I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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Passages linked to Exodus 6:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 29:13 that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 4:20 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today.
- Genesis 17:7-8 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. I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Exodus 29:45-46 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.
- Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
- 2 Samuel 7:23-24 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- Revelation 21:7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
- Exodus 5:4-5 The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!” Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”
- Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
- Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
- 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 81:6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
- Isaiah 41:20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
- Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
- Matthew 22:32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- 1 Peter 2:10 In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He meaneth, as touching the outward vocation, the dignity…
He meaneth, as touching the outward vocation, the dignity whereof they lost afterward by their rebellion: but as for election to life everlasting, it is immutable.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 6:7 And I will take you to me…
Exo 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Ver. 7. And I will be to you a God.] This is the top of any man’s happiness, to have God for his God. What can such a man want? {Psa 23:1} As he in Plutarch said of the Egyptians, that though they had no music nor vines among them, yet they had gods. {a}
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{a} Plut., Sυμπος.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Will take you to me for a people, i.e.…
Will take you to me for a people, i.e. for my people; ye shall no longer be the people and slaves of the king of Egypt, but my people and servants, whom I will bless and preserve.
And I will be to you a God, to judge and deliver you.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will bring you in unto the land,....…
And I will bring you in unto the land,.... The land of Canaan:
concerning the which I did swear; or lift up my hand (a), which was a gesture used in swearing, Gen 14:22.
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to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; see Exo 6:4,
and I will give it you for an heritage; to be possessed as an inheritance by them, so long as they were obedient to his will, or until the Messiah came:
I am the Lord; whose counsels of old are faithfulness and truth; whose promises are yea and amen; whose gifts and calling are without repentance; and who is able also to perform whatever he has said he will do.
(a) "levavi manum meam", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will take you to me for a people…
I will take you to me for a people - A peculiar people, and I will be to you a God - And more than this we need not ask, we cannot have, to make us happy.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. I will take you to me for…
Verse 7. I will take you to me for a people, c.] This was precisely the covenant that he had made with Abraham. See Ge 17:7, and See Clarke on Ge 17:7.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD your God] By thus fulfilling my promises ye shall know what is implied in my name. See Clarke on Ex 6:3.
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But why should God take such a most stupid, refractory, and totally worthless people for his people?
1. Because he had promised to do so to their noble ancestors Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, c., men worthy of all praise, because in general friends of God, devoted to his will and to the good of mankind.
2. "That (as Bishop Warburton properly observes) the extraordinary providence by which they were protected, might become the more visible and illustrious for had they been endowed with the shining qualities of the more polished nations, the effects of that providence might have been ascribed to their own wisdom."
3. That God might show to all succeeding generations that he delights to instruct the ignorant, help the weak, and save the lost for if he bore long with Israel, showed them especial mercy, and graciously received them whenever they implored his protection, none need despair. God seems to have chosen the worst people in the universe, to give by them unto mankind the highest and most expressive proofs, that he wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his iniquity and live.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 6:7-9. I will take you to me for…
Exo 6:7-9. I will take you to me for a people — A peculiar people; and I will be to you a God — And more than this we need not ask, we cannot have, to make us happy. I am the Lord — And therefore have power to dispose of lands and kingdoms as I please. But they hearkened not to Moses, for anguish of spirit — That is, they were so taken up with their troubles that they did not heed him.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain God, Elohim, who will pass sentence in your favour,…
God, Elohim, who will pass sentence in your favour, as a just judge. (Menochius)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. and I will take you to me for…
7. and I will take you to me for a people] to be owned by Me, and enjoy My protection. The thought, as Exo_19:5 (J), Deu_Exo_26:18; cf. also Deu_29:13. The common expression is ‘and ye (or they) shall be to me a people,’ Jer_7:23, Eze_11:20 (and often in Jer. Ez.); Zech. 2:15, 8:8; Lev_26:12 (H).
and I will be to you a God] to be revered by you, and also to be your all-powerful leader, protector, and benefactor. The correlative of the last expression: cf. Gen_17:7-8, Exo_29:45, Lev_11:45; Lev_22:33; Lev_25:38; Lev_26:45, Num_15:41 (all P or H); and together with that expression, Lev_26:12 (H), Deu_26:17; Deu_29:13, Jer_7:23, Eze_11:20 (and often in Jer. Ez.), Zec_8:8.
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and ye shall know, &c.] learn by what you witness and experience that I am Jehovah, your Deliverer; so Exo_7:5; Exo_14:4; Exo_14:18; Exo_16:12; Exo_29:46 (all P); cf. Exo_31:13 b (H), and Exo_10:2. Sentences of the type, ‘and ye (they, thou) shall know (viz. by some signal and impressive manifestation of power) that I am Yahweh,’ are extremely common in Ezek., a prophet who in other respects also displays many literary affinities with P, as Exo_6:7; Exo_6:10; Exo_6:13-14, Exo_7:4; Exo_7:9, &c. (more than 50 times altogether): comp. LOT. p. 266 f. (ed. 6–8, p. 295).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) I will take you to me for a…
(7) I will take you to me for a people.—Comp. Exo_19:5-6; Deu_7:6. The selection of Israel as a “peculiar people” did not involve the abandonment of all other nations, as we see by the instances of Balaam, Ruth, Job, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius the Mede, Cyrus, and others. God always continued to “govern all the nations upon the earth” (Psa_67:4); and “in every nation those that feared him and worked righteousness” were accepted with him (Act_10:35). The centurion of the Gospels (Mat_8:5-13, Luk_7:2-10) and Cornelius in the Acts (Act_10:1-33) carry the same principle into Gospel times.
I will be to you a God.—See Gen_17:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A rich promise.
A rich promise.
The promise is as rich as it is wonderful, and as wonderful as it is rich will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God." It includes
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1. The highest honour. Who speaks? The absolute God. To whom? A nation of bondsmen. Yet he says will take you," etc. And he did it, even as he still takes sinners in Christ into union and fellowship with himself adopting them as sons, admitting them to covenant, making them heirs, etc.
2. The highest privilege. All promise and all blessing, for time and for eternity, are wrapped up in this single but most comprehensive word will be to you a God.
3. The most indissoluble of relations. It lasts through time, and extends into eternity, enduring as long as God and the soul and Christ endure, and that is for ever. J.O. (cf. Mat_22:31, Mat_22:32)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:7 Then you will know that I am the…
6:7 Then you will know that I am the Lord: The Hebrew word translated know is always based on experience and relationship. The same word is used to describe human sexual relations. To know God as Yahweh is not just to know abstract facts about him, but to be in a relationship with him in which we are always learning who he is and what he wants us to do. This is the only true rescue from the human predicament of sin described in Gen 3–11. The importance of “knowing the Lord” in the book of Exodus is seen in its recurrence, especially in Exod 5–18 (5:2; 7:5, 17; 8:10, 22; 9:29; 10:2; 11:7; 14:4, 18; 16:6, 12; 18:11).
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