17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

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17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

11 (A)Depart, depart, go out from there;
    touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
    (B)you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

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11 Depart,(A) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(B)
Come out from it and be pure,(C)
    you who carry the articles(D) of the Lord’s house.

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(A)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)

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  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

Since we have these promises, beloved, (A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh

Therefore, since we have these promises,(A) dear friends,(B) let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness(C) out of reverence for God.

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11 Now then (A)make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. (B)Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

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11 Now honor[a] the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives.”(A)

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  1. Ezra 10:11 Or Now make confession to

40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, (A)“Save yourselves from this (B)crooked generation.”

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40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, (A)“Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

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26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(A) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(B) because of all their sins.(C)

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Leave (A)your simple ways,[a] and (B)live,
    (C)and walk in the way of insight.”

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  1. Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple

Leave your simple ways and you will live;(A)
    walk in the way of insight.”(B)

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(A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
    let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
    (C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
    the repayment he is rendering her.

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“Flee(A) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(B)
It is time(C) for the Lord’s vengeance;(D)
    he will repay(E) her what she deserves.

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Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man[a]
    who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
    nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;
but his (G)delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
    and on his (H)law he meditates day and night.

He is like (I)a tree
    planted by (J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its (K)leaf does not wither.
(L)In all that he does, he prospers.

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  1. Psalm 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
  2. Psalm 1:2 Or instruction

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
    who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
    or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)
but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
    and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree(K) planted by streams(L) of water,(M)
    which yields its fruit(N) in season
and whose leaf(O) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(P)

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21 It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and (A)also by every one who had joined them and separated himself (B)from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.

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21 So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves(A) from the unclean practices(B) of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord,(C) the God of Israel.

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37 (A)All that (B)the Father gives me will come to me, and (C)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For (D)I have come down from heaven, not to do (E)my own will but (F)the will of him (G)who sent me.

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37 All those the Father gives me(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(B) not to do my will but to do the will(C) of him who sent me.(D)

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21 (A)“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them (B)in a moment.”

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21 “Separate yourselves(A) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”(B)

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