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Exodus 4:22-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 4:22-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.(A) 23 I told you: Let My son go so that he may worship Me, but you refused to let him go. Now I will kill your firstborn son!”(B)
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Exodus 4:22-23
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Exodus 4:22-23
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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A) 23 and I told you, “Let my son go,(B) so he may worship(C) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(D)
Exodus 4:22-23
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Exodus 4:22-23
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22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
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Isaiah 63:16
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Isaiah 63:16
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16 Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.(A)
Isaiah 63:16
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Isaiah 63:16
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Isaiah 63:16
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Isaiah 63:16
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16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
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Hosea 11:1
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Hosea 11:1
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The Lord’s Love for Israel
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Hosea 11:1
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Hosea 11:1
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God’s Love for Israel
Hosea 11:1
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Hosea 11:1
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11 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
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Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Disobedience of the Priests
6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?(A) says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”
Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”
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Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
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John 8:41
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John 8:41
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41 You’re doing what your father does.”(A)
“We weren’t born(B) of sexual immorality,”(C) they said. “We have one Father—God.”(D)
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John 8:41
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John 8:41
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41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(A)
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(B)
John 8:41
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John 8:41
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41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
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