Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 11:23 (New International Version 2011) 23 The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.” Here we are with the people wandering about in the desert. There are probably a couple million people here who want to eat […]

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Exodus 25:1-2 (New International Version 2011) 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. In this part of the (hi)story of God’s people, the people are about to build the Tabernacle – […]

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Genesis 35:2-2 (New International Version 2011) 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me […]

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Psalm 51:16-17 (New International Version 2010) You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. I have contemplated on parts of Psalm 51 before. Looking at it […]

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Genesis 28:6-9 (New International Version 2010) 6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,” 7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had […]

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Genesis 12:1-3 (New International Version 2010) 1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a […]

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Exodus 33:12-13 (New International Version 2010) 12 Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, […]

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Leviticus 25:23 (New International Version 2010) The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. The LORD is passing along through Moses His laws for the people. There is a group of laws about owning, selling, renting, and such for the land. […]

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2 Kings 5:11-14 (New International Version 2010) 11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, […]

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2 Kings 5:6-8 (New International Version 2010) 6 The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.” 7 As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and […]

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