Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 11:1 (New Living Translation) 1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, Life was tough. Times were hard. I guess so, right, otherwise the people would not be complaining about the hardships. Let’s see, in the words preceding this verse God had given the people instructions for living. These instructions were put […]

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Numbers 13 (New Living Translation) 30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” This speech by Caleb comes after 12 men had explored the land the people were about to enter. Caleb was one of […]

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Numbers 17:10 (New Living Translation) And the Lord said to Moses: “Place Aaron’s staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.” In Numbers 16, we have the (hi)story of people who complained that […]

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Numbers 29:1 (Holman Christian Bible) You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work. This will be a day of joyful shouting for you. God is telling the people about the special holidays during the year. This […]

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Numbers 6:22-26 (New Living Translation) 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people of Israel with this special blessing: 24 ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. 25 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. 26 May the Lord show you […]

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Numbers 1:50-51 (New Living Translation) 50 Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. 51 Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle […]

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Numbers 8:4 (New Living Translation) The entire lampstand, from its base to its decorative blossoms, was made of beaten gold. It was built according to the exact design the Lord had shown Moses. The tabernacle and temple and all the decorations and furnishings were designed by God. God “had shown” these designs to Moses who […]

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Numbers 35:34 (New Living Translation) You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the Lord, who lives among the people of Israel. The LORD God Jehovah had a strict warning to the people He had chosen. He was to live in the land with them. Therefore, they […]

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Numbers 15:37-41 (New Living Translation) 37 Then the Lord said to Moses, 38 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: Throughout the generations to come you must make tassels for the hems of your clothing and attach them with a blue cord. 39 When you see the tassels, you will remember and obey […]

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Numbers 22:4-8 (New Living Translation) 4 The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!” So Balak, king of Moab, 5 sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethornear the Euphrates River. […]

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