Contemplative Bible Reading

Jeremiah 10:24-25 (New Living Translation) 24 So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. 25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on the peoples that do not call upon your name. For they have devoured your people Israel[c]; they have […]

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Exodus 8:26 (New Living Translation) But Moses replied, “That wouldn’t be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where they Egyptians can see us, they will stone us… Moses had been asking Pharaoh for permission to take the children of Israel […]

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Exodus 8:26 (New Living Translation) But Moses replied, “That wouldn’t be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where they Egyptians can see us, they will stone us… Notice how the Egyptians used stoning—circle a person and throw rocks at them […]

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Exodus 5:2 (New Living Translation) “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.” In many English translations, like this one, the Old Testament phrase “the Lord” is a translation of sorts of […]

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Genesis 4:10-12 (New Living Translation) 10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground! 11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood. 12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how […]

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Exodus 13:13 (New Living Translation) A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the Lord by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son. This verse is part of a long list of […]

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Genesis 3:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God expelled him […]

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Genesis 3:8 (New English Translation) Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard. Adam and Eve were pretty smart; Adam and Eve were close to […]

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Genesis 14:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 23 that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can […]

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Isaiah 37:7 (New English Translation) Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land. In this verse, the LORD is speaking about the king of an invading army. The LORD will convince the […]

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