Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 3:8 (New Living Translation) 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. There is something about hiding that we people do. There are games we play as children where hiding […]

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Exodus 16:29 (New Living Translation) 29 They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to […]

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Exodus 5:2 (New Living Translation) 2 “Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the Lord? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.” Pharaoh, the most powerful man in this part of the world at this time, is talking to […]

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Exodus 18:10-11 (New Living Translation) 10 “Praise the Lord,” Jethro said, “for he has rescued you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. Yes, he has rescued Israel from the powerful hand of Egypt! 11 I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of […]

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Ezekiel 22:30 (New Living Translation) 30 “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one. God is talking to the people through the prophet […]

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Ezekiel 20:26 (New Living Translation) 26 I let them pollute themselves with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the Lord. God is speaking to the people through the prophet […]

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Zechariah 8:16 (New Living Translation) 16 But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace. God is talking to the people through the prophet Zechariah. The preceding sections tell how God is going to restore the people. The […]

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Malachi 1:14 (New Living Translation) 14 “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations! Cursed is the cheater. The cheater […]

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Malachi 2:3 (New Living Translation) 3 I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile. God is speaking to the people through the prophet Malachi. In particular, God is addressing the priests who have not been conducting the Temple […]

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Daniel 5:23 (New Living Translation) 23 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see […]

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