Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 1:50-51 (New Living Translation) 50 Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. 51 Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle […]

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Deuteronomy 12:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. 7 There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord […]

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Deuteronomy 8:3 (New Living Translation) Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of […]

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Deuteronomy 1:20-23 (New Living Translation) 20 I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the Lord our God is giving us. 21 Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don’t […]

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Deuteronomy 28:28 (English Standard Version) The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind In this section of the second giving of the law, God’s people are warned of the curses that will come from disobedience. This one strikes home–confusion of mind. My mother, following in the footsteps of her father […]

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Genesis 37:26-27 (English Standard Version) 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,… Joseph’s brothers had him! They muscled him into a pit and were trying to decide how to murder him. Evil? What […]

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1 Samuel 3:19 (English Standard Version) And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. I love the phrase here about words falling to the ground and how God prevented this from happening with Samuel. Other translations use the phrase that Samuel’s words were reliable. […]

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Genesis 11:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go […]

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2 Chronicles 20:17 (New Living Translation) But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you! The Christian life […]

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2 Chronicles 30:27 (New Living Translation) Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven. Frustrated because no one listens to you (me)? Can’t find someone who will listen? Can’t find someone who will simply acknowledge your (my) existence? Pray to God the […]

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