Wisdom 19:22
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22 For every way, Lord! you magnified and glorified your people;
unfailing, you stood by them in every time and circumstance.(A)
Exodus 3:18
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18 They will listen to you. Then you and the elders of Israel will go to the king of Egypt and say to him:(A) The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to meet us. So now, let us go a three days’ journey in the wilderness to offer sacrifice to the Lord, our God.
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Isaiah 43:3-4
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3 For I, the Lord, am your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
I give Egypt as ransom for you,
Ethiopia and Seba[a] in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes
and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you
and nations in exchange for your life.(A)
Footnotes
- 43:3–4 Egypt…Ethiopia and Seba: countries which God permitted the Persians to conquer in return for having given Israel its freedom.
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