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12 When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to
4:2 Branch. This messianic title occurs also in another,
Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15; Zechariah 3:8; 6:12. The
thought behind the title relates to 2 Samuel From one kingdom to another people,
14 He permitted no one to do them
23:5, that of growth.The life of the Branch will
bear spiritual fruit (John 15:4,5). wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed
Only let us be called by your name, ones,
To take away our reproach.” And do My prophets no harm.”
2 16 Moreover He called for a famine
In that day the Branch of the LORD
shall be beautiful and glorious; in the land;
And the fruit of the earth shall be He destroyed all the provision of
excellent and appealing bread.
For those of Israel who have escaped. 17 He sent a man before them—
Joseph—who was sold as a slave.
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And it shall come to pass that he who is left 18 They hurt his feet with fetters,
in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be He was laid in irons.
called holy—everyone who is recorded among 19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
the living in Jerusalem. When the Lord has The word of the LORD tested him.
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washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, 20 The king sent and released him,
and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her The ruler of the people let him go free.
midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spir- 21 He made him lord of his house,
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it of burning, then the LORD will create above And ruler of all his possessions,
every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure,
above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by And teach his elders wisdom.
day and the shining of a flaming fire by night.
For over all the glory there will be a covering. Proverbs 24:26–27
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And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the 26 He who gives a right answer kisses
daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, the lips.
and for a shelter from storm and rain.
27 Prepare your outside work,
Psalm 105:7–22 Make it fit for yourself in the field;
7 And afterward build your house.
He is the LORD our God;
His judgments are in all the earth. 1 Corinthians 15:1–28
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He remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the
thousand generations, 15 gospel which I preached to you, which
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also you received and in which you stand, by
which also you are saved, if you hold fast that
word which I preached to you—unless you
believed in vain.
105:8 a thousand generations. A reference 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I
to an exceedingly long time (a generation is also received: that Christ died for our sins ac-
normally 40 years) which would encompass cording to the Scriptures, and that He was
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the remainder of human history; i.e., forever buried, and that He rose again the third day ac-
(Deut. 7:9; 1 Chr. 16:15). cording to the Scriptures, and that He was seen
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by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He
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was seen by over five hundred brethren at once,
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The covenant which He made with of whom the greater part remain to the present,
Abraham, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was
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And His oath to Isaac, seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then
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And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, last of all He was seen by me also, as by one
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To Israel as an everlasting covenant, born out of due time.
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Saying, “To you I will give the land of For I am the least of the apostles, who am not
Canaan worthy to be called an apostle, because I perse-
As the allotment of your inheritance,” cuted the church of God. But by the grace of
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