Psalm 78:3
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3 things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.(A)
Psalm 44:1
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Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God;
our ancestors have told us
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:(A)
Psalm 48:8
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8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God,
which God establishes forever. Selah
Exodus 13:14-15
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14 When in the future your child asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall answer, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.(A) 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborn to the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord every male that first opens the womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’(B)
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Exodus 13:8
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8 You shall tell your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’(A)
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Exodus 12:26-27
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26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this observance mean to you?’(A) 27 you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshiped.(B)
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