Contemplative Bible Reading

Leviticus 16:17 (New Living Translation) 17 No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the Lord. The words […]

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Joshua 2:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River, and reported to Joshua all that had happened to them. 24 “The Lord has given us the whole land,” they said, “for all the people in the land are terrified of us.” The spies return. […]

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Leviticus 18 (New Living Translation) This post is a bit different as I am considering an entire chapter instead of one sentence. There are many criticisms of the Bible by some women. Women are not worth as much as men in transactions. Women obey their father, then obey their husband. They don’t have a “mind […]

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Leviticus 18:3 (New Living Translation) 3 So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. God is talking to the people. God tells them that they are different. They don’t act […]

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Genesis 27:21-22 (New Living Translation) 21 But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph’s rescue. “Let’s not kill him,” he said. 22 “Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was […]

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Genesis 41:16 (New Living Translation) 16 “It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.” Joseph was talking to Pharaoh. We read earlier that Pharaoh was “very disturbed by the dreams.” He was so disturbed that on the advice of a […]

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Exodus 16:1-3 (New Living Translation) Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2 There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses […]

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Daniel 6:16 (New Living Translation) 16 So at last the king (Darius the Mede) gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.” Here we have King Darius the Mede. He was tricked into declaring […]

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Daniel 2:24 (New Living Translation) 24 Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.” The all-powerful king had a dream that […]

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Isaiah 2:4 (English Standard Version) He shall judge between the nations,    and shall decide disputes for many peoples;and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,    and their spears into pruning hooks;nation shall not lift up sword against nation,    neither shall they learn war anymore. The prophet Isaiah is relaying words from Jehovah, the God who created all. That […]

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