Exodus 13:21-22

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²¹By day the Lord went ahead^(A) of them in a pillar of cloud^(B) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²²Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left^(C) its place in front of the people.

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Exodus 14:19-25

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¹⁹Then the angel of God,^(A) who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud^(B) also moved from in front and stood behind^(C) them, ²⁰coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness^(D) to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand^(E) over the sea,^(F) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(G) and turned it into dry land.^(H) The waters were divided,^(I) ²²and the Israelites went through the sea^(J) on dry ground,^(K) with a wall^(L) of water on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(M) followed them into the sea. ²⁴During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(N) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^(O) ²⁵He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(P) for them against Egypt.”^(Q)

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Footnotes

Exodus 14:25 See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed

Isaiah 42:6

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⁶“I, the Lord, have called^(A) you in righteousness;^(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(C)
I will keep^(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(E) for the people
    and a light^(F) for the Gentiles,^(G)

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Isaiah 42:6 in all English translations

Isaiah 49:6

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⁶he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant^(A)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.^(B)
I will also make you a light^(C) for the Gentiles,^(D)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”^(E)

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Isaiah 49:6 in all English translations

Isaiah 60:19-22

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¹⁹The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(A)
    and your God will be your glory.^(B)
²⁰Your sun^(C) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(D) will end.
²¹Then all your people will be righteous^(E)
    and they will possess^(F) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(G)
    the work of my hands,^(H)
    for the display of my splendor.^(I)
²²The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(J)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(K)

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Zechariah 14:5-8

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⁵You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake^[a]^(A) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,^(B) and all the holy ones with him.^(C)

⁶On that day there will be neither sunlight^(D) nor cold, frosty darkness. ⁷It will be a unique^(E) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.^(F) When evening comes, there will be light.^(G)

⁸On that day living water^(H) will flow^(I) out from Jerusalem, half of it east^(J) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.^(K)

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