Moses Meets with the Lord

Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and (A)called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who (B)sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

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The Tent of Meeting

Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.”(A) Anyone inquiring(B) of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.

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(A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
(C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

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42 This shall be (A)a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, (B)where I will meet you to speak with you. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle (C)shall be sanctified by My glory.

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42 “For the generations to come(A) this burnt offering is to be made regularly(B) at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(C) before the Lord. There I will meet you and speak to you;(D) 43 there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.(E)

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But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (A)not hear.

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But your iniquities have separated(A)
    you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
    so that he will not hear.(B)

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29 (A)The Lord is far from the wicked,
But (B)He hears the prayer of the righteous.

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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
    but he hears the prayer of the righteous.(A)

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David Avenges the Gibeonites

21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed

The Gibeonites Avenged

21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C)

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11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might [a]sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing (A)His reproach.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:12 set apart

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(A) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(B) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(C) to make the people holy(D) through his own blood.(E) 13 Let us, then, go to him(F) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(G)

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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(A)

(B)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For (C)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, (A)woe to them when I depart from them!

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12 Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave(A) them of every one.
Woe(B) to them
    when I turn away from them!(C)

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22 This You have seen, O Lord;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

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22 Lord, you have seen(A) this; do not be silent.
    Do not be far(B) from me, Lord.

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When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(A)
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.

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A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil

10 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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Psalm 10[a]

Why, Lord, do you stand far off?(A)
    Why do you hide yourself(B) in times of trouble?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.