Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 34:10-12 (New Living Translation) 10 There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. 11 The Lord sent him to perform all the miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and his entire land. 12 With mighty power, […]

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1 Chronicles 16:19-22 (New Living Translation) 19 He (God) said this when you were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.20 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.21 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:22 “Do not touch my chosen people, […]

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Deuteronomy 32:20-21a (New Living Translation) 20 He said, ‘I will abandon them;then see what becomes of them.For they are a twisted generation,children without integrity.21 They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; God is speaking to the people through Moses. One condemnation about the people is that they are children without […]

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1 Chronicles 16:24-25 (New Living Translation) 23 Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.24 Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. King David gives to Asaph and his fellow Levites a song of thanksgiving to the Lord. Part of […]

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Numbers 14:44-45 (New Living Translation) 44 But the people defiantly pushed ahead toward the hill country, even though neither Moses nor the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant left the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah. […]

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This describes the decorations or adornments of the ark of the covenant, i.e., that box that held the covenant or agreement between God and the people. This adornment was cherubim that spread their wings over the ark of the covenant. This phrase, “the chariot of the cherubims,” is repeated in several places in the Old […]

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Numbers 11:34 (New Living Translation) 34 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 is part of the (hi)story of the people wandering the wilderness before entering the land promised by God. As usual, they were complaining about one […]

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1 Chronicles 17:4 (New Living Translation) 4 Go and tell my servant David, “This is what the Lord has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.” God is speaking to the prophet Nathan and telling Nathan what to tell David. The topic is building a Temple in […]

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Numbers 11:1 (New Living Translation) Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp. This is part of the […]

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Leviticus 16:20-22 (New Living Translation) 20 “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat. 21 He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In […]

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