you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
- Psalms 135:4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.
- 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Genesis 28:13-14 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring. Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 35:10-12 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel. God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body. The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
- Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth…
Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth to the Church.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
13. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the…
(13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the parallelism, and is probably a correction. Syriac and Arabic have “Abraham.”
His servant.—LXX., “his servants.” (Comp. “servant of Jehovah” as a title of Israel in Isaiah.)
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