“Do not oppress a foreigner;(A) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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12 “This is what it means,(A)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.(B)

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18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.(A)

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16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,(A)
    and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know(B) me?”
    declares the Lord.

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32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed(A) and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!(B)

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I will give them a heart to know(A) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, for they will return(C) to me with all their heart.(D)

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This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[a] with a plumb line[b] in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)

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22 Are they Hebrews? So am I.(A) Are they Israelites? So am I.(B) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.(C)

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21 To my shame I admit that we were too weak(A) for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.(B)

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29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds(A) of En Gedi.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.

26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin(A) until he had destroyed[a](B) all who lived in Ai.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:26 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

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40 Cutting loose the anchors,(A) they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

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Suddenly an angel(A) of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.(B)

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13 They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.(A)

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15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father’s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.”

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26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”

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Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

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11 For the grace(A) of God has appeared(B) that offers salvation to all people.(C)

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Thanksgiving

I always thank my God for you(A) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.

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29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[a] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites(A) and of the Arameans.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:29 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms

Jeremiah Freed

40 The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah.(A) He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives(B) from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon.

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I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

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