Contemplative Bible Reading

Judges 6:14 (New Living Translation) 14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” God is speaking to Gideon who is about to fight against the oppressive Midianites. This is part of the (hi)story where they have only 300 […]

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Exodus 28:1-3 (New Living Translation) 1 Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests. 2 Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful. 3 Instruct all the […]

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Exodus 11:1 (New Living Translation) 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will strike Pharaoh and the land of Egypt with one more blow. After that, Pharaoh will let you leave this country. In fact, he will be so eager to get rid of you that he will force you all to leave. God’s […]

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Genesis 12:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an […]

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Exodus 12:33 (New Living Translation) 33 All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!” This is part of the (hi)story of God pulling the people out of Egypt and sending them to a land promised to them through […]

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Genesis 24:7 (New Living Translation) 7 For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my […]

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Exodus 15:26 (New Living Translation) 26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I […]

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Genesis 12:1, 4b (New Living Translation) 1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. … 4b Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. God is speaking to Abram; God will later rename him Abraham. […]

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Exodus 16:7a (New Living Translation) 7 In the morning you will see the glory of the Lord… This is part of the (hi)story of the people wandering in the wilderness for 40 years before entering the land God had promised. There are about a million hungry mouths to feed every day, so God has a […]

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Genesis 3:8 (New Living Translation) 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. There is something about hiding that we people do. There are games we play as children where hiding […]

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