Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

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the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G)

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12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

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12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(A) to the covenants of the promise,(B) without hope(C) and without God in the world.

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19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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Then I will make my covenant between me and you(A) and will greatly increase your numbers.”(B)

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Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

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God’s Sovereign Choice

It is not as though God’s word(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(B)

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22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A)

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11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

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11 And the priests could not perform their service(A) because of the cloud, for the glory(B) of the Lord filled his temple.

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Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

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Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A)

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39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

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39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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14 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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Clean and Unclean Food(A)

14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

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For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

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10 They are only a matter of food(A) and drink(B) and various ceremonial washings(C)—external regulations(D) applying until the time of the new order.

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And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

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Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(A)

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