Therefore say to the children of Israel: (A)‘I am the Lord; (B)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will (C)rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with [a]an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will (D)take you as My people, and (E)I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out (F)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you into the land which I (G)swore[b] to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:6 Mighty power
  2. Exodus 6:8 promised, lit. lifted up My hand

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(A) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(B) you with an outstretched arm(C) and with mighty acts of judgment.(D) I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(E) Then you will know(F) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land(G) I swore(H) with uplifted hand(I) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.(J) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”(K)

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“For you are a [a]holy people to the Lord your God; (A)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart

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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