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Ezekiel 20:5

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

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ASV

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

KJV

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַר֮'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →
בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmon [the] dayH3117 →
בָּחֳרִ֣יbo.cho.Richose IH977 →
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'El<in> IsraelH3478 →
וָאֶשָּׂ֣אva.'e.Sa'and I lifted upH5375 →
יָדִ֗יya.Dihand myH3027 →
לְזֶ֙רַע֙le.Ze.ra'to [the] offspring ofH2233 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
וָאִוָּדַ֥עva.'i.va.Da'and I made myself knownH3045 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto them
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
וָאֶשָּׂ֨אva.'e.Sa'and I lifted upH5375 →
יָדִ֤יya.Dihand myH3027 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →

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Isaiah 62:8The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.Leviticus 18:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.Ezekiel 47:14You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.Exodus 6:6–7Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.Genesis 14:22But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.Ezekiel 36:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Mark 13:20If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!Revelation 10:5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.Exodus 20:2–3“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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