22 But Abram (A)said to the king of Sodom, “I (B)have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, (C)the Possessor of heaven and earth,

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Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he (A)held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him (B)who lives forever, (C)that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; (D)and when the power of (E)the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.

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The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land (A)raised up his [a]hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, (B)who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, (C)that there should be delay no longer,

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  1. Revelation 10:5 NU, M right hand

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 And (A)at the end of the [a]time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him (B)who lives forever:

For His dominion is (C)an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom is from generation to generation.

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  1. Daniel 4:34 Lit. days

18 (A)That they may know that You, whose (B)name alone is the Lord,
Are (C)the Most High over all the earth.

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The King of Glory and His Kingdom

A Psalm of David.

24 The (A)earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.

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35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he (A)tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I (B)have [a]given my word to the Lord, and (C)I cannot [b]go back on it.”

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  1. Judges 11:35 Lit. opened my mouth
  2. Judges 11:35 Lit. take it back

40 For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,

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And I will bring you into the land which I (A)swore[a] to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”

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  1. Exodus 6:8 promised, lit. lifted up My hand

‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts.

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15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (A)whose name is Holy:
(B)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(C)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(D)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and (A)there called on the name of the Lord, (B)the Everlasting God.

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23 Now therefore, (A)swear[a] to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

25 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants (B)had seized. 26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.” 27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them (C)made a [b]covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 Then Abimelech asked Abraham, (D)“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

30 And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that (E)they may be my witness that I have dug this well.” 31 Therefore he (F)called that place [c]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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  1. Genesis 21:23 take an oath
  2. Genesis 21:27 treaty
  3. Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven

The Sign of the Covenant(A)

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord (B)appeared to Abram and said to him, (C)“I am [a]Almighty God; (D)walk before Me and be (E)blameless.

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  1. Genesis 17:1 Heb. El Shaddai

19 And he blessed him and said:

(A)“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
(B)Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And (C)blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

And he (D)gave him [a]a tithe of all.

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  1. Genesis 14:20 one-tenth

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