Genesis 12:1-3

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(D)
    and I will bless you;^(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(F)
³I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(H)”^[b]

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Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

Exodus 19:3-6

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³Then Moses went up to God,^(A) and the Lord called^(B) to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: ⁴‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt,^(C) and how I carried you on eagles’ wings^(D) and brought you to myself.^(E) ⁵Now if you obey me fully^(F) and keep my covenant,^(G) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.^(H) Although the whole earth^(I) is mine, ⁶you^[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests^(J) and a holy nation.’^(K) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. ⁶You

Psalm 2:8-9

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⁸Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(A) your inheritance,^(B)
    the ends of the earth^(C) your possession.
⁹You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(D)
    you will dash them to pieces^(E) like pottery.^(F)”

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Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

Revelation 5:2-14

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²And I saw a mighty angel^(A) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” ³But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. ⁴I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. ⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion^(B) of the tribe of Judah,^(C) the Root of David,^(D) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶Then I saw a Lamb,^(E) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures^(F) and the elders.^(G) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,^(H) which are the seven spirits^[a]^(I) of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.^(J) ⁸And when he had taken it, the four living creatures^(K) and the twenty-four elders^(L) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp^(M) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers^(N) of God’s people. ⁹And they sang a new song, saying:^(O)

“You are worthy^(P) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood^(Q) you purchased^(R) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.^(S)
¹⁰You have made them to be a kingdom and priests^(T) to serve our God,
    and they will reign^[b] on the earth.”^(U)

¹¹Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.^(V) They encircled the throne and the living creatures^(W) and the elders.^(X) ¹²In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb,^(Y) who was slain,^(Z)
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”^(AA)

¹³Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth^(AB) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne^(AC) and to the Lamb^(AD)
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”^(AE)

¹⁴The four living creatures^(AF) said, “Amen,”^(AG) and the elders^(AH) fell down and worshiped.^(AI)

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