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• PERSONAL
• By ChristIsaiah 55:5
• TO SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DUTY
• OF ABRAHAMGenesis 12:1–3Isaiah 51:2Hebrews 11:8
• MOSESExodus 3:2Exodus 3:4Exodus 3:10Exodus 4:1–16Psalms 105:26Acts 7:34Acts 7:35
• AARON AND HIS SONSExodus 4:14–16
• See above, andPsalms 105:26Exodus 28:1Hebrews 5:4
• JOSHUANumbers 27:18Numbers 27:19Numbers 27:22Numbers 27:23Deuteronomy 31:14Deuteronomy 31:23Joshua 1:1–9
• GIDEONJudges 6:11–16
• SAMUEL1 Samuel 3:4–10
• SOLOMON1 Chronicles 28:61 Chronicles 28:10
• JEHU2 Kings 9:62 Kings 9:72 Chronicles 22:7

The passages, in Bible order (72)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:1–3

   Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 12:1–32 voices

   “Abraham represents the mind. In fact Abraham signifies passage. Therefore, in order that the mind, which in Adam had allowed itself to run to pleasure and to bodily attractions, should turn toward the ideal form of virtue, a wise man has been proposed to us as an example to imitate. Actually Abraham in Hebrew signifies "father," in the sense that the mind, with the authority, the judgment and the solicitude of a father, governs the entire person. This mind then was in Haran, that is, in caverns, subject to the different passions.

   “Now the Lord had said unto Abram,....

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2. Exodus 3:2

   There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 3:22 voices

   “When the almighty Lord of the universe began to legislate through the Word and decided to make his power visible to Moses, he sent Moses a divine vision with the appearance of light, in the burning bush. Now a bramble bush is full of thorns. So too when the Word was concluding his legislation and his stay among men as their Lord, again he permitted himself to be crowned with thorns as a mystic symbol.

   “And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him,....

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3. Exodus 3:4

   When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 3:42 voices

   “Why should we despair that God should speak in men, who spoke in the thorn bush? God did not despise the bush. Would that he might also give light to my thorns. Perhaps some may wonder that there is some light even in our thorns. Some of our thorns will not burn. There will be some whose shoes shall be put off their feet at the sound of my voice, that the steps of the mind may be freed from bodily hindrances.

   “And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,....

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4. Exodus 3:10

   Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 3:101 voice

   “Come now therefore,..... Leave thy flock, thy family, and the land of Midian: and I will send thee unto Pharaoh: this Pharaoh, according to Eusebius, was Cenchres, the successor of Achoris; but according to Bishop Usher (u), his name was Amenophis, who immediately succeeded Ramesses Miamun, under whom Moses was born.

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5. Exodus 4:1–16

   Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

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   “And Moses answered and said,.... In reference to what Jehovah had declared to him in the latter end of the preceding chapter: but, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice; this seems to contradict what God had said to him, Exo 3:18 that they would hearken to his voice; but it can hardly be thought, that so good a man, and so great a prophet as Moses was, would directly fly in the face of God, and expressly contradict what he had said.

   “With this chapter begins the series of miracles which resulted in the deliverance of Israel. The first miracle was performed to remove the first obstacle, namely, the reluctance of Moses, conscious of his own weakness, and of the enormous power with which he would have to contend.

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6. Exodus 4:14–16

   Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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   “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses,.... For the objections, excuses, and delays he made with respect to his mission.

   “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses - Surely this would not have been the case had he only in modesty, and from a deep sense of his own unfitness, desired that the Messiah should be preferred before him. But the whole connection shows that this interpretation is unfounded.

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7. Exodus 28:1

   “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

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   “And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,....

   “(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to hold their office from generation to generation. In the patriarchal times, the external rites of worship had generally been conducted by the head of the tribe or family, in accordance with the principle involved in the dedication of the firstborn Exo 13:2; Num 3:12-

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8. Numbers 27:18

   And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 27:182 voices

   “And the Lord said unto Moses,....

   “In whom is the spirit - This must certainly mean the Spirit of God; and because he was endued with this Spirit, therefore he was capable of leading the people. How miserably qualified is that man for the work of God who is not guided and influenced by the Holy Ghost! God never chooses a man to accomplish his designs but that one whom he himself has qualified for the work.

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9. Numbers 27:19

   Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.

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   “And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation,....

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10. Numbers 27:22

    Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,

    ›Commentary on Numbers 27:221 voice

    “And Moses did as the Lord commanded him,.... Being faithful and obedient to him in all things, though ever so contrary to his own private interest and to that of his family: and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; as his successor, whom God had named and appointed as such.

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11. Numbers 27:23

    and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.

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    “And he laid his hands upon him,....

    “He laid his hands upon him - As a proof of his being appointed to and qualified for the work. So at the word of Joshua they were to go out, and at his word to come in, Num 27:

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12. Deuteronomy 31:14

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 31:142 voices

    “The transaction recorded in these verses may be regarded as the solemn inauguration of Joshua to the office to which he had some time before Num 27:22 been called, and his recognition in it by God, which were manifested by his being summoned into the tabernacle with Moses while the Lord appeared in the pillar of cloud (compare Num 11:25; Num 12:5). Deu 31:16 The future apostasy of the people is announced in the presence of Joshua that the latter might be fully aware of the danger and strive in his day to avert it.

    “And the Lord said unto Moses,....

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13. Deuteronomy 31:23

    Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

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    “And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge,....

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14. Joshua 1:1–9

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

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    “Having finally finished with the Pentateuch of Moses, as though freed for a great advantage, we set (our) hand to Jesus son of Nave, who the Hebrews call Joshua ben Nun, that is, Joshua son of Nun, and to the book of Judges, which they call Sopthim, to Ruth also and Esther, which they extol by the same names. And I admonish the reader, that he, being careful with Scripture, might preserve the forest of Hebrew names and (their) separations divided into parts, so that our work and his effort might not be wasted.

    “Now after the death of Moses,....

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15. Judges 6:11–16

    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

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    “When Jerubbaal, as we read, was beating out wheat under an oak, he received a message from God in order that he might bring the people of God from the power of strangers into liberty.

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16. 1 Samuel 3:4–10

    Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

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    “(Verses 4, 5.) Who answering, said: "Here I am." And he ran to Eli and said: "For you called me." Who said: "I did not call you, my son; return and sleep." 8. Why did the one who heard the Lord calling him run to Eli, unless because he thought he had been called by Eli? And since we are following the order of typological explanation, how is Eli considered to be the one speaking when God speaks to the boy who was called?

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