Yes, (A)he loved his people,[a]
    (B)all his holy ones were in his[b] hand;
(C)so they followed[c] in your steps,
    receiving direction from you,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:3 Septuagint; Hebrew peoples
  2. Deuteronomy 33:3 Hebrew your
  3. Deuteronomy 33:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

39 And she had a sister called (A)Mary, who (B)sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

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“For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be (B)a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but (C)it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping (D)the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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The Lord's Love for Israel

(A)“I have loved you,” says the Lord. (B)But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau (C)Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet (D)I have loved Jacob

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who by God's power are being guarded (A)through faith for a salvation (B)ready to be revealed in the last time.

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For (A)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (B)who is your[a] life (C)appears, then you also will appear with him (D)in glory.

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  1. Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our

But[a] God, being (A)rich in mercy, (B)because of the great love with which he loved us, even (C)when we were dead in our trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ—(E)by grace you have been saved—

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  1. Ephesians 2:4 Or And

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than (C)conquerors through (D)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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(A)“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated (B)at the feet of (C)Gamaliel[a] (D)according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, (E)being zealous for God (F)as all of you are this day.

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  1. Acts 22:3 Or city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated

35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting (A)at the feet of Jesus, (B)clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

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11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of (A)him who calls— 12 she was told, (B)“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, (C)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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11 And I am no longer in the world, but (A)they are in the world, and (B)I am coming to you. (C)Holy Father, (D)keep them in your name, (E)which you have given me, (F)that they may be one, (G)even as we are one. 12 (H)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have (I)guarded them, and (J)not one of them has been lost except (K)the son of destruction, (L)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now (M)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have (N)my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 (O)I have given them your word, and (P)the world has hated them (Q)because they are not of the world, (R)just as I am not of the world. 15 I (S)do not ask that you (T)take them out of the world, but that you (U)keep them from (V)the evil one.[a]

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  1. John 17:15 Or from evil

28 (A)I give them eternal life, and (B)they will never perish, and (C)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (D)who has given them to me,[a] (E)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (F)the Father's hand.

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me

46 After three days they found him in the temple, (A)sitting among (B)the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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The Lord's Love for Israel

11 (A)When Israel was a child, (B)I loved him,
    and out of Egypt I (C)called (D)my son.

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40 (A)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (B)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

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    the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
(A)I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore (B)I have continued (C)my faithfulness to you.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me

The Value of Wisdom

(A)My son, (B)if you receive my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you,

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19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his (A)statutes and rules[a] to Israel.
20 He (B)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his rules.[b]
(C)Praise the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
  2. Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees

“Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made (A)a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

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He chose our (A)heritage for us,
    (B)the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

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15 My (A)times are in your hand;
    (B)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

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(A)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.

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For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (A)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (B)all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a (C)kingdom of priests and (D)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

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