were about to be pushed to their deaths in the Red Sea. So we have… Keep Calm and Let the […]

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