Contemplative Bible Reading

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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Numbers 13:17-20 (New International Version) 17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live […]

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Numbers 33:55 (New International Version) 55 ” ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. God is talking to His people just before […]

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Numbers 14:5-10 (New International Version) 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there. 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed […]

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Numbers 22:21-31 (New International Version) 21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. 22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were […]

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