Then I will fulfill the oath I swore(A) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’(B)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,(C) Lord.”

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He said, “Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.(A)

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the covenant he made with Abraham,(A)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(B) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(C)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(D)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(E)

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12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.(A) 13 He will love you and bless you(B) and increase your numbers.(C) He will bless the fruit of your womb,(D) the crops of your land—your grain, new wine(E) and olive oil(F)—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(G)

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16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[a] say “Amen”(A) to your thanksgiving,(B) since they do not know what you are saying?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.

13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](A)
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
  2. Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

15 “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol(A)—a thing detestable(B) to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(C)

16 “Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”(D)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

17 “Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.”(E)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

18 “Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”(F)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,(G) the fatherless or the widow.”(H)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”(I)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

21 “Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.”(J)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

22 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.”(K)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

23 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.”(L)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

24 “Cursed is anyone who kills(M) their neighbor secretly.”(N)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(O)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

26 “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”(P)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(Q)

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Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey(A) so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly(B) in a land flowing with milk and honey,(C) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised(D) you.

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24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.”(A) I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.(B)

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When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,(A) Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites(B)—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey(C)—you are to observe this ceremony(D) in this month:

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So I have come down(A) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,(B) a land flowing with milk and honey(C)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites(D) and Jebusites.(E) And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing(F) them. 10 So now, go. I am sending(G) you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”(H)

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I(I) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

12 And God said, “I will be with you.(J) And this will be the sign(K) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[a] will worship God on this mountain.(L)

13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’(M) Then what shall I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am(N) has sent me to you.’”

15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[c] the God of your fathers(O)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(P)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name(Q) forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.(R)

16 “Go, assemble the elders(S) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(T)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen(U) what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt(V) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’(W)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
  3. Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

Stay in this land for a while,(A) and I will be with you(B) and will bless you.(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(E) I will make your descendants(F) as numerous as the stars in the sky(G) and will give them all these lands,(H) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](I) because Abraham obeyed me(J) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(K) and my instructions.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B) 17 I will surely bless you(C) and make your descendants(D) as numerous as the stars in the sky(E) and as the sand on the seashore.(F) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(G) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](H) because you have obeyed me.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

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