Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 11:34 (New Living Translation) So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means ‘graves of gluttony’) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt. This (hi)story comes from the people wandering in the wilderness for 40 years before entering the land God promised them. Each morning, God put life-sustaining food on […]

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Exodus 32:35 (New Living Translation) 35 Then the Lord sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made. This is part of the (hi)story of the people’s journey from Egypt to the land promised them by God. Moses had gone up the mountain to receive the agreement and […]

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Exodus 34:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 “You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them. 16 Then you will accept their daughters, […]

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Genesis 5:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 Then Moses went back to the Lord and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me? 23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done […]

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Genesis 35:5-6 (New Living Translation) 4 So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem. 5 As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family. This is part […]

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Genesis 28:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” 17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to […]

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Genesis 27:27-29 (New Living Translation) 27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the Lord has blessed! 28 “From the dew […]

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Genesis 22:18 (New Living Translation) 18 And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me. An angel is talking to Abraham. Abraham had just followed God’s instructions to take his miracle son Isaac to a remote place and literally sacrifice the boy. Abraham showed faith—showed that […]

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Deuteronomy 30:6 (New Living Translation) 6 “The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live! Jehovah God is talking to the people about the laws and the results of obedience and disobedience. […]

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Deuteronomy 28:20 (New Living Translation) 20 The Lord himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me. God is warning the people through Moses. There are curses to come for those who disobey the law God has decreed. […]

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