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same day—it came to pass that all the armies 7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. The foundations of the hills also
42 It is a night of solemn observance to the quaked and were shaken,
LORD for bringing them out of the land of Because He was angry.
Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, a solemn 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
observance for all the children of Israel And devouring fire from
throughout their generations. His mouth;
43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Coals were kindled by it.
“This is the ordinance of the Passover: No for- 9 He bowed the heavens also,
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eigner shall eat it. But every man’s servant and came down
who is bought for money, when you have cir- With darkness under His feet.
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cumcised him, then he may eat it. A sojourn- 10 And He rode upon a cherub,
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er and a hired servant shall not eat it. In one and flew;
house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any He flew upon the wings of the wind.
of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you 11 He made darkness His secret place;
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break one of its bones. All the congregation His canopy around Him was dark
of Israel shall keep it. And when a stranger waters
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dwells with you and wants to keep the And thick clouds of the skies.
Passover to the LORD, let all his males be cir- 12 From the brightness before Him,
cumcised, and then let him come near and His thick clouds passed with hailstones
keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. and coals of fire.
For no uncircumcised person shall eat it.
49 One law shall be for the native-born and for Proverbs 6:1–5
Thus all the children of Israel did; as the 6
the stranger who dwells among you.” My son, if you become surety
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LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so they If you have shaken hands in pledge
did. And it came to pass, on that very same for a stranger,
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day, that the LORD brought the children of 2 You are snared by the words of your
Israel out of the land of Egypt according to mouth;
their armies. You are taken by the words
of your mouth.
Psalm 18:1–12 3 So do this, my son, and deliver
yourself;
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the
servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the For you have come into the hand
of your friend:
words of this song on the day that the LORD
delivered him from the hand of all his enemies Go and humble yourself;
and from the hand of Saul. And he said: Plead with your friend.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,
I will love You, O LORD, my strength. Nor slumber to your eyelids.
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The LORD is my rock and my
fortress and my deliverer; 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from
the hand of the hunter,
My God, my strength, in whom I will And like a bird from the hand
trust;
My shield and the horn of my of the fowler.
salvation, my stronghold.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy
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to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies. 6:2–4 snared…come into the hand. See 22:26,
27. Anyone who becomes responsible for
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The pangs of death surrounded me, another person’s debt is trapped and controlled
And the floods of ungodliness made because he has yielded control of what God has
me afraid. given him as a stewardship. The situation is so
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The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; serious that it is imperative to take control of
The snares of death confronted me. one’s own God-given resources and get out of
In my distress I called upon the LORD, such an intolerable arrangement immediately
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And cried out to my God; (“deliver yourself,” vv. 3,4) before coming to
He heard my voice from His temple, poverty or slavery.See Genesis 43:9; 44:32,33.
And my cry came before Him, even to
His ears.
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