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Deuteronomy 4:20

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.

But the LORD {H3068} hath taken {H3947} you, and brought you forth {H3318} out of the iron {H1270} furnace {H3564}, even out of Egypt {H4714}, to be unto him a people {H5971} of inheritance {H5159}, as ye are this day {H3117}.

No, you ADONAI has taken and brought out of the smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of inheritance for him, as you are today.

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 8:51 (7 votes)

    For they [be] thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
  • Jeremiah 11:4 (6 votes)

    Which I commanded your fathers in the day [that] I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
  • Deuteronomy 9:29 (5 votes)

    Yet they [are] thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
  • Exodus 19:5 (5 votes)

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:
  • Exodus 19:6 (5 votes)

    And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 32:9 (5 votes)

    For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
  • 1 Peter 2:9 (4 votes)

    But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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