Ezekiel 20:5
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5 and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob—making myself known to them in the land of Egypt—I swore to them, saying, “I am the Lord your God.”(A)
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Ezekiel 47:14
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14 You shall divide it equally; I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:23
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23 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,(A)
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Ezekiel 20:15
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15 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands,(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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Exodus 6:6-7
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6 Say therefore to the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.(A) 7 I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians.(B)
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Exodus 4:31
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31 The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.(A)
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Exodus 3:8
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8 and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.(A)
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Genesis 14:22
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22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to God[a] Most High,[b] maker of heaven and earth,(A)
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Revelation 10:5
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5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land
raised his right hand to heaven(A)
Mark 13:20
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20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved, but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.
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Ezekiel 35:11
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11 therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them, and I will make myself known among you[a] when I judge you.(A)
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Jeremiah 33:24
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24 Have you not observed how these people say, “The two families that the Lord chose have been rejected by him,” and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation?(A)
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Isaiah 44:1-2
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God’s Blessing on Israel
44 But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!(A)
2 Thus says the Lord who made you,
who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun whom I have chosen.(B)
Isaiah 43:10
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10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord,
and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.(A)
Isaiah 41:8-9
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;(A)
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth
and called from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are my servant;
I have chosen you and not cast you off”;(B)
Psalm 103:7
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7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
Psalm 33:12
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12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:40
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40 For I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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Deuteronomy 11:2-7
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2 Remember today that it was not your children (who have not known or seen the discipline of the Lord your God), but it is you who must acknowledge his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,(A) 3 his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to their horses and chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea[a] flow over them as they pursued you, so that the Lord has destroyed them to this day;(B) 5 what he did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab son of Reuben, how in the midst of all Israel the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households, their tents, and every living being in their company;(C) 7 for it is your own eyes that have seen every great deed that the Lord did.
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Deuteronomy 4:37
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37 And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:34
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34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by terrifying displays of power, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?(A)
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Exodus 20:2-3
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2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(A) 3 you shall have no other gods before[a] me.(B)
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Exodus 19:4-6
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4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.(A) 5 Now, therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,(B) 6 but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”(C)
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