Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 16:12-14 (New Living Translation) 12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you! 13 Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like […]

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Numbers 18:30-32 (New Living Translation) 30 “Also, give these instructions to the Levites: When you present the best part as your offering, it will be considered as though it came from your own threshing floor or winepress. 31 You Levites and your families may eat this food anywhere you wish, for it is your compensation […]

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Numbers 10:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. 10 Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at […]

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Numbers 23:18-19 (New Living Translation) 18 This was the message Balaam delivered: “Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever […]

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Numbers 35:33 (New Living Translation) This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder. Murder reaches farther than the death of one person. As this verse tells us, it pollutes the […]

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Numbers 31:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.” I was once associated with a contract in which many employees were told, “Work faster to finish […]

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Numbers 5:6 (New Living Translation) “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty. Have I done something wrong to another person? Yes. Do I sometimes do something wrong to another person? Well, yes, but not as […]

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Numbers 27:21 (New International Version 2011) He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.” What is in the world […]

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Numbers 11:23 (New International Version 2011) 23 The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.” Here we are with the people wandering about in the desert. There are probably a couple million people here who want to eat […]

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Numbers 11:4-6 (New International Version) 4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. 6 But now we have lost […]

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