Exodus 18:8
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8 Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.(A)
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Psalm 145:4-12
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4 One generation shall extol your works to another
and shall declare your mighty acts.(A)
5 They will recount the glorious[a] splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works I will meditate.(B)
6 They will proclaim the might of your awesome deeds,
and I will declare your greatness.(C)
7 They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.(D)
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(E)
9 The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made.(F)
10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your faithful shall bless you.(G)
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,
12 to make known to all people your[b] mighty deeds
and the glorious splendor of your[c] kingdom.
Psalm 107:2
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2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
those he redeemed from trouble(A)
Psalm 106:10
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10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.(A)
Psalm 81:7
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7 In distress you called, and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah(A)
Psalm 78:42-43
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42 They did not keep in mind his power
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 when he displayed his signs in Egypt
and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.
Nehemiah 9:32
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32 “Now therefore, our God—the great and mighty and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love—do not treat lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until today.
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Nehemiah 9:9-15
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9 “And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.[a](A) 10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted insolently against our ancestors. You made a name for yourself that remains to this day.(B) 11 And you divided the sea before them, so that they passed through the sea on dry land, but you threw their pursuers into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.(C) 12 Moreover, you led them by day with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way in which they should go.(D) 13 You came down also upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,(E) 14 and you made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments and statutes and a law through Moses your servant.(F) 15 For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them.(G)
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- 9.9 Or Sea of Reeds
Numbers 20:14
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Passage through Edom Refused
14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the adversity that has befallen us,(A)
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Psalm 105:1-2
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Psalm 105
God’s Faithfulness to Israel
1 O give thanks to the Lord; call on his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples.(A)
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wonderful works.(B)
Psalm 71:17-20
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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.(A)
18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(B) 19 and your righteousness, O God,
reach the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?(C)
20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.(D)
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- 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Psalm 66:16
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16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(A)
Exodus 18:1
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Jethro’s Advice
18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.(A)
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Exodus 16:3
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3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”(A)
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Exodus 15:22-24
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Bitter Water Made Sweet
22 Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea,[a] and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.(A) 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.[b](B) 24 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”(C)
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Exodus 15:16
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16 Terror and dread fell upon them;
by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone
until your people, O Lord, passed by,
until the people whom you acquired passed by.(A)
Exodus 15:6
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6 Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power—
your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.(A)
Genesis 44:34
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34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”
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